Nicholas Kitchen, New England Conservatory Percussion Ensemble, Frank Epstein - Agócs, Harrison & Rodríguez: Works for Violin & Percussion Orchestra (2022) [Hi-Res]

Tracklist

01. Xochiquetzal for Violin & Percussion Orchestra: I. Xochiquetzal and Her Retinue of Hummingbirds
02. Xochiquetzal for Violin & Percussion Orchestra: II. Xochiquetzal's Love Spell
03. Xochiquetzal for Violin & Percussion Orchestra: III. Xochiquetzal's Husband, Tlaloc, God of Thunder and Rain
04. Xochiquetzal for Violin & Percussion Orchestra: IV. Xochiquetzal's Tears of Yellow Marigolds
05. Xochiquetzal for Violin & Percussion Orchestra: V. Xochiquetzal's Gifts of Music and Dance
06. Concerto for Violin & Percussion Orchestra: I. Allegro, maestoso
07. Concerto for Violin & Percussion Orchestra: II. Largo, cantabile
08. Concerto for Violin & Percussion Orchestra: III. Allegro, vigoroso, poco presto
09. Concerto for Violin & Percussion Orchestra: I. Incantata
10. Concerto for Violin & Percussion Orchestra: II. Inquieto
11. Concerto for Violin & Percussion Orchestra: III. Maestoso
12. Concerto for Violin & Percussion Orchestra: IV. Brioso - Cantabile

The unique instrumentation of the three works in this album was pioneered by the innovative Lou Harrison, whose 1959 Violin 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.

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