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Erickson - Recent Impressions, Two Songs, High Flyer, Summer Music | Naxos - American Classics 8559283

Erickson - Recent Impressions, Two Songs, High Flyer, Summer Music

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Label: Naxos - American Classics

Cat No: 8559283

Barcode: 0636943928325

Format: CD

Number of Discs: 1

Release Date: 30th April 2007

Contents

Artists

Continuum
Ellen Lang (mezzo-soprano)
David Krakauer (clarinet)
Mia Wu (violin/viola)
Jayn Rosenfeld (flute)
Cheryl Seltzer (piano)
Joel Sachs (piano)

Conductors

Cheryl Seltzer
Joel Sachs

Works

Erickson, Robert

High Flyer
Recent Impressions
Songs (2)
Summer Music

Artists

Continuum
Ellen Lang (mezzo-soprano)
David Krakauer (clarinet)
Mia Wu (violin/viola)
Jayn Rosenfeld (flute)
Cheryl Seltzer (piano)
Joel Sachs (piano)

Conductors

Cheryl Seltzer
Joel Sachs

About

Robert Erickson was a formidable guiding spirit as composer and teacher, acting as a mentor for a whole generation of California-trained composers. He utilized many different styles and techniques in his music, from micro tonality to electronics and improvisation. 
 
High Flyer, written in 1969, requires the solo flutist to speak through the mouthpiece of the instrument while playing. In the 1970s, Erickson turned to a meditative, Asian-inspired aesthetic. The late works Two Songs and Recent Impressions, composed for Continuum as the composer was battling a progressive illness, are remarkable for their intense sensitivity to pure elements of sound and their joyous, life-affirming spirit.
 
Continuum performances on previous American Classics releases have extracted abundant praise: “All of the works in this collection receive enthusiastic and stunningly exacting performances by ensemble Continuum, which makes even repeated listening quite compelling." Classics Today (Artist quality 10 / Sound quality 10) on 8559196.

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