Tuesday, August 25, 2009
DSO Recordings Available Now in the DSO Shop
August 25th marks the release of two new recordings by the DSO.First, E1 Music will release the new compact disc The Melody of Rhythm: Triple Concerto and Music for Trio. Recorded live in Orchestra Hall in Jan. 2009, this disc features the Detroit Symphony Orchestra (DSO) and Music Director Leonard Slatkin, along with internationally-renowned virtuosi and composers Bela Fleck, banjo; Edgar Meyer, double bass; and Zakir Hussain, tabla.
The centerpiece and catalyst for the album, featuring the DSO and Slatkin, is The Melody of Rhythm: Concerto, a beautiful and haunting three-movement composition for banjo, double bass and tabla, which melds Indian classical music with rhythmic American roots-derived melodies. A composition created for three such disparate instruments as banjo, double bass and tabla (a pair of drums of North India) occupies a unique position in the classical repertoire. Also featured on this disc are Bahar, Out Of The Blue, Bubbles, Cadence, In Conclusion and Then Again.
Then, the DSO makes its recording debut on the Naxos label with Michael Daugherty's Fire & Blood. Led by Music Director Emeritus Neeme Jarvi and highlighting guest violinist Ida Kavafian as well as percussionist Brian Jones, this recording celebrates three works commissioned and premiered by the DSO during Daugherty's four years as Composer-in-Residence, including Fire & Blood (2003) for violin and orchestra, MotorCity Triptch (2002) and Raise the Roof (2003) for timpani and orchestra.
Fire & Blood was inspired by the Mexican modernist artist Diego Rivera's Detroit Industry murals, commissioned in 1932 by Edsel Ford. Rivera, who came to Detroit with his wife Frida Kahlo, spent two years creating murals that eventually spanned four large walls of the inner courtyard at the Detroit Institute of the Arts.
To place an order for these recordings for pick up at the DSO shop, please contact Paul Yee at (313)576-5115 or pyee@dso.org.
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