Indiana Collectanea: The Music of Michael G. Cunningham / Various
Details
- Composer
- CUNNINGHAM, MICHAEL G.
- Artist
- Various
- Format
- CD
- Label
- Navona
- Released
- Feb 14, 2020
- Catalog #
- NV6270
- UPC
- 896931005708
About
Navona Live is proud to announce the release of INDIANA COLLECTANEA, which celebrates and preserves composer Michael G. Cunningham’s residency at Indiana University School of Music from 1969-1973. This live recording of Cunningham’s work comes on the heels of his acclaimed album ECUMENICAL SPIRIT from Navona Live earlier this year. This latest release captures a significant moment in time, when Cunningham’s work helped channel the talents of 30 burgeoning musicians. In INDIANA COLLECTANEA, Cunningham expands his palette beyond traditional tonality, painting with chromatic, timbral, and rhythmic nuances. The work opens with Prisms, a four-movement piece in which dense tone clusters shift and refract among the strings like a kaleidoscope. This is followed by Polyphonies, a wild-eyed percussion piece that manipulates instrumental timbres to an exhilarating effect. As the album progresses, each piece is a surprise to the listener’s ears, with its unique assortments of instruments and sounds jolting the audience into new appreciation. The frenetic horns at the start of Concertant are further evidence of this. The penultimate track, Scenario, is particularly inventive, opening with a prelude of ethereal bells. Each musician is assigned to multiple instruments, showcasing both their own skills and that of their composer. Lastly, the album ends with the dramatic Noetical Rounds, which concludes with a soft, descending glissando into oblivion. Despite the decades that have passed since the performances on INDIANA COLLECTANEA, each piece is as startlingly fresh as it was the day of its performance. Listen to hear this collection of talented musicians pushed to their utmost by the challenging and thoughtful compositions of Michael G. Cunningham.
Tracklist 11 tracks
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1 Prisms 06:02
- Track
- 1
- Title
- Prisms
- Duration
- 06:02
- Composer
- Michael G. Cunningham
- Performer
- Madeline Schatz, Raymond Stillwell, Gretchen Elliot
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2 Polyphonies 03:15
- Track
- 2
- Title
- Polyphonies
- Duration
- 03:15
- Composer
- Michael G. Cunningham
- Performer
- William Albin, Richard Henton, Michael Berkowitz, Emily Kromer
- Conductor
- George Gaber
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3 Piano Sonata, Op. 33 08:34
- Track
- 3
- Title
- Piano Sonata, Op. 33
- Duration
- 08:34
- Composer
- Michael G. Cunningham
- Performer
- Patricia Montgomery
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4 Images 03:55
- Track
- 4
- Title
- Images
- Duration
- 03:55
- Composer
- Michael G. Cunningham
- Performer
- Raymond Stillwell, Paul Friedhoff, John Hyslop
- Conductor
- Kent Hart
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5 Phases 04:04
- Track
- 5
- Title
- Phases
- Duration
- 04:04
- Composer
- Michael G. Cunningham
- Performer
- Gregory Imboden, Mary Jane Rupert
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6 Statements 05:37
- Track
- 6
- Title
- Statements
- Duration
- 05:37
- Composer
- Michael G. Cunningham
- Performer
- James Kasprowicz, Marta Senra
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7 Concertant 08:01
- Track
- 7
- Title
- Concertant
- Duration
- 08:01
- Composer
- Michael G. Cunningham
- Performer
- David Short, Janis Marshelle Coffman, Patricia Hackbarth, James Kasprowicz, David Lawrence Pack
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8 Triple Sonata 12:00
- Track
- 8
- Title
- Triple Sonata
- Duration
- 12:00
- Composer
- Michael G. Cunningham
- Performer
- Alice Meredith, John Scott, Michael G. Cunningham
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9 Terzett 03:25
- Track
- 9
- Title
- Terzett
- Duration
- 03:25
- Composer
- Michael G. Cunningham
- Performer
- Pakala Fernandez, Harry Bell, Thom Gustavson
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10 Scenario 07:16
- Track
- 10
- Title
- Scenario
- Duration
- 07:16
- Composer
- Michael G. Cunningham
- Performer
- Robin Kennedy, Tom Miller, Stan Jaworski, John Fedderson, Bill Moehlenhoff
- Conductor
- George Gaber
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11 Noetical Rounds 07:49
- Track
- 11
- Title
- Noetical Rounds
- Duration
- 07:49
- Composer
- Michael G. Cunningham
- Performer
- Madeline Schatz, Barbara Reising, Michael Berkowitz, John Hyslop
- Conductor
- Ken Hart