{"product_id":"rr122-brubeckgandolfifoss-2-world-premiere-recordings","title":"Brubeck\/Gandolfi\/Foss (2 World Premiere Recordings)","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eBrubeck\/Gandolfi\/Foss\u003c\/strong\u003e performed by the \u003cstrong\u003eConcord Chamber Music Society\u003c\/strong\u003e on the \u003cstrong\u003eReference Recordings\u003c\/strong\u003e label, features World Premiere Recordings by \u003cstrong\u003eChris Brubeck\u003c\/strong\u003e and \u003cstrong\u003eMichael Gandolfi\u003c\/strong\u003e. They are two of America’s most-commissioned composers with music that is both accessible and adventurous. In just its second recording, the \u003cstrong\u003eLukas Foss\u003c\/strong\u003e duo for violin and piano, Central Park Reel, hints at a characteristic dance often accompanied by a bluegrass band.\r\n\r\nGrammy award winning engineer\u003cstrong\u003e Prof. Keith Johnson\u003c\/strong\u003e did an outstanding job of recording this music in the superb natural acoustics of Mechanics Hall in Worcester, Massachusetts, an historic 19th Century landmark. Johnson’s approach exemplifies the label’s pursuit of the absolute sound: capturing special music in outstanding spaces.\r\n\r\nChris Brubeck bears one of the most distinguished names in American music as the son of jazz musician and composer Dave Brubeck. Growing up with his father’s wide-ranging musical activities always present, it is not surprising that his own musical world is both wide and inclusive. He plays a number of instruments, sings, and composes in both Jazz and Classical genres. Danza del Soul is scored for a colorful sextet of violin, piano, clarinet, cello, acoustic bass and percussion. Its stylistic mixture of traditional Chamber Music with elements of Jazz was cheered enthusiastically at its 2010 Tanglewood Music Festival premiere with these musicians.\r\n\r\nA native and lifelong resident of the Boston area, Michael Gandolfi began his musical involvement in Rock and Jazz improvisation as a self-taught guitarist. His increasing skill in improvisation drew him to composition, and he began formal study in his early teens. Gandolfi frequently finds musical inspiration in art and literature. Line Drawings derives its musical ideas from drawings of Pablo Picasso. He notes, \u003cem\u003e“None of my pieces is tethered to a precise Picasso drawing but they are written in the spirit of the Picasso works: concise, clear, written with a sense of immediacy and sureness of ‘stroke,’ light and ‘airy.’ This trio for violin, clarinet and piano is full of variety and vitality, a rewarding listen.\"\u003c\/em\u003e\r\n\r\nIn just its second recording, the Lukas Foss duo for violin and piano, \u003cem\u003eCentral Park Reel\u003c\/em\u003e, hints cheerfully at a kind of musical twin bill. “Central Park” suggests a scene in New York but “Reel” hints at a characteristic dance often accompanied by a bluegrass band. The work was designed to represent American music overseas, so it is no surprise that Foss chose a vernacular style like bluegrass fiddle playing and converted it into a lively “country” piece that still hints, here and there, at the big city.\r\n\r\nThe Concord Chamber Music Society (CCMS) was founded by Boston Symphony Orchestra violinist Wendy Putnam in January 2000. CCMS presents a yearly series of chamber music concerts in Concord, Massachusetts, and sponsors a variety of educational outreach initiatives throughout the region. 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