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

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"This collection of recordings is especially meaningful for me because it charts my growth as an orchestral composer from my years as a student –...

"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



Product Description:


  • Release Date: February 24, 2023


  • UPC: 636943992623


  • Catalog Number: 8559926


  • Label: Naxos


  • Number of Discs: 1


  • Period: Contemporary


  • Composer: Kevin Puts


  • Conductor: Marin Alsop


  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Baltimore Symphony Orchestra


  • Performer: Katherine Needleman, Ji Su Jung



Works:


  1. Marimba Concerto

    Composer: Kevin Puts

    Ensemble: Baltimore Symphony Orchestra

    Performer: Ji Su Jung (Marimba)

    Conductor: Marin Alsop


  2. The City

    Composer: Kevin Puts

    Ensemble: Baltimore Symphony Orchestra

    Conductor: Marin Alsop


  3. Moonlight, "Oboe Concerto No. 2"

    Composer: Kevin Puts

    Ensemble: Baltimore Symphony Orchestra

    Performer: Katherine Needleman (Oboe)

    Conductor: Marin Alsop