Caroline Eva Chin and Laura Melton - Switchback: Contemporary American Duos for Violin & Piano (2026) [Hi-Res]

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Title: Switchback: Contemporary American Duos for Violin & Piano
Year Of Release: 2026
Label: Toccata Next
Genre: Classical
Quality: FLAC (tracks) / 24bit-96kHz FLAC (tracks)
Total Time: 01:10:40
Total Size: 281 MB / 1.27 GB
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Tracklist:

1. Two Movements (With Bells): I. Presto (10:36)
2. Two Movements (With Bells): II. A Song for My Father (7:24)
3. String Poetic: I. Jagged Climb (2:17)
4. String Poetic: II. Nocturne (5:05)
5. String Poetic: III. Blue Hills of Mist (7:16)
6. String Poetic: IV. Maze Mechanical (3:15)
7. String Poetic: V. Climb Jagged (2:51)
8. Morra: I. Heavy Solid (1:43)
9. Morra: II. Suspended, Fluid (3:24)
10. Morra: III. Tarantella (4:01)
11. Violin Sonata: I. Allegro (2:57)
12. Violin Sonata: II. Andantino (With Simplicity) (6:35)
13. Violin Sonata: III. Lento (Quasi recitativo) (4:43)
14. Violin Sonata: IV. Allegro (8:43)

Modern American music has long been characterised by kaleidoscopic variety, reflecting the vigour and optimism of American culture more generally. John Corigliano’s early Violin Sonata is a work of the mid-twentieth century. But his own assessment of the piece – ‘Its eclecticism, its rhythmic energy, and its bright character give the Sonata a very American quality’ – could be applied with equal merit to the three 21st-century scores that accompany it here, all four switching easily between gentle introspection and spirited exuberance.