Lou Harrison - Violin Concerto, Grand Duo, Double Music | Naxos - American Classics 8559825

Lou Harrison - Violin Concerto, Grand Duo, Double Music

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Label: Naxos - American Classics

Cat No: 8559825

Format: CD

Number of Discs: 1

Release Date: 13th April 2017

Contents

Artists

Tim Fain (violin)
Michael Boriskin (piano)
PostClassical Ensemble

Conductor

Angel Gil-Ordonez

Works

Cage, John

Double music (with Lou Harrison)

Harrison, Lou

Concerto for violin and percussion orchestra
Grand Duo

Artists

Tim Fain (violin)
Michael Boriskin (piano)
PostClassical Ensemble

Conductor

Angel Gil-Ordonez

About

Lou Harrison was a composer far ahead of his time. A protean innovator, he espoused ‘world music’ before it had a name, and this recording documents his pioneering rôles as a composer for percussion and as an integrator of Western and Indonesian idioms. The Concerto for Violin and Percussion, both intimate and vigorous, demonstrates his experimental enthusiasm in the use of non-pitched percussion. The Grand Duo for Violin and Piano is a remarkable example of gamelan-infused chamber music while Double Music, co-composed with Harrison’s friend John Cage, is a well-known product of their celebrated San Francisco percussion concerts.

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