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This collection of chamber works by contemporary African American composers offers a fascinating look at how history and musical languages interweave. Olly Wilson's "Sometimes" is a tremendous exploration of voice and tape, held steady by William Brown's tenor, which seems to extend its range warmly while fragmenting "Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child." T.J. Anderson's equally striking "Intermezzi," a trio for tenor saxophone, clarinet, and piano, presents assorted miniatures that come together improvisationally. Likewise, Donal Fox's contributions draw from "Intermezzi" and "Sometimes," inverting and interrogating constructions in freely improvised segments. David Baker's "Through This Vale of Tears" is a lengthy song cycle, using Brown's tenor, Vivian Taylor's piano, and a string quartet in a tribute to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. It's wonderful to hear how 20th-century classical techniques merge with sonorities gleaned in part from avant-garde jazz. --Andrew Bartlett

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Videmus: Works by Anderson, Baker, Fox, Watson Manufacturer: New World Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Intermezzos | Theatrical, Incidental & Program Music | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Chamber Music | Forms & Genres | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General Modern | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Clarinet | Reeds & Winds | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music Saxophone | Reeds & Winds | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music ASIN: B0000030HD Release Date: 1992-12-08

Tracks:

1. Olly Wilson: Sometimes for tenor and tape
2. Donal Fox: Dialectics for Two Grand Pianos
3. T.J. Anderson: Intermezzi
4. Donal Fox: Four Chords from T.J.'s Intermezzi
5. Donal Fox: Duetto for Clarinet and Piano
6. David Baker: Through This Vale of Tears, I. Thou Dost Lay Me in the Dust of Death
7. Tears II. If There Be Sorrow
8. Tears III. My God, Why Hast Thou Forsaken Me?
9. Tears IV. Parades to Hell
10. Tears V. Deliver My Soul
11. Tears VI. Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child
12. Tears VII. Now That He Is Safely Dead
13. Donal Fox: Jazz Sets and Tone Rows

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This collection of chamber works by contemporary African American composers offers a fascinating look at how history and musical languages interweave. Olly Wilson's "Sometimes" is a tremendous exploration of voice and tape, held steady by William Brown's tenor, which seems to extend its range warmly while fragmenting "Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child." T.J. Anderson's equally striking "Intermezzi," a trio for tenor saxophone, clarinet, and piano, presents assorted miniatures that come together improvisationally. Likewise, Donal Fox's contributions draw from "Intermezzi" and "Sometimes," inverting and interrogating constructions in freely improvised segments. David Baker's "Through This Vale of Tears" is a lengthy song cycle, using Brown's tenor, Vivian Taylor's piano, and a string quartet in a tribute to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. It's wonderful to hear how 20th-century classical techniques merge with sonorities gleaned in part from avant-garde jazz. --Andrew Bartlett

Average customer rating: An American classic

Works By William Grant Still Manufacturer: New World Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD All Works by Still | Still, William Grant | ( S ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Concertos | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music General | Sonatas | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Chamber Music | Forms & Genres | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Vocal & Song | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Keyboard | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music Oboe | Reeds & Winds | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music Violin | Strings | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music General | Symphonies | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Modern & 20th Century | Historical Periods | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music General | Songs & Lieder | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Similar Items: William Grant Still: Afro-American Symphony; In Memoriam; Africa (Symphonic Poem) William Grant Still: The American Scene Music of William Grant Still African Heritage Symphonic Series, Vol. 1 Still/Dawson/Ellington: Symphony No. 2/Negro Folk Symphony/Harlem ASIN: B0000030GM Release Date: 1992-12-08

Tracks:

1. I. Suite For Violin And Piano
2. II. Suite For Violin And Piano
3. III. Suite For Violin And Piano
4. Songs Of Separation: Idolatry
5. Songs Of Separation: Poeme
6. Songs Of Separation: Parted
7. Songs Of Separation: If You Should Go
8. Songs Of Separation: A Black Pierrot
9. Incantation And Dance
10. Here's One
11. Summerland
12. Citadel
13. Song For The Lonely
14. Out Of The Silence
15. I. Ennango
16. II. Ennanga
17. III. Ennanga
18. Lift Every Voice And Sing

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An American classic.......2001-01-21

This seminal recording is a must for the library of anyone serious in the study of American music. William Grant Still, often lauded as the "Dean of African American Composers," is among the most distinguished composers in the United States, regardless of his race. This anthology of his work explores his contribution to small scale genres, namely chamber music and song. Having been deeply enamored of the human voice, his music is imbued with lyricism for every instrument.

In this recording, Robert Honeysucker is a stand-out performer. His rich, vibrant baritone is perfectly suited to the rigourous requirements of Still's "Songs of Separation." Lynn Chang and Vivian Taylor perform Still's "Suite for Violin and Piano" with style and panache. The pathos and passion of Still's life can be discerned from the second movement of this work, in particularly.

Average customer rating: A wealth of artistry of African-American music and musicians

Watch & Pray Videmus , Taylor , Dillard , and Hamilton Manufacturer: Koch Int'l Classics ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Classical | Styles | Music ASIN: B000001SHC Release Date: 1994-02-01

Tracks:

1. Calvary (spiritual)
2. Lord, I Just Can't Keep From Cryin' (spiritual)
3. He's Got The Whole World In His Hand (spiritual)
4. Springtime
5. Watch & Pray
6. The Negro Speaks of Rivers/Three Dream Portrait
7. Minstrell Man
8. Dream Var
9. I, Too
10. Dry Bones (spiritual)
11. My Dream
12. I Am In Doubt
13. Is There Anyone Here That Loves My Jesus (spiritual)
14. Song To A Dark Virgin
15. Love Let the Wind Cry...How I Adore Thee
16. Come Down Angels (spiritual)
17. I'm A Poor Lil' Orphan (spiritual)
18. It's Me, O Lord (spiritual)
19. Night
20. My Soul's Been Anchored In The Lord
21. Free At Last (spiritual)

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A wealth of artistry of African-American music and musicians.......1998-11-07

This album is an excellent audio mini-compendium of compositions by African-American female composers: namely Betty Jackson King, Margaret Bonds, Florence Price, and Undine Smith Moore. All of these women, who have been well written and well published were classically trained musicians; three of them lived in Chicago; unfortunately all are dead, but their music and artistry continue to live on. The artists, Ms. Dillard, Ms. Hamilton, Mr. Honeysucker, and Ms. Taylor are consumate artists in their own right as performers not only in European Classical Music, but also in African-American Music. I would highly reccomend this CD for anyone's collection of excellent music. Ronald Baltimore, Jr. Assistant Professor of Music Philander Smith College Little Rock, AR

Music Review:

1. Vierne: Melodies
2. Vierne: Symphony Op.24/Poem Op.50
3. Vierne: Works for Piano
4. Vivaldi: Four Seasons/Concerti Op.3, Nos.6 & 8
5. Voxnova
6. Weiner: String Quartets
7. Works by Fine, Menotti, Ruggles & Shapero
8. Works By Michelle Ekizian And Louis Karchin
9. Youthful Rapture: Chamber Music of Percy Grainger
10. Aaron Copland, Arthur Foote: Chamber Music with Flute

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