Blitzstein, Marc / Sarah Cahill And Del Sol String Quartet / First Life: The Rare Early Works
Album: First Life: The Rare Early Works   Collection:Classical
Artist:Blitzstein, Marc / Sarah Cahill And Del Sol String Quartet   Added:Apr 2009
Label:Other Minds  

A-File Activity
Add Date: 2010-04-04 Pull Date: 2010-06-06 Charts: Classical/Experimental
Week Ending: Jun 6 May 9 Apr 11
Airplays: 1 1 1

Recent Airplay
1. May 31, 2010: Memorial Values
Complete String Quartets: Quartet For Strings, "Italian" - Lento (1930)
3. Apr 06, 2010: Disposable Title
Complete String Quartets: Quartet For Strings, "Italian" - Allegretto (1930)
2. May 04, 2010: ScramPop
Solo Piano Works:Piano Sonata (1927)

Album Review
David Leikam
Reviewed 2010-04-22
Marc Blitzstein – First Life: Rare Early Works
Once quoted as "The social conscience of American Music" This is a well composed and interesting collection of solo piano pieces performed by noted SFBA musicians Sarah Cahill and the Del Sol Quartet. – dBug || No FCCs

Sarah Cahill:
01. 7:01 - Piano Sonata [lively, rhythmic]
02. 2:31 - Piano Percussion Music: I. Toccata [lively, melodic runs]
03. 4:51 - Piano Percussion Music: II. Air [sparse, melodic runs]
04. 4:36 - Piano Percussion Music: III. Rondino [fast, melodic run]
05. 3:10 - Scherzo, "Bourgeois At Play" [urgent, quick, melodic runs]
Del Sol Quartet:
06. 4:16 -Quartet For Strings, "Italian": I. Allegro [cheerful or brisk]
07. 5:17 - Quartet For Strings, "Italian": II. Allegretto [a little lively]
08. 1:51 - Quartet For Strings, "Italian": III. Presto [very quickly]
09. 9:09 - Quartet For Strings, "Italian": IV. Lento [slowly]
10. 5:36 - Serenade For String Quartet: I. Largo [broadly; i.e., slowly]
11. 5:21 - Serenade For String Quartet: II. Largo [broadly; i.e., slowly]
12. 5:43 - Serenade For String Quartet: III. Largo [broadly; i.e., slowly]

Track Listing
1. Solo Piano Works:Piano Sonata (1927)   7. Complete String Quartets: Quartet For Strings, "Italian" - Allegretto (1930)
2. Solo Piano Works:Piano Percussion Music - Toccata (1929)   8. Complete String Quartets: Quartet For Strings, "Italian" - Presto Possibile (193
3. Solo Piano Works:Piano Percussion Music - Air (1929)   9. Complete String Quartets: Quartet For Strings, "Italian" - Lento (1930)
4. Solo Piano Works:Piano Percussion Music - Rondino (1929)   10. Complete String Quartets: Serenade For String Quartet - Largo 1 (1932)
5. Solo Piano Works:Scherzo ("Bourgeois At Play") (1930)   11. Complete String Quartets: Serenade For String Quartet - Largo 2 (1932)
6. Complete String Quartets: Quartet For Strings, "Italian" - Allegro (1930)   12. Complete String Quartets: Serenade For String Quartet - Largo 3 (1932)