| Roman, Dan / Musica De Palladium |
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| Album: | Musica De Palladium | Collection: | General | |
| Artist: | Roman, Dan | Added: | Apr 2015 | |
| Label: | Innova Recordings | |||
| A-File Activity |
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| Add Date: | 2015-05-08 | Pull Date: | 2015-07-10 | Charts: | Classical/Experimental |
| Week Ending: | Jun 21 | Jun 7 | May 24 | May 17 |
| Airplays: | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Recent Airplay
| 1. | May 08, 2021: | Rebroadcast: Music Casserole La Machina Line: La Michina Line | 4. | Jun 03, 2015: | minimum entropy todo | |
| 2. | Apr 10, 2021: | Rebroadcast: Music Casserole Musica De Palladium: Sentimental | 5. | May 23, 2015: | Music Casserole Musica De Palladium: Sentimental | |
| 3. | Jun 20, 2015: | Music Casserole La Machina Line: La Michina Line | 6. | May 13, 2015: | Moonlight Impressions Musica De Palladium: Sensacional, Musica De Palladium: Sentimental, Musica De Palladium: Candela, Musica De Palladium: Preludio |
| Album Review |
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| Be Sharp Reviewed 2015-04-24 | ||
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CONTEMPORARY CLASSICAL Puerto Rican composer, Dan Roman, presents several short chamber-music suites plus one longer piece. The variety of styles and instrumentation makes for a pleasing and interesting listen. While minimal, the music is quite listenable with mainly tonal, lyric melodies. Can be played as suites or as individual tracks. All instrumental. No FCC issues * “Musica de Palladium”, a suite for violin, viola, cello, and piano 1 Slow. Short prelude. Piano arpeggios & gentle bowed strings. (1.22) 2 ** Mid-fast. Urgent bowed strings; loud expressive piano. Exhilarating. (3:25) 3 ** Slow. Lovely, warm, legato strings. Music-box piano. (4:14) 4 Fast. Complex, syncopated, anxious. (4:36) ** “La Machina Line”, a suite for alto saxophone and viola 5 ** Mid-fast. Bouncy, exuberant counterpoint. (4:12) 6 * Slow. Pastoral tone poem. Sax has beautiful bassoon-like tone. (4:22) 7 ** Mid-tempo. Playful, impish melody on sax, mimicked by viola. (3:54) “Retrospectos”, a suite for cello and piano 8 Fast, light-fingered piano accompaniment. Deep angry theme on cello. (2:14) 9 Very slow. Thoughtful, searching cello. Minimal accompaniment on piano. (3:51) 10 ** Fast. Alternating pizzicato/arco cello. Some jazzy passages. (3:16) 11 Very slow. Quiet, eerie start. Merest hint of piano. Second half quite melodic. (4:49) 12 Fast. Piano & cello chase each other around. (3:56) “Fabulas”, a suite for violin and piano 13 Very fast. Little repeated figure on violin. Piano pounds fff and strums inside. (3:00) 14 Very slow. Passionate violin with miles of vibrato. Piano like dripping water. (5:00) 15 Very fast. Much like #13, but with added pizzicato sections. (3:40) “Passing Puntos”, a longer work for violin, cello, and piano 16 Fast; slow; fast. Violin & piano locked in a duel. Steady cello. Dramatic. (10:00) | ||
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