Grossman Ensemble - Augusta Read Thomas: Terpsichore's Box of Dreams (2024) [Hi-Res]

Tracklist

01. Terpsichore's Box Of Dreams: I. Terpsichore Enters
02. Terpsichore's Box Of Dreams: II. Dance No. 1 Scatter
03. Terpsichore's Box Of Dreams: III. Dance No. 2 Tiptoe Caper
04. Terpsichore's Box Of Dreams: IV. Dance No. 3 Pointillistic Groove Flutter Pirouettes
05. Terpsichore's Box Of Dreams: V. Dance No. 4 Slalom
06. Terpsichore's Box Of Dreams: VI. Dance No. 5 Dream
07. Terpsichore's Box Of Dreams: VII. Dance No. 6 Gambol
08. Terpsichore's Box Of Dreams: VIII. Dance No. 7 Romp
09. Terpsichore's Box Of Dreams: IX. Terpsichore Departs
10. Star Box for pecussion quartet
11. Dance Mobile
12. Laetitia's Caprice for solo soprano saxophone
13. Carnival for bassoon and wind ensemble
14. Bebop Riddle II for cello and piano
15. Con Moto for percussion quartet

Previous instalments in this long-running survey of Augusta Read Thomas's oeuvre have ranged far and wide within a catalogue that spans some 30 years to date. In contrast, we here explore a variety of works of more immediately recent vintage (the earliest work here dates from 2018), and between them fill out a vividly coloured snapshot of Thomas' irrepressible compositional persona as it stands at present. Many of her long-standing preoccupations are to be found in this collection: the love of dance which propels the music into a tirelessly evolving voyage in both rhythmic and narrative terms, the iridescent, bell-saturated sonic environment that fills her musical landscapes with light and clarity, the sense of jazz auras acting as guiding spirits propelling the music on its course with its restless, hocketing rhythms and penetrating harmonic flavours, a celebration and understanding of instrumental virtuosity, the overall sense of her music engaged in a deep-seated interaction between the present and the past.

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