American Vignettes: Contemporary Works for Cello and Piano
Though quintessentially American in spirit, the musical snapshots in this album are as diverse as the men and women who composed them. Drawing from influences as disparate as the blues, jazz, Broadway, gospel, folksong and the wild west, these ‘American vignettes’ merge popular idioms into a new canon of the repertoire for cello and piano. The distinctive voices of six US composers, from the late twentieth and early 21st centuries, here come together to weave a virtuosic and colourful tapestry of Americana.
Aron Zelkowicz, cello
Christina Wright-Ivanova, piano
Carter Pann (b. 1972)
Differences (1996) (13:53)
- I. Strand (2:03)
- II. Air (3:54)
- III. Country Dance (3:06)
- IV. Blues (3:03)
- V. Song (1:47)
Gabriela Lena Frank (b. 1972)
Manhattan Serenade (1995)* (9:36)
- I. Uptown (2:41)
- II. Midtown (3:37)
- III. Downtown (3:18)
Margaret Bonds (1913-1972)
- Troubled Water (c. 1952) (5:58)
Stacy Garrop (b. 1969)
Noir Vignettes (2014)* (14:59)
- I. Murder at Midnight (3:44)
- II. Loaded Gun (4:02)
- III. Femme Fatale (4:26)
- IV. The Last Cigarette (2:47)
Kevin Puts (b. 1972)
- Air (2004) (9:32)
Stephen Paulus (1949-2014)
American Vignettes (1988) (18:53)
- I. The Dying, Cowboy (2:40)
- II. Whoa Back, Buck (2:49)
- III. The Water is Wide (4:20)
- IV. Sweet Betsy from Pike (2:00)
- V. Single Girl (4:08)
- VI. She’ll Be Coming ‘Round the Mountain (2:56)
*First Recordings
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