Americascapes

Featuring

Delphine Dupuy
Robert Trevino
Euskadiko Orkestra Sinfonikoa
Charles Martin Loeffler
Carl Ruggles
Howard Hanson

Henry Dixon Cowell

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Album & Artwork

The album title, 'Americascapes', reflects conductor Robert Trevino's philosophy that being American is about humanism and people coming together, not just a passport or ancestry.

Composer Biography

Carl Ruggles, an American modernist, completed only a little over an hour's worth of music in his 95 years, preferring to paint instead.

Composer Biography

Charles Martin Loeffler, though born in Berlin, settled in the United States by 1882, joined the Boston Symphony Orchestra as a violinist, and became an American citizen in 1887.

Recording & Production

This album features a world premiere recording of Howard Hanson's Before the Dawn, a piece that waited a century for its first recording.

Cultural Impact

Henry Cowell's innovative 'tone clusters' were adopted by the genius Béla Bartók as a primary staple of his aesthetic, and his music influenced composers like Varèse and Ruggles.

Compositional Technique

Henry Cowell, an American experimentalist, was known for his innovative compositional style, including 'tone clusters' played with fists and forearms on the keyboard, and plucking or scratching piano strings.

Performer Biography

Robert Trevino, the conductor, gained international recognition at the Bolshoi Theater in 2013, leading a new production of Verdi's Don Carlo on short notice, with the Russian press comparing his success to Van Cliburn's.