Baker/Rochberg/Rorem: Piano Trios

Baker/Rochberg/Rorem: Piano Trios

On this CD:

1. Spring Music, for violin, cello &piano
Composed by Ned Rorem
Performed by Beaux Arts Trio, Ida Kavafian, Menahem Pressler, Peter Wiley

2. Roots II Incantation
Composed by David Baker
Performed by Beaux Arts Trio, Ida Kavafian, Menahem Pressler, Peter Wiley

3. Roots II Dance in Congo Square
Composed by David Baker
Performed by Beaux Arts Trio, Ida Kavafian, Menahem Pressler, Peter Wiley

4. Roots II Sorrow Song
Composed by David Baker
Performed by Beaux Arts Trio, Ida Kavafian, Menahem Pressler, Peter Wiley

5. Roots II Boogie Woogie
Composed by David Baker
Performed by Beaux Arts Trio, Ida Kavafian, Menahem Pressler, Peter Wiley

6. Roots II Jubilee
Composed by David Baker
Performed by Beaux Arts Trio, Ida Kavafian, Menahem Pressler, Peter Wiley

7. Summer, 1990 (Piano trio No 3)
Composed by George Rochberg
Performed by Beaux Arts Trio, Ida Kavafian, Menahem Pressler, Peter Wiley

Editorial Reviews
Amazon.com
This is a very rare gathering of American piano trios, each of which significantly adds to the repertoire of 20th-century chamber music. Rorem's Spring Music (1990) is an intimate yet energetic encounter with both tonality and atonality, affectionately played by the Beaux Arts group. Baker's Roots II (1992) is a five-movement suite with hints of the composer's African musical roots: here you will find intimations of jazz, blues, ragtime, spirituals, calypso, field hollers, and work songs. Rochberg's Summer 1990 is his Piano Trio No. 3. It's a heartfelt work based on a trip he made to Russia in 1990. Good stuff here. --Paul Cook

Baker/Rochberg/Rorem: Piano Trios, Music, Peter Wiley, David Baker, George Rochberg, Ned Rorem, Beaux Arts Trio, Menahem Pressler, Ida Kavafian, Chamber, Classical, Classical Music, Miscellaneous, Miscellaneous Music, Trio for Keyboard and Two String Instruments

Baker/Rochberg/Rorem: Piano Trios

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