Starobin, David. New Music With Guitar / Starobin, David. New Music With Guitar
Album: Starobin, David. New Music With Guitar   Collection:Classical
Artist:Starobin, David. New Music With Guitar   Added:Sep 2014
Label:Bridge Records  

A-File Activity
Add Date: 2014-09-19 Pull Date: 2014-11-21 Charts: Classical/Experimental
Week Ending: Nov 16 Sep 21
Airplays: 1 1

Recent Airplay
1. Nov 22, 2014: BravoMarco Variety Show
Crumb: Ghosts Alhambra 2. The Six Strings (3:58)
3. Sep 20, 2014: Music Casserole
Lansky: Partita. Iii. Pavane (4:39)
2. Nov 12, 2014: Narnia
David Starobin: Variations On A Theme By Carl Nielsen (10:21)

Album Review
Larry Koran
Reviewed 2014-09-18
In this collection (Vol. 8), David Starobin, “one of the leading guitar virtuosos of our time,” performs works composed in the past 5 years. His Variations On A Theme By Carl Nielsen is based on Nielsen’s song, “Song Behind the Plow,” a simple, march-like melody on which Starobin develops 12 variations that move thru older modes to 20th cent. harmonies. A reviewer describes Paul Lansky’s Partita, which includes a mix of instrumental colors from xylophone to wooden blocks, as “cosmopolitan, sophisticated, and full of bustling energy.” Poul Ruders’ Pages are minimalist expressions of emotions from light and comic to sustained and meditative. George Crumb’s Ghosts of the Alhambra is a work for baritone, guitar and percussion based on the poems of Lorca, and is described as “creepy, scary songs.”

1. David Starobin: Variations On A Theme By Carl Nielsen (10:21)
2. Paul Lansky: Partita. I. Preambulum (3:52)
3. Lansky: Partita. Ii. Allemande (4:56)
4. Lansky: Partita. Iii. Pavane (4:39)
5. Lansky: Partita. Iv (4:54)
6. Poul Ruders: Six Pages. Page 5. Stealthy (0:42)
7. Ruders: Six Pages. Page 2. Rocking (0.44)
8. Ruders: Six Pages. Page 3. Gentle (0:44)
9. Ruders: Six Pages. Page 10. Romantic (2:01)
10. Ruders: Six Pages. Page 8. Nimble (1:08)
11. Ruders: Six Pages. Page 6/ Simple (2:07)
12. George Crumb: The Ghosts Of Alhambra. 1. Dawn (2:59)
13. Crumb: Ghosts Alhambra 2. The Six Strings (3:58)
14. Crumb: Ghosts Alhambra 3. Dance (1:25)
15. Crumb: Ghosts Alhambra 4. Landscape (3:02)
16. Crumb: Ghosts Alhambra 5. iAy! (1:59)
17. Crumb: Ghosts Alhambra 6. Malagueña (2:45)
18. Crumb: Ghosts Alhambra 7. Memento (2:24)

Track Listing
1. David Starobin: Variations On A Theme By Carl Nielsen (10:21)   10. Ruders: Six Pages. Page 8. Nimble (1:08)
2. Paul Lansky: Partita. I. Preambulum (3:52)   11. Ruders: Six Pages. Page 6/ Simple (2:07)
3. Lansky: Partita. Ii. Allemande (4:56)   12. George Crumb: The Ghosts Of Alhambra. 1. Dawn (2:59)
4. Lansky: Partita. Iii. Pavane (4:39)   13. Crumb: Ghosts Alhambra 2. The Six Strings (3:58)
5. Lansky: Partita. Iv (4:54)   14. Crumb: Ghosts Alhambra 3. Dance (1:25)
6. Poul Ruders: Six Pages. Page 5. Stealthy (0:42)   15. Crumb: Ghosts Alhambra 4. Landscape (3:02)
7. Ruders: Six Pages. Page 2. Rocking (0.44)   16. Crumb: Ghosts Alhambra 5. Iay! (1:59)
8. Ruders: Six Pages. Page 3. Gentle (0:44)   17. Crumb: Ghosts Alhambra 6. Malagueña (2:45)
9. Ruders: Six Pages. Page 10. Romantic (2:01)   18. Crumb: Ghosts Alhambra 7. Memento (2:24)