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Music for Flute and Guitar

11/30/2018, 15 Tracks, 1:19:54

Featuring

  • Alberto Mesirca
  • Daniele Ruggieri
  • George Rochberg
  • Terry Riley
  • Marc Ribot
  • Osvaldo Golijov
  • Charles Wuorinen
  • Ruth Crawford Seeger
  • Mark Delpriora

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Composer Biography

George Rochberg (1918-2005) uniquely combined both tonal and atonal elements within the same work.

Source: Booklet

Performer Biography

Alberto Mesirca, the Italian guitarist on this album, has won the 'Golden Guitar' award three times for best recording and as best upcoming artist.

Source: Booklet

Compositional Technique

George Rochberg's Ora Pro Nobis (Nach Bach II) transforms the central movement of Bach's Concerto italiano BWV971 by changing its meter from triple to quadruple.

Source: Booklet

Composition History

George Rochberg's pieces for flute and guitar, Muse of Fire and Ora Pro Nobis (Nach Bach II), were written in response to the political tensions of the Gulf War.

Source: Booklet

Album & Artwork

This recording focuses on 20th-century American music for flute and guitar, drawing inspiration from Walt Whitman's "Leaves of Grass" and its idea of "various carols."

Source: Booklet

Composer's Artistic Vision

The album highlights a contrast between the Minimalism of Terry Riley and the 'maximalist' music of Pulitzer Prize-winning composer Charles Wuorinen.

Source: Booklet

Recording & Production

Some of the works included in this collection are first-time recordings.

Source: Booklet

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