Grossman Ensemble, DePaul Wind Ensemble, Jeffrey Milarsky, Erica Neidlinger - Augusta Read Thomas: Sol (2026) [Hi-Res]

Tracklist

01. Solstice Ritual, Homage to Varèse and Ravel for 14 virtuosi: I. Reaching Skyward
02. Solstice Ritual, Homage to Varèse and Ravel for 14 virtuosi: II. Two Drumming Rituals
03. Solstice Ritual, Homage to Varèse and Ravel for 14 virtuosi: III. Bell Prayers
04. Magical Flights Of The Adarna Bird for solo cello: I. Invocation - Majestic, Blazing, Illuminated
05. Magical Flights Of The Adarna Bird for solo cello: II. Spiritus - Lyrical, Rhapsodic, Animated and Sparkling
06. Magical Flights Of The Adarna Bird for solo cello: III. Spiraling Healing Poem - Elegant, Dreamy
07. Illuminations 'Fanfare Sinfonia' for solo timpani, 3 percussion and 9 brass: I. Ceremonious - Stately
08. Illuminations 'Fanfare Sinfonia' for solo timpani, 3 percussion and 9 brass: II. Lyrical - Elegant
09. Light Pearls Through Prisms for solo piano
10. Equinox Ritual, Homage to Igor Stravinsky for percussion quartet: I. Reaching Skyward
11. Equinox Ritual, Homage to Igor Stravinsky for percussion quartet: II. Three Drumming Rituals
12. Equinox Ritual, Homage to Igor Stravinsky for percussion quartet: III. Bell Prayers



For some twenty-five years I’ve had the inestimable privilege of collaborating with Augusta Read Thomas and so it is with some authority that I claim she is a singular refutation of Newtonian physics: she creates energy. In countless workshops, recording sessions, performances, and masterclasses I’ve watched her elicit previously undiscovered timbral nuance, dynamic possibility, and personal virtuosity from players and composers alike. Hers is a creative energy so irrepressible that somewhere amidst the cascade of commissions, awards, and international flights to attend performances of her work she, to mention just two examples, launched Chicago’s largest-scale new music festival (Ear Taxi) as well as one of the country’s most prolific incubators of new work, The Grossman Ensemble. I’m happy to report that the performances captured within this tracklist provide significant evidence in substantiating this bold claim.

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