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World music CD DVD shop and Classic distribution
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ID: FHR13 (EAN: 5060216340081) | 1 CD | DDD Publi: 2011
- LABEL:
- FIRST HAND RECORDS
- Subcollection:
- Piano
- Compositeurs:
- BOZZA, Eugene Joseph | COWIE, Billy | DEBUSSY, Claude | FAURÉ, Gabriel | GLASS, Philip | HÄNDEL, Georg Friedrich | Mc GLYNN, Michael | NYMAN, Michael Laurence | RAVEL, Maurice | SCOTT, Andy | TANAKA, Karen | VILLA-LOBOS, Heitor
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Interprètes:
- Mc CHRYSTAL, Gerard (saxophone) | OGDEN, Craig (guitar) | SILVA, Shiroma de (piano)
- Pour plus amples dtails:
First Hand CD 'Aria' has just been named by Classic FM as one of the best albums of 2011!
This brilliantly devised CD from Gerard McChrystal is a deeply personal album; at times mystical, the music is always beautiful and captivating. Indeed, Aria has similar qualities to Jan Gabarek's Officium (which sold 1.4 million copies) and will appeal to this fan-base. Featuring soprano and alto saxophone with a colourful array of different ensemble accompaniments - string orchestra, choir, guitar, piano, solo, string quartet and electronics. Baroque music blends seamlessly with contemporary; Handel resolves into Michael Nyman, Debussy's Syrinx morphs into Ravel's Piece en forme de habanera. All the tracks lead to the next by key or by starting and ending on the same note. Other works include Philip Glass Façades, Faure Les Berceaux, Bozza Aria, as well as original works by Billy Cowie, Karen Tanaka, Andy Scott and Michael McGlynn (from the vocal group Anúna who featured in Riverdance). Accompanying Gerard on this album are some of the UK's finest classical musicians including the Smith Quartet and the No. 1 best-selling classical artist, guitarist Craig Ogden. Gerard McChrystal is a multi-award winning saxophonist who has performed as a soloist in over 30 countries with many of the World's leading orchestras and ensembles.
| HÄNDEL, Georg Friedrich (1685-1759), (arr. Gerard McChrystal) | | | 1. | Largo (from Concerto grosso, Op. 3, No. 2 in B flat major, HWV313. | 3:51 | | | NYMAN, Michael Laurence (b. 1944), (arr. by Ian Humphries) | | | 2. | Why? | 3:46 | | | 3. | Aisling | 3:43 | | | VILLA-LOBOS, Heitor (1887-1959), (arr. Gerard McChrystal) | | | 4. | Aria (Cantilena) (from Bachianas Brasileiras No. 5) | 5:00 | | | GLASS, Philip (b. 1937), (b.1937) | | | 5. | Façades | 6:57 | | | SCOTT, Andy (b.1949), (b.1966) | | | 6. | My Mountian Top | 8:26 | | | BOZZA, Eugene Joseph (1905-1991), (1905-1991) | | | 7. | Aria | 3:36 | | | COWIE, Billy | | | 8. | Romance No. 2 | 3:07 | | | Mc GLYNN, Michael | | | 9. | Behind the Closed Eye | 4:07 | | | FAURÉ, Gabriel (1845-1924), (arr. Gerard McChrystal) | | | 10. | Les berceaux (from 3 Songs, Op. 23, No. 1) | 2:47 | | | COWIE, Billy | | | 11. | Romance No. 1 | 3:51 | | | DEBUSSY, Claude (1862-1918), (arr. Jean-Marie Londeix) | | | 12. | Syrinx | 2:49 | | | RAVEL, Maurice (1875-1937), (arr.Gerard Mc Chrystal) | | | 13. | Piece en forme de Habanera | 2:59 | | | SCOTT, Andy (b.1949) | | | 14. | Night Bird | 8:16 | | | NYMAN, Michael Laurence (b. 1944), (arr. Ian Humphries) | | | 15. | If? | 3:18 | | | COWIE, Billy | | | 16. | Romance No. 3 | 3:54 | | | Mc GLYNN, Michael | | | 17. | From Nowhere to Nowhere | 3:04 | |
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