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 |
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Week Ending: | Jun 6 | May 9 | Apr 11 |
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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) |
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2. | May 04, 2010: | ScramPop
Solo Piano Works:Piano Sonata (1927) |
Album Review
David Leikam
Reviewed 2010-04-22
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]
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]
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