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Trios for Deep Voices

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Composer
ROBERTS, CHRISTOPHER
Artist
Roberts, Morton, Bergman
Format
CD
Label
Cold Blue Music
Released
Jan 01, 2009
Catalog #
CB0030
UPC
800413003021

About

Christopher Roberts’s five intimate and virtuosic movements/pieces for a trio of double basses are here performed by the composer and two other virtuosos of the instrument, Mark Morton and James Bergman. This music, much of it inspired by the composer’s life in Papua New Guinea (where he ran off to after Juilliard to study music’s “natural prosody”), subtly extends the double bass’s standard playing techniques with such expressive elements as bowing patterns inspired by the sound of hornbills in flight. Famed bass virtuoso Bertram Turetzky called Trios “A magnificent piece! There’s nothing like it. Roberts has a truly original voice.” And composer Michael J. Schumacher declared that “Roberts has arrived at a new American music by traversing the heart of Papua New Guinea...and the result is something unique.” Writing in The Wire magazine, Julian Cowley called this recording of Trios “An elegantly reverberant, harmonically rich and gracefully delineated composition for resonant strings.” Writing in Seattle’s The Stranger, Christopher DeLaurenti proclaimed this CD “A remarkable disc.... Recommended.” And noted music critic and author Greg Sandow wrote, “Trios for Deep Voices is thoughtful music, beautifully worked out, and very absorbing to listen to. It’s wonderfully individual, both in its sound and its construction. Clear some space in your life, both literally and figuratively, and give it a listen.”

Tracklist 5 tracks

  1. 1 I. Hornbills 05:43
    Track
    1
    Title
    I. Hornbills
    Duration
    05:43
    Composer
    Christopher Roberts
    Performer
    Christopher Roberts, Mark Morton, James Bergman
  2. 2 II. Around the earth 07:50
    Track
    2
    Title
    II. Around the earth
    Duration
    07:50
    Composer
    Christopher Roberts
    Performer
    Christopher Roberts, Mark Morton, James Bergman
  3. 3 III. Kon burunemo 06:52
    Track
    3
    Title
    III. Kon burunemo
    Duration
    06:52
    Composer
    Christopher Roberts
    Performer
    Christopher Roberts, Mark Morton, James Bergman
  4. 4 IV. Flying 07:45
    Track
    4
    Title
    IV. Flying
    Duration
    07:45
    Composer
    Christopher Roberts
    Performer
    Christopher Roberts, Mark Morton, James Bergman
  5. 5 V. Mesto 08:15
    Track
    5
    Title
    V. Mesto
    Duration
    08:15
    Composer
    Christopher Roberts
    Performer
    Christopher Roberts, Mark Morton, James Bergman