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ASIN: B00006YZH3
Release Date: 2002-09-15
In the Dragon's Garden: Music by David Kechley
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| 1. VALENCIA: Iberian Musings for Marimba and Saxophone Quartet - Mov. 1 ...on the edge | ||
| 2. VALENCIA - Mov. 2 Prayer and Lament with Interjection | ||
| 3. VALENCIA - Mov. 3 Please refrain... | ||
| 4. DRIVELINE: A Powerwalk for Guitar and Alto Saxophone | ||
| 5. Stepping Out - Mov. 1 Minimum Overdrive | ||
| 6. Stepping Out - Mov. 2 Midnight Reflection | ||
| 7. Stepping Out - Mov. 3 Anonymous | ||
| 8. Stepping Out - Mov. 4 An Easy Burden | ||
| 9. In the Dragon's Garden |
Editorial Reviews The second work, DRIVELINE: A Powerwalk for Guitar and Alto Saxophone is Kechley's second work for the Ryoanji Duo and just as its older sister, In the Dragon's Garden, it is a demanding and virtuoso piece, but in a much different way. The middle section features a role reversal with a slow tremolo melody in the guitar "accompanied" by broken intervals in the saxophone. Following this one movement work is the Empire Saxophone Quartet performing Stepping Out, one of the composer's most popular saxophone pieces. Its four movements range in style from Minimum Overdrive, a minimalist spoof to Midnight Reflection, a sparse and even pointalistic opening giving way to a sustained and expressive climax, to Anonymous, another spoof, this time with a medieval reference. The work ends with An Easy Burden, a warm and melodic piece designed to make the listener feel good, whose strains are remembered long after the rich open fifths with which it concludes. In the Dragon's Garden is given a sizzling performance by Robert Nathanson and Frank Bongiorno of the Ryoanji Duo to cap things off -- it would indeed be difficult to follow this performance and this intense and intricate work with anything else. This is music they have come to "own" after they premiered it at the 1992 World Saxophone Congress in Pesaro, Italy. In the Dragon's Garden: Music by David Kechley looks and sounds great. This is music that will appeal to many and on multiple levels.
Album Description
An innovative and very appealing new disc by David Kechley featuring a new version ofIn the Dragon's Garden, Winner of the 1994 Lee Ettelson Prize. Saxophones in groups or with others is the medium of choice for this diverse and captivating collection. Marimbist, Gordon Stout and the Empire Saxophone Quartet start it off as they create a fresh new sound with VALENCIA: Iberian Musings. Stout is an amazing technician, but it is his musical sensitivity that really makes this performance a special one. Listen to the opening of Prayer and Lament with Interjections, which begins with marimba alone. This is a timeless moment which sets up a soulful and very lyrical soprano solo by Steven Mauk shortly after. The closing movement, Please Refrain… is a rhythmic and textural delight!
In the Dragon's Garden: Music by David Kechley, Music, David Kechley, the Empire Saxophone Quartet, the Ryoanji Duo, Marimba Gordon Stout
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In the Dragon's Garden: Music by David Kechley
ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Classical
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ASIN: B00006YZH3 Release Date: 2002-09-15 |
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Album Description
An innovative and very appealing new disc by David Kechley featuring a new version ofIn the Dragon's Garden, Winner of the 1994 Lee Ettelson Prize. Saxophones in groups or with others is the medium of choice for this diverse and captivating collection. Marimbist, Gordon Stout and the Empire Saxophone Quartet start it off as they create a fresh new sound with VALENCIA: Iberian Musings. Stout is an amazing technician, but it is his musical sensitivity that really makes this performance a special one. Listen to the opening of Prayer and Lament with Interjections, which begins with marimba alone. This is a timeless moment which sets up a soulful and very lyrical soprano solo by Steven Mauk shortly after. The closing movement, Please Refrain… is a rhythmic and textural delight!The second work, DRIVELINE: A Powerwalk for Guitar and Alto Saxophone is Kechley's second work for the Ryoanji Duo and just as its older sister, In the Dragon's Garden, it is a demanding and virtuoso piece, but in a much different way. The middle section features a role reversal with a slow tremolo melody in the guitar "accompanied" by broken intervals in the saxophone.
Following this one movement work is the Empire Saxophone Quartet performing Stepping Out, one of the composer's most popular saxophone pieces. Its four movements range in style from Minimum Overdrive, a minimalist spoof to Midnight Reflection, a sparse and even pointalistic opening giving way to a sustained and expressive climax, to Anonymous, another spoof, this time with a medieval reference. The work ends with An Easy Burden, a warm and melodic piece designed to make the listener feel good, whose strains are remembered long after the rich open fifths with which it concludes.
In the Dragon's Garden is given a sizzling performance by Robert Nathanson and Frank Bongiorno of the Ryoanji Duo to cap things off -- it would indeed be difficult to follow this performance and this intense and intricate work with anything else. This is music they have come to "own" after they premiered it at the 1992 World Saxophone Congress in Pesaro, Italy.
In the Dragon's Garden: Music by David Kechley looks and sounds great. This is music that will appeal to many and on multiple levels.
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