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Agocs, Harrison, Rodriguez - Works for Violin and Percussion Orchestra | Naxos 8574212

Agocs, Harrison, Rodriguez - Works for Violin and Percussion Orchestra

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Label: Naxos

Cat No: 8574212

Barcode: 0747313421275

Format: CD

Number of Discs: 1

Genre: Orchestral

Release Date: 28th October 2022

Contents

Artists

Nicholas Kitchen (violin)
New England Conservatory Percussion Ensemble

Conductor

Frank Epstein

Works

Agocs, Kati

Concerto for violin and percussion orchestra

Harrison, Lou

Concerto for violin and percussion orchestra

Rodriguez, Robert Xavier

Xochiequetzal

Artists

Nicholas Kitchen (violin)
New England Conservatory Percussion Ensemble

Conductor

Frank Epstein

About

The unique instrumentation of the three works in this album was pioneered by the innovative Lou Harrison, whose 1959 Concerto encapsulates his culturally wide-ranging aesthetic. More conventional instruments work alongside calibrated extras such as wash tubs and flowerpots in a work of colour, languorous elegance and kinetic energy. The companion works were composed in its honour: Robert Xavier Rodríguez’s Xochiquetzal evokes the ancient Mayan world in imaginary folk music to form a synthesis of time periods and cultures, while the economical serenity of Kati Agócs’s Concerto also includes bitonal effects and zesty syncopation.

The New England Percussion Ensemble was founded by Frank Epstein in 1968 and is rapidly approaching its 55th anniversary. They have recorded two albums of American percussion music for Naxos – Vol.1 (8559683) included Robert Xavier Rodriguez’s El dia de los Muertos, and was one of MusicWeb International’s ‘Recordings of the Year’ in 2011. Vol.2 is on 8559684.

Epstein is devoted to the promotion of new music and his book Cymbalisms, a complete guide for the orchestral cymbal player, is now available from Hal Leonard Music Publishers.

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