Description
Music for Strings and Mallet Percussion features three highly distinct-but-related works — solo percussion, string quartet and a violin/marimba duet — from composers Daniel Godfrey, Elliott Schwartz and Andrew Frank. Among the many highlights:
- The long-awaited return of Marimolin, performing Andrew Frank’s Elective Affinities III. Marimolin’s GM Recordings debut recording was voted ‘Classical CD of the Month’ in CD Review, receiving a perfect rating.
- The percussion wizardry of Steven Schick, performing simultaneously both parts of Daniel Godfrey’s Music for Marimba and Vibraphone.
- The first recording of Elliot Schwartz’s oft-performed Bellagio Variations, exquisitely delivered by the Jennings Quartet, in elegant homage to Schwartz’s composition teacher in the 1950s, Otto Luening.
PERFORMERS
Steven Schick, percussion; Jennings Quartet: Masako Yanagita, Joseph Schor, violin; Jacob Glick, viola; Michael Finckel, cello;
Marimolin: Sharan Leventhal, violin; Nancy Zeltsman, marimba)
PROGRAM
1. Daniel Godfrey: Music for Marimba and Vibraphone 13:32
2. Elliot Schwartz: Bellagio Variations 17:56
3. Andrew Frank: Elective Affinities III 12:33
Recorded on (#1) 14-15 October 1990 at Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut, (#2) February 1989 at Mountain Laurel Studios in Connecticut and (#3) 10 December 1989 at First and Second Church in Boston, Massachusetts.
Executive Producer: Gunther Schuller
ALSO AVAILABLE
for downloads and streaming on Amazon as well as other digital sites.
