Caroline Goulding & David Fung - Tippet Rise OPUS 2017: Daydreams (2018) [Official Digital Download 24/96]

Tippet Rise OPUS 2017 is the second compilation album to emerge from the summer music season at Montana’s Tippet Rise Arts Center, which features performance spaces of acoustic perfection amidst a sculpture-laden terrain of awe-inspiring beauty, nestled against a backdrop of the Beartooth Mountains near Yellowstone National Park.

In this whimsical, imaginary world, composers open a visionary portal to the past and future. In the jazz-infused FIRST CLUB DATE, a world premiere by Aaron Jay Kernis and a Tippet Rise commission, cellist Matt Haimovitz and pianist Andrea Lam illuminate the musical playground of a boy on the cusp of manhood. The new work is dedicated to Haimovitz and the composer’s cellist-son Jonah, with double-entendre movement titles like “Puppy Love” and “Matt’s Monkish Machinations.” Violinist Caroline Goulding and pianist David Fung embody the youthful spirit of George Enescu’s Impressions from Childhood. An epic expansiveness saturates Red Arc / Blue Veil by John Luther Adams, featuring electronics and a wide array of sounds from pianist Vicky Chow and percussionist Doug Perkins. Opening the album is Jeffrey Kahane’s hopeful America the Beautiful, performed on piano by the composer himself, while works by Chopin and Bach, performed by pianists Yevgeny Sudbin and Anne-Marie McDermott, anchor the program with their sheer beauty and virtuosity.

Tracklist:
1. Jeffrey Kahane – America the Beautiful (03:55)
2. Matt Haimovitz & Andrea Lam – First Club Date: I. Prelude to a Pizz. (04:35)
3. Matt Haimovitz & Andrea Lam – First Club Date: II. Puppy Love (04:54)
4. Matt Haimovitz & Andrea Lam – First Club Date: III. Matt's Monkish Machinations (03:04)
5. Matt Haimovitz & Andrea Lam – First Club Date: IV. Elevating the Standard (07:16)
6. Matt Haimovitz & Andrea Lam – First Club Date: V. Jonah's Jive Jump (06:11)
7. Anne-Marie McDermott – English Suite No. 2 in A Minor, BWV 807: I. Prélude (04:14)
8. Jessica Sindell – Image, Op. 38 (05:09)
9. Caroline Goulding – Impressions d'enfance, Op. 28: No. 1, Ménétrier (03:08)
10. Caroline Goulding & David Fung – Impressions d'enfance, Op. 28: No. 2, Vieux mendiant (02:47)
11. Caroline Goulding & David Fung – Impressions d'enfance, Op. 28: No. 3, Ruisselet au fond du jardin (02:29)
12. Caroline Goulding & David Fung – Impressions d'enfance, Op. 28: No. 4, L'oiseau au cage et le coucou au mur (02:19)
13. Caroline Goulding & David Fung – Impressions d'enfance, Op. 28: No. 5, Chanson pour bercer (01:31)
14. Caroline Goulding & David Fung – Impressions d'enfance, Op. 28: No. 6, Grillon (00:22)
15. Caroline Goulding & David Fung – Impressions d'enfance, Op. 28: No. 7, Lune à travers les vitres (02:10)
16. Caroline Goulding – Impressions d'enfance, Op. 28: No. 8, Vent dans la cheminée (00:22)
17. Caroline Goulding & David Fung – Impressions d'enfance, Op. 28: No. 9, Tempête au dehors, dans la nuit (02:05)
18. Caroline Goulding & David Fung – Impressions d'enfance, Op. 28: No. 10, Lever de soleil (03:31)
19. Yevgeny Sudbin – Variations on the Minute Waltz (04:12)
20. Vicky Chow & Doug Perkins – Red Arc/Blue Veil (12:34)