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Dimensions: Works for String Orchestra

11/6/2012, 12 Tracks, 52:26

Featuring

  • Robert Ian Winstin
  • Petr Vronský
  • Kirk Trevor
  • Richard Stoltzman
  • Gabriela Kummerová
  • Marin Alsop
  • Czech Philharmonic
  • Moravská filharmonie Olomouc
  • Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra
  • Concordia Orchestra
  • Gregory Hutter
  • Louis Babin
  • Reynard Burns
  • Andrew March
  • Claude Debussy
  • Rudy Kronfuss
  • Daniel Burwasser

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Composition History

Andrew March's Sanguis Venenatus originated from an elegy in a cycle of 10 string quartets based on birds of prey.

Source: Booklet

Composer Biography

Andrew March, composer of Sanguis Venenatus, is a hemophiliac who was infected with HIV at age 9 through contaminated blood products.

Source: Booklet

Recording & Production

Several pieces on the album were recorded at Reduta Hall in Olomouc, Czech Republic.

Source: Booklet

Recording & Production

The album features recordings from two different orchestras: the Czech Philharmonic Orchestra and the Moravian Philharmonic Strings.

Source: Booklet

Interpretation

Clarinetist Richard Stoltzman's recording of Debussy's Maid with the Flaxen Hair was previously featured on Microsoft's Windows 7 as pre-loaded audio.

Source: Booklet

Composer's Artistic Vision

Louis Babin, composer of Couleurs and La Suite du Promeneur, describes Couleurs as closest to his personal musical language, rooted in the word FACE and an interior voyage.

Source: Booklet

Composition History

The title Sanguis Venenatus, meaning 'Tainted Blood' in Latin, was suggested by a friend to replace the original, longer title 'Elegy for an Unsuspecting Phalarope'.

Source: Booklet

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