Karchin: Tribute to the Angels

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Label
Bridge Records
Release Date
February 21, 2025
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      Louis Karchin
    • PERFORMER
      Talea Ensemble, Jennifer Zetlan, Horszowski Trio, Da Capo Chamber Players, Marisa Karchin, Steven Be
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      February 21, 2025
    • UPC
      090404961229
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      BCD9612
    • LABEL
      Bridge Records
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Classical
    Works ⌄

    1. Prologue - Hermes Trismegistus is patron of alchemists

      Composer: Louis Karchin

      Ensemble: Talea Ensemble

      Performer: Jennifer Zetlan

      Conductor: James Baker

    2. I John saw, I testify - Not in our time, O Lord - Never in Rome

      Composer: Louis Karchin

      Ensemble: Talea Ensemble

      Performer: Jennifer Zetlan

      Conductor: James Baker

    3. Now polish the crucible

      Composer: Louis Karchin

      Ensemble: Talea Ensemble

      Performer: Jennifer Zetlan

      Conductor: James Baker

    4. I had been thinking of Gabriel - She carried a book - To Uriel, no shrine, no temple

      Composer: Louis Karchin

      Ensemble: Talea Ensemble

      Performer: Jennifer Zetlan

      Conductor: James Baker

    5. I. Allegro con spirito

      Composer: Louis Karchin

      Ensemble: Horszowski Trio

    6. II. Lento

      Composer: Louis Karchin

      Ensemble: Horszowski Trio

    7. III. Vivace

      Composer: Louis Karchin

      Ensemble: Horszowski Trio

    8. Incantations and Dances

      Composer: Louis Karchin

      Ensemble: Da Capo Chamber Players

      Conductor: James Baker

    9. No. 1. Denial

      Composer: Louis Karchin

      Performer: Marisa Karchin, Steven Beck

    10. No. 2. The Storm

      Composer: Louis Karchin

      Performer: Marisa Karchin, Steven Beck


Volume 4 in Louis Karchin's ongoing Bridge series includes both instrumental and vocal music. Karchin is a prominent figure in American music, having composed more than 100 works, and served as conductor of ensembles, including the Harvard Group for New Music, the Chamber Players of the League-ISCM, and the Orchestra of the League of Composers. Karchin's music has been praised for it's "fearless eloquence" (The New Yorker), "bare-nerve intensity" (NY Times) and "coruscating beauty" (San Francisco Chronicle).