Stephen Hartke - The Horse with the Lavender Eye: Piano & Chamber Music (2009)
Richard Faria, clarinet; Ellen Jewett, violin; Xak Bjerken, piano; Los Angeles Piano Quartet
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue&Log) ~ 242 Mb | Mp3 (CBR320) ~ 149 Mb | Artwork included
Classical, Contemporary | Label: Chandos | # CHAN10513 | Time: 01:04:07
Richard Faria, clarinet; Ellen Jewett, violin; Xak Bjerken, piano; Los Angeles Piano Quartet
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue&Log) ~ 242 Mb | Mp3 (CBR320) ~ 149 Mb | Artwork included
Classical, Contemporary | Label: Chandos | # CHAN10513 | Time: 01:04:07
Stephen Hartke is widely recognised as one of the leading composers of his generation. His individual voice is marked by a sense for melody and colour that follows in the tradition of Bartók and Messiaen. This collection offers the listener different sides of Hartke’s chamber music performed by one of America’s premiere chamber ensembles, the Los Angeles Piano Quartet. The surreal trio The Horse with the Lavender Eye of 1997 and the four selections from Post-modern Homages for solo piano here receive their premiere recording. The Sonata is a vivid three-movement work for solo piano while The King of the Sun, written for the Los Angeles Piano Quartet, takes its inspiration from paintings by Miró.