Rose: Chamber & Solo Works For Strings & Horn / Longbow
Details
- Composer
- ROSE, MICHAEL ALEC
- Artist
- Skaerved, Trandafilovski, Heyde, Meerloo, Lake, Longbow
- Format
- CD
- Discs
- 1
- Label
- Toccata
- Released
- Jul 30, 2013
- Catalog #
- TOCC0172
- UPC
- 5060113441720
About
This CD documents a ten-year productive friendship between a composer and a performer. Many of Matthews’ quartets were written for the Kreutzer Quartet, and they’ve recorded two previous CDs of his complete cycle of music. This release features all world premiere recordings.
REVIEW:
Finally, there comes Hopeful Monsters of 2011 for string orchestra (the orchestra includes the members of the Quartet). Commemorating the 75th anniversary of the Battle of Cable Street (a day in 1936 when, in East London, crowds gathered to protest against fascism), it is a fascinating canvas that includes references to Jewish music in its faster section. The title is borrowed from Nicholas Mosley and refers to biological mutations that hover on extinction. Lee Hallman’s exemplary booklet notes suggest this is reflected in Rose’s use of harmony, with its clear tonal references that it just as often seeks to negate—or at least toy with.
All pieces here receive their first recordings, and the disc was made in the presence of the composer. Unhesitatingly recommended.
-- Fanfare
Tracklist 16 tracks
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1 Air 03:00
- Track
- 1
- Title
- Air
- Duration
- 03:00
- Composer
- Michael Alec Rose
- Performer
- Peter Sheppard Skærved
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2 I. Garage Lights 03:31
- Track
- 2
- Title
- I. Garage Lights
- Duration
- 03:31
- Composer
- Michael Alec Rose
- Ensemble
- Kreutzer Quartet
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3 II. Standard 04:18
- Track
- 3
- Title
- II. Standard
- Duration
- 04:18
- Composer
- Michael Alec Rose
- Ensemble
- Kreutzer Quartet
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4 III. Gas 07:50
- Track
- 4
- Title
- III. Gas
- Duration
- 07:50
- Composer
- Michael Alec Rose
- Ensemble
- Kreutzer Quartet
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5 I. Spring 03:27
- Track
- 5
- Title
- I. Spring
- Duration
- 03:27
- Composer
- Michael Alec Rose
- Performer
- Peter Sheppard Skærved, Mihailo Trandafilovski
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6 II. Summer 03:23
- Track
- 6
- Title
- II. Summer
- Duration
- 03:23
- Composer
- Michael Alec Rose
- Performer
- Peter Sheppard Skærved, Mihailo Trandafilovski
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7 III. Fall 02:26
- Track
- 7
- Title
- III. Fall
- Duration
- 02:26
- Composer
- Michael Alec Rose
- Performer
- Peter Sheppard Skærved, Mihailo Trandafilovski
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8 IV. Winter 02:31
- Track
- 8
- Title
- IV. Winter
- Duration
- 02:31
- Composer
- Michael Alec Rose
- Performer
- Peter Sheppard Skærved, Mihailo Trandafilovski
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9 No. 1. Farchadat 01:26
- Track
- 9
- Title
- No. 1. Farchadat
- Duration
- 01:26
- Composer
- Michael Alec Rose
- Performer
- Peter Sheppard Skærved
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10 No. 2. Feroce 00:58
- Track
- 10
- Title
- No. 2. Feroce
- Duration
- 00:58
- Composer
- Michael Alec Rose
- Performer
- Peter Sheppard Skærved
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11 No. 3. Interlude 02:03
- Track
- 11
- Title
- No. 3. Interlude
- Duration
- 02:03
- Composer
- Michael Alec Rose
- Performer
- Peter Sheppard Skærved
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12 An Arch Never Sleeps 06:06
- Track
- 12
- Title
- An Arch Never Sleeps
- Duration
- 06:06
- Composer
- Michael Alec Rose
- Performer
- Peter Sheppard Skærved, Rachel Meerloo
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13 Palimpsest 03:25
- Track
- 13
- Title
- Palimpsest
- Duration
- 03:25
- Composer
- Michael Alec Rose
- Performer
- Peter Sheppard Skærved
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14 Dr. Johnson and Mr. Savage: Pantomime 06:31
- Track
- 14
- Title
- Dr. Johnson and Mr. Savage: Pantomime
- Duration
- 06:31
- Composer
- Michael Alec Rose
- Performer
- Peter Sheppard Skærved, Neil Heyde
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15 All'arme 01:47
- Track
- 15
- Title
- All'arme
- Duration
- 01:47
- Composer
- Michael Alec Rose
- Performer
- Carly Lake
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16 Hopeful Monsters 07:22
- Track
- 16
- Title
- Hopeful Monsters
- Duration
- 07:22
- Composer
- Michael Alec Rose
- Performer
- Peter Sheppard Skærved
- Ensemble
- Longbow