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Quincy Porter - Complete Viola Works | Sono Luminus DSL90911

Quincy Porter - Complete Viola Works

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Label: Sono Luminus

Cat No: DSL90911

Barcode: 0053479091123

Format: CD

Number of Discs: 1

Release Date: 26th April 2010

Contents

Works

Q Porter
Concerto for Viola and Orchestra

Q Porter
Speed Etude

Q Porter
Duo for Viola and Harp

Q Porter
Suite for Viola Alone

Q Porter
Blues Lointains for Viola and Piano

Q Porter
Poem for Viola and Piano

Q Porter
Duo for Viola and Harpsichord

Q Porter
Duo for Violin and Viola

Artists

Eliesha Nelson (viola)
Douglas Rioth (harp)
John McLaughlin Williams (piano, harpsichord, violin)
Northwest Sinfonia

Conductor

John McLaughlin Williams

Works

Q Porter
Concerto for Viola and Orchestra

Q Porter
Speed Etude

Q Porter
Duo for Viola and Harp

Q Porter
Suite for Viola Alone

Q Porter
Blues Lointains for Viola and Piano

Q Porter
Poem for Viola and Piano

Q Porter
Duo for Viola and Harpsichord

Q Porter
Duo for Violin and Viola

Artists

Eliesha Nelson (viola)
Douglas Rioth (harp)
John McLaughlin Williams (piano, harpsichord, violin)
Northwest Sinfonia

Conductor

John McLaughlin Williams

About

Celebrated American composer Quincy Porter (1897-1966) developed a unique music style and sound as a result of his studies in France with André Caplet and Vincent d’Indy, and in New York with Ernest Bloch. Porter’s music has a singing quality, possessing genuine rhythmic verve and is always fresh, spontaneous, independent, intellectual, and at the same time emotionally vital. Howard Hanson stated that “Porter’s strings weave golden strands of melody, and his harmonies re-create for the ear of the listener the spirit of beauty.

As a violist, Porter created for his instrument an important, enduring and stimulating body of musical literature. For the very first time, all of Porter’s works for viola have been recorded and are available on this disc. Performed by Cleveland Orchestra violist Eliesha Nelson, in collaboration with Grammy winner John McLaughlin Williams and San Francisco Symphony Principal harpist Douglas Rioth, this recording is a must for anyone interested in the repertoire of the viola or American music.

Eliesha Nelson began her musical life as a child of 8 in North Pole, Alaska playing violin. In 1997 she moved her focus and passion from violin to the viola, and pursued a masters at the Cleveland Institute of Music. In 2000, after a year of performing as principal violist with the Florida Philharmonic, Eliesha was awarded a position in the world-renowned Cleveland Orchestra where she continues to perform today.

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