Rose: Chamber & Solo Works For Strings & Horn / Longbow

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Label
Toccata
Release Date
July 30, 2013
Format
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      ROSE, MICHAEL ALEC
    • ORCHESTRA / ENSEMBLE
      Kreutzer Quartet
    • PERFORMER
      Skaerved, Trandafilovski, Heyde, Meerloo, Lake, Longbow
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      July 30, 2013
    • UPC
      5060113441720
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      TOCC0172
    • LABEL
      Toccata
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Instrumental
    Works ⌄

    1. Air

      Composer: Michael Alec Rose

      Performer: Peter Sheppard Skærved

    2. I. Garage Lights

      Composer: Michael Alec Rose

      Ensemble: Kreutzer Quartet

    3. II. Standard

      Composer: Michael Alec Rose

      Ensemble: Kreutzer Quartet

    4. III. Gas

      Composer: Michael Alec Rose

      Ensemble: Kreutzer Quartet

    5. I. Spring

      Composer: Michael Alec Rose

      Performer: Peter Sheppard Skærved, Mihailo Trandafilovski

    6. II. Summer

      Composer: Michael Alec Rose

      Performer: Peter Sheppard Skærved, Mihailo Trandafilovski

    7. III. Fall

      Composer: Michael Alec Rose

      Performer: Peter Sheppard Skærved, Mihailo Trandafilovski

    8. IV. Winter

      Composer: Michael Alec Rose

      Performer: Peter Sheppard Skærved, Mihailo Trandafilovski

    9. No. 1. Farchadat

      Composer: Michael Alec Rose

      Performer: Peter Sheppard Skærved

    10. No. 2. Feroce

      Composer: Michael Alec Rose

      Performer: Peter Sheppard Skærved

    11. No. 3. Interlude

      Composer: Michael Alec Rose

      Performer: Peter Sheppard Skærved

    12. An Arch Never Sleeps

      Composer: Michael Alec Rose

      Performer: Peter Sheppard Skærved, Rachel Meerloo

    13. Palimpsest

      Composer: Michael Alec Rose

      Performer: Peter Sheppard Skærved

    14. Dr. Johnson and Mr. Savage: Pantomime

      Composer: Michael Alec Rose

      Performer: Peter Sheppard Skærved, Neil Heyde

    15. All'arme

      Composer: Michael Alec Rose

      Performer: Carly Lake

    16. Hopeful Monsters

      Composer: Michael Alec Rose

      Ensemble: Longbow

      Performer: Peter Sheppard Skærved


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