Quincy Porter : Complete Viola Works

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Release Date: 26th Apr 2010
Catalogue No: DSL-90911
Label: Dorian Sono Luminus
Length: 74 minutes

Grammy Awards

53rd Awards (2010)

Best Engineered Album, Classical

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Porter, Q: Viola Concerto

Work length20:16

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Eliesha Nelson (viola)
Northwest Sinfonia
John McLaughlin Williams

I. Adagio

Track length3:26

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II. Allegro

Track length4:46

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III. Largo

Track length6:24

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IV. Allegro giusto

Track length5:40

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$1.30

Porter, Q: Speed Etude

Work length2:29

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$1.30

John McLaughlin Williams (piano), Eliesha Nelson (viola)

Porter, Q: Duo for Viola and Harp

Work length10:15

$3.00

$3.85

Eliesha Nelson (viola), Douglas Rioth (harp)

Porter, Q: Viola Suite

Work length7:48

$4.00

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Eliesha Nelson (viola)

I. Lento

Track length1:58

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$1.30

II. Allegro furioso

Track length1:54

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III. Larghetto espressivo

Track length2:33

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IV. Allegro spirituoso

Track length1:23

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Porter, Q: Blues Lointains (version for viola and piano)

Work length6:46

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$1.30

John McLaughlin Williams (piano), Eliesha Nelson (viola)

Porter, Q: Poem (version for viola and piano)

Work length4:31

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$1.30

Eliesha Nelson (viola), John McLaughlin Williams (piano)

Porter, Q: Duo for Viola and Harpsichord

Work length10:10

$3.00

$3.85

John McLaughlin Williams (harpsichord), Eliesha Nelson (viola)

Porter, Q: Duo for Violin and Viola

Work length11:45

$3.00

$3.90

John McLaughlin Williams (violin), Eliesha Nelson (viola)

I. Allegretto

Track length4:50

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$1.30

II. Lento

Track length3:50

$1.00

$1.30

III. Allegro molto

Track length3:05

$1.00

$1.30

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Celebrated American composer Quincy Porter (1897-1966) developed a unique music style and sound as a result of his studies in France with André Caplet and Vincent d’Indy, and in New York with Ernest Bloch. Porter’s music has a singing quality, possessing genuine rhythmic verve and is always fresh, spontaneous, independent, intellectual, and at the same time emotionally vital. Howard Hanson, stated that “Porter’s strings weave golden strands of melody, and his harmonies re-create for the ear of the listener the spirit of beauty.” As a violist, Porter created for his instrument an important, enduring, and stimulating body of musical literature. For the very first time, all of Porter’s works for viola have been recorded and are available on this disc. Performed by Cleveland Orchestra Violist Eliesha Nelson, in collaboration with Grammy® winner John McLaughlin Williams, and San Francisco Symphony Principal Harpist Douglas Rioth, this recording is a must for anyone interested in the repertoire of the viola or American music.

Eliesha Nelson began her musical life as a child of 8 in North Pole, Alaska playing Violin. In 1997 she moved her focus and passion from violin to the viola, and pursued a masters at the Cleveland Institute of Music. In 2000, after a year of performing as principal violist with the Florida Philharmonic, Eliesha was awarded a position in the world-renowned Cleveland Orchestra where she continues to perform today.

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