Philip Mead - Stephen Montague: Southern Lament (2006)
Artist: Philip Mead
Title: Stephen Montague: Southern Lament
Year Of Release: 2006
Label: NMC Recordings
Genre: Classical
Quality: FLAC (image + .cue, log, artwork)
Total Time: 79:09 min
Total Size: 208 MB
WebSite: Album Preview
Tracklist:Title: Stephen Montague: Southern Lament
Year Of Release: 2006
Label: NMC Recordings
Genre: Classical
Quality: FLAC (image + .cue, log, artwork)
Total Time: 79:09 min
Total Size: 208 MB
WebSite: Album Preview
Stephen Montague (b. 1943)
[1]-[2] Southern Lament +
[3] Midnight Sun
[4] Chorale for a Millenium Sunset**
[5] Headless Horseman with tape
[6] Thanksgiving Hymn
[7] A Crippled Ghost at Halloween with tape
[8] Beyond the Milky Way**
[9] Dagger Dance*
[10] Paramell Va
[11] Haiku with live electronics and tape
[12] Night Frost Settles on a Pumpkin
[13] Something's in Grandma's Attic* played on piano casing
[14] For Merce C. at the Barbican* prepared piano
After Ives...: Four Studies
[15] I. What a Friend We Have in Jesus with quartet, flute
[16] II. Songs of Childhood
[17] III. Wayfaring Stranger with quartet, flute, electronics
[18] IV. Forever J. P. S. with quartet, flute/piccolo and the London Sousa Band
Performers:
Philip Mead piano
Monica Acosta voice+
Elysian Quartet**
Nancy Ruffer flute/piccolo
London Sousa Band
Stephen Montague conductor
Stephen Montague piano, prepared piano, electronics*
This collection of Stephen Montague's music for piano explores his roots in the Southern USA - including spirituals such as Nobody Knows the Trouble I've Seen - and the legacy of American experimental composers such as Charles Ives and John Cage with wit and energy. Pianist Philip Mead (also heard on Lucifer) is joined by singer Monica Acosta, flautist Nancy Ruffer, the Elysian Quartet, the London Sousa Band, and the composer himself on electronics and piano.