Gregory Fulkerson, violin; Alan Feinberg, piano
One can look at twentieth century music as a fabric of interwoven lines, crisscrossing, fusing, and diverging, creating a contradictory, often fascinating tapestry, the result of the dissolution of a unifying tradition. Like the larger picture of twentieth-century music, the composers represented on this recording converge and diverge in many areas, both philosophically and aurally. Aaron Copland's Duo is one of his later works, written in a more accessible style, which calls to mind his popular ballet and film scores. Leo Ornstein's unflaggingly intense Sonata for Violin and Piano is in the modernist vein, using tone clusters and dispensing with tonal harmony. Philip Glass's suite from Einstein on the Beach consists of violin music from the opera's "knee plays," while Richard Wernick's piece, though written in a modernist idiom, utilizes the rhythms and techniques of a Baroque chaconne.
Cadenzas & Variations
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Duo for Violin and Piano: I. Flowing
Aaron Copland
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Duo for Violin and Piano: II. Poetic, somewhat mournful (attacca)
Aaron Copland
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Duo for Violin and Piano: III. Lively, with bounce
Aaron Copland
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Violin Solo Music from Einstein on The Beach
Philip Glass
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Sonata for Violin and Piano, Op. 31: I
Leo Ornstein
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Sonata for Violin and Piano, Op. 31: II
Leo Ornstein
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Sonata for Violin and Piano, Op. 31: III
Leo Ornstein
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Sonata for Violin and Piano, Op. 31: IV
Leo Ornstein
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Cadenzas and Variations II (for Violin alone)
Richard Wernick
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