Discography
Current Release
PRISM Quartet: Concertos for Saxophone Quartet
Ensemble(s)
- PRISM Quartet
- Boston Modern Orchestra Project
PRISM presents World Premiere recordings of William Bolcom’s Concerto Grosso and Steven Mackey’s Animal, Vegetable, Mineral with the Boston Modern Orchestra Project. The works were recorded in May 2008, and the project marks PRISM’s fourth release on the innova label. Orders for this album are being taken prior to street release date at http://www.innova.mu. Contact Philip Blackburn for questions.
| Conductor: | Gil Rose |
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| Produced By: | Innova Recordings |
| Release Date: | March 17, 2009 |
| Catalog Number: | 731 |
Tracks
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- Concerto Grosso
- William Bolcom
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- Animal, Vegetable, Mineral
- Steven Mackey
Applause
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“...[Bolcom's Concerto Grosso] radiates charm and affection for the vernacular roots of the saxophone. Scampering lines, bluesy swoons, crooning ballads, a ballroom waltz and a swing-band blitz leave the scent of jazz and impressionist harmony in the air...
” Detroit Free Press -
“"Concerto Grosso" (2000) by William Bolcom is sure to be a concert hall crowd pleaser...And as with their previous recording of composer William Albright's music for saxophones, the Prism Quartet display the virtuosic command of tonal colour that brings out the breadth and depth of shapes and shadings in the material on this CD. Further out than "Concerto Grosso," Steven Mackey's "Animal, Vegetable, Mineral" uses multi-phonics and antiphonal cross-rhythms to sculpt solid, muscular forms...Mackey's work does elicit Sendak-ian echoes of Where the Wild Things Are, as the saxophones honk and bleat with animalistic abandon. This is enchanting music lovingly realized.” Exclaim! (Canada)