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American Spectrum - Marsalis, Llewellyn, North Carolina Symphony (2009)

Posted By: peotuvave

Date: 30 Apr 2014 17:09:54

Composed between 1963 and 2005 these four works form a spectrum that demonstrates a tendency among composers of American concert music to draw from a wide range of musical streams – classical, popular, folk and jazz. This colourful programme is performed by the North Carolina Symphony on their first BIS recording, conducted by Grant Llewellyn and with solo appearances by the celebrated jazz saxophonist Branford Marsalis and his quartet.

Composer: Michael Daugherty, John Williams, Ned Rorem, Christopher Rouse
Performer: Branford Marsalis
Conductor: Grant Llewellyn
Orchestra/Ensemble: North Carolina Symphony Orchestra, Branford Marsalis Quartet

Reviews: This enterprising collection of attractive, listenable contemporary music really is great fun. Michael Daugherty's Sunset Strip offers a typically eclectic mix of classical and popular music styles, including in its finale a very ingenious tribute to Ravel's Boléro. Escapades has the advantage of Branford Marsalis' always-capable solo playing, but it's also one of John Williams' better concertante pieces, full of memorable invention, skillfully scored.

Ned Rorem's Lions is the earliest work here, dating from 1963. Much of it is strikingly beautiful, especially the string "halos" that evoke the world of dreams that inspired its composition. Truth be told, classical/jazz fusion pieces such as this (never mind the excellent playing of the Branford Marsalis Quartet) can sound dated taken by themselves, but not in this company, as part of this particular program–an inspired way to revive a fine, neglected work.

Christopher Rouse's Friandise is a short ballet in the form of a French baroque dance suite–sort of. The introduction is modern, the ensuing sicilienne, passepied, and sarabande clearly evoke the old school, but the brilliant concluding gallop (with its humorous salutes to composers as diverse as Offenbach and Khachaturian) brings us firmly into the 20th, or 21st century. The North Carolina Symphony plays with great spirit and dash under Grant Llewellyn. As just noted, the soloists are terrific, and the sonics, while a touch dry, let you hear everything that you need to, in just proportion. Splendid.

Tracklisting:

1. Sunset Strip by Michael Daugherty
Conductor: Grant Llewellyn
Orchestra/Ensemble: North Carolina Symphony Orchestra
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1999; USA

2. Escapades by John Williams
Performer: Branford Marsalis (Alto Saxophone)
Conductor: Grant Llewellyn
Orchestra/Ensemble: North Carolina Symphony Orchestra
Period: 20th Century
Written: USA

3. Lions (A Dream) for Jazz Quartet and Orchestra by Ned Rorem
Performer: Branford Marsalis (Alto Saxophone)
Conductor: Grant Llewellyn
Orchestra/Ensemble: North Carolina Symphony Orchestra, Branford Marsalis Quartet
Period: 20th Century
Written: USA

4. Friandises by Christopher Rouse
Conductor: Grant Llewellyn
Orchestra/Ensemble: North Carolina Symphony Orchestra
Period: 20th Century
Written: USA

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