Schwantner: Angelfire, Beyond Autumn, September Canticle & A Sudden Rainbow

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Release Date: 1st Aug 2005
Catalogue No: CDA67493
Label: Hyperion
Length: 65 minutes

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Schwantner: A Sudden Rainbow

Work length13:07

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Dallas Symphony Orchestra
Andrew Litton

Schwantner: Angelfire 'Fantasy for amplified violin and orchestra'

Work length17:41

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Anne Akiko Meyers (violin)
Dallas Symphony Orchestra
Andrew Litton

Schwantner: Beyond Autumn 'Poem for horn and orchestra'

Work length17:43

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Gregory Hustis (horn)
Dallas Symphony Orchestra
Andrew Litton

Schwantner: September Canticle 'Fantasy for organ, brass, percussion, amplified piano and strings'

Work length17:12

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James Diaz (organ)
Dallas Symphony Orchestra
Andrew Litton

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Joseph Schwantner was born in Chicago in 1943 and is a prominent figure in American contemporary music, his works receiving many accolades including the Pulitzer Prize for Aftertones of Infinity, Friedheim Awards first prize for Music of Amber and a Grammy Award nomination in the category, Best New Classical Composition for A Sudden Rainbow. Until recently he was Professor of Music at Yale University. His music has been performed extensively worldwide and is commonly compared to the likes of Berg, Crumb, Messiaen and Debussy; however, the modern nature of his work should not scare people off as this is accessable music, powerfully emotive and cinematic in style, with luminous textures and dramatic imagery. A Sudden Rainbow is Schwantners earliest work on this disc and calls for amplified piano and celesta and gives a prominent role to pitched and unpitched percussion. Angelfire is written for and performed on this disc by violinist Anne Akiko Meyers and explores the unique expressive aspects of the violin. Again Schwantner requests that the solo instrument be amplified so that it can compete with the sonorities of such a large orchestra. The September Canticle was commissioned by the Dallas Symphony Orchestra and written as a personal tribute to the victims of 9/11. The combination of menacing, chromatic tonal suspensions and a heart-wrenching melody from the strings enhances the powerful and poignant nature of this one-movement work.

Schwantner: Angelfire, Beyond Autumn, September Canticle & A Sudden Rainbow

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