Mason: String quartet No1; Double concerto for horn & trombone

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The English composer, Benedict Mason, has been called "one of the major talents in music today" by the critic Julian Anderson. The three works recorded on this disc introduce the work of a startlingly original voice. Mason's music incorporates a huge range of expression- from commonplace to the sublime. Barriers between tonality and non-tonality are swept aside easily by the force of Mason's musical argument, his broadly inclusive vision calling to mind such visionaries as Janacek, Mahler and Ives. Indeed, ghosts of Beethoven, Stravinsky, Ives and even Elgar occasionally haunt the discourse of Mason's surreal landscape, projecting a brilliantly refractory sub-text, the music's surface always alive with humor and highly detailed invention. The virtuosic performances on this disc are ample testimony to the high esteem in which Benedict Mason is held by his English and German colleagues- members of three of Europe's leading contemporary ensembles.

Mason: String quartet No1; Double concerto for horn & trombone, Music, Rohan de Saram, Rohan deSaram, Benedict Mason, Diego Masson, Ingo Metzmacher, Arcadian Academy, Michael Thompson, Ensemble Modern, London Sinfonietta, Christine Whittlesey, David Purser, Garth Knox, David Alberman, Irvine Arditti, Chamber, Chamber Music & Recitals, Classical, Classical Composers, Concerto, Concerto for Two Solo Instruments, Quartet for Four String Instruments, Virelai, Vocal

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Mason: String quartet No1; Double concerto for horn & trombone Manufacturer: Bridge ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Quartets | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music General | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music Concertinos | Concertos | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music General | Concertos | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Chamber Music | Forms & Genres | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music Virelais | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Classical | Indie Music | Stores | Music ASIN: B000003GJ3 Release Date: 1994-03-22

Tracks:

1. Str Qt No.1: Part 1. Perambulation - The Arditti Qt
2. Str Qt No.1: Part 2. Fast Travelling - The Arditti Qt
3. Str Qt No.1: Part 3. Observing (Standing Still) - The Arditti Qt
4. Str Qt No.1: Part 4. Observing (Travelling Fast) - The Arditti Qt
5. Str Qt No.1: Part 5. Returning - The Arditti Qt
6. Double Con: 1. Determined 1/4nt=104 - Michael Thompson/David Purser
7. Double Con: 2. Scherzo Notturno, Trio Diurno, Scherzo Reprise Square Root Of Double - Michael Thompson/David Purser
8. Double Con: 3.Molto Adagio - Michael Thompson/David Purser
9. Double Con: 4. Determined 1/4=104 - Michael Thompson/David Purser
10. Self-Referential Songs And Realistic Virelais: 1. Partial Baffles - Christine Whittlesey
11. Self-Referential Songs And Realistic Virelais: 2. Ah...Never On The Drumhead - Christine Whittlesey
12. Self-Referential Songs And Realistic Virelais: 3. Whiffling Seesaw Rhythms - Christine Whittlesey
13. Self-Referential Songs And Realistic Virelais: 4. Metallurgical Rules - Christine Whittlesey
14. Self-Referential Songs And Realistic Virelais: 5. Aahk Pit-It-It Skaaak! - Christine Whittlesey
15. Self-Referential Songs And Realistic Virelais: 6. Temporary Deviations - Christine Whittlesey
16. Self-Referential Songs And Realistic Virelais: 7. Del Penicille Qui C'est Escrit - Christine Whittlesey

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Track Listings:

1. Messiaen: Des Canyons aux Etoiles; Oiseaux Exotiques; Couleurs de la Cité Celeste
2. Mozart - Don Giovanni / Keenlyside, Salminen, Remigio, Heilmann, Terfel, Isokoski, D'Arcangelo, Pace, Abbado [Box set]
3. Pairs of Pieces: A frog he went a-courting
4. Pal Joey (1952 Broadway Revival Cast) [Cast Recording] [Soundtrack]
5. Pelléas et Mélisande [Enhanced]
6. Pergolesi: Stabat Mater [Import]
7. Peter Ilyich Tchaikovksy: Symphony No.1 in G Minor Op.13 "Winter Daydreams"
8. Piano Concertos by Grieg and Liszt/Busoni
9. Ponchielli: La Gioconda - 2 Performances
10. Rachmaninoff - The Elegiaque Piano Trios

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Haydn: London Symphonies Nos. 93, 94, 103 [Original recording remastered]

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Starpeace [Extra tracks] [Original recording remastered]

Kelli [Explicit Lyrics]

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Great Singers at La Scala Milan

Gabby Pahinui Hawaiian Band, Vol. 1

Introduction to Earl Hines

Idlewild

El Mismo Romantico

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Right on Time

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