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Puts: The City; Marimba Concerto; Moonlight / Alsop, Baltimore Symphony
Naxos

Puts: The City; Marimba Concerto; Moonlight / Alsop, Baltimore Symphony

$19.99

Details

Composer
Kevin Puts
Artist
Katherine Needleman, Ji Su Jung, Marin Alsop
Format
CD
Label
Naxos
Released
Feb 24, 2023
Catalog #
8559926
UPC
636943992623

About

"This collection of recordings is especially meaningful for me because it charts my growth as an orchestral composer from my years as a student – when the Marimba Concerto was composed – to more mature work such as Moonlight. It also reflects the wonderful relationship I have enjoyed over the years with the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra and Marin Alsop. The Marimba Concerto, which reflects my love of Mozart’s piano concertos, also represents my most direct and unguarded voice as a composer. The City was originally intended as a portrait of the city of Baltimore and more generally of the American city, but the death of Freddy Gray while in police custody and the subsequent unrest in Baltimore sent me in an unexpected direction with the piece." -- Kevin Puts

REVIEW:

Marin Alsop, as well as the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, have contributed significantly to this composer’s prominence, as they do here. Their playing reveals the diverse aspects of the works. Thus they do not overload the Marimba Concerto with unnecessary context, and in The City they show the demanding bustle of American cities with concisely figured playing. They offer the soloists colorful panoramas on which to develop.

Ji Su Jung was very interested in the marimba concerto and thus offered it for recording. Personally, the instrument is not particularly close to me, but Ji Su Jung elicits wide spectrums from the work with superior technical execution that proves the stylistic possibilities of use despite a unified sound.

With this fresh addition to the solo repertoire, oboist Katherine Needleman has found a rich field of activity for her instrument that she fills with virtuosity and creative inspiration.

-- Pizzicato

Tracklist 7 tracks

  1. 1 I. Flowing 08:04
    Track
    1
    Title
    I. Flowing
    Duration
    08:04
    Composer
    Kevin Puts
    Performer
    Ji Su Jung
    Ensemble
    Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Marin Alsop
  2. 2 II. Broad and deliberate 08:08
    Track
    2
    Title
    II. Broad and deliberate
    Duration
    08:08
    Composer
    Kevin Puts
    Performer
    Ji Su Jung
    Ensemble
    Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Marin Alsop
  3. 3 III. With energy 05:06
    Track
    3
    Title
    III. With energy
    Duration
    05:06
    Composer
    Kevin Puts
    Performer
    Ji Su Jung
    Ensemble
    Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Marin Alsop
  4. 4 The City 22:38
    Track
    4
    Title
    The City
    Duration
    22:38
    Composer
    Kevin Puts
    Ensemble
    Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Marin Alsop
  5. 5 I. Moonlight - 06:09
    Track
    5
    Title
    I. Moonlight -
    Duration
    06:09
    Composer
    Kevin Puts
    Performer
    Katherine Needleman
    Ensemble
    Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Marin Alsop
  6. 6 II. Folly - 07:49
    Track
    6
    Title
    II. Folly -
    Duration
    07:49
    Composer
    Kevin Puts
    Performer
    Katherine Needleman
    Ensemble
    Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Marin Alsop
  7. 7 III. Air (The Eye Begins to See) 08:35
    Track
    7
    Title
    III. Air (The Eye Begins to See)
    Duration
    08:35
    Composer
    Kevin Puts
    Performer
    Katherine Needleman
    Ensemble
    Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Marin Alsop