James Nyoraku Schlefer & Daron Hagen - Concertos (2012)
James Nyoraku Schlefer & Daron Hagen - Concertos (2012)
Contemporary Classical | MSR Classics | 2012 | 64:24 | EAC (FLAC, cue, log) | Booklet | Various File Hosts | 260 MB
James Nyoraku Schlefer (shakuhachi), Yumi Kurosawa (20-string koto), Orchestra of the Swan, Kenneth Woods (Conductor), David Curtis (Conductor)
Contemporary Classical | MSR Classics | 2012 | 64:24 | EAC (FLAC, cue, log) | Booklet | Various File Hosts | 260 MB
James Nyoraku Schlefer (shakuhachi), Yumi Kurosawa (20-string koto), Orchestra of the Swan, Kenneth Woods (Conductor), David Curtis (Conductor)
Schlefer's (b. 1956) three-movement Shakuhachi Concerto is subtly scored for strings, harp and percussion, with a 'semi-solo' role played by the shakuhachi … this attractive, highly approachable work - mainly contemplative, sometimes almost static but with bursts of strong rhythmic energy - exhibits considerable craftsmanship and no little artistry. ...Hagen's (b. 1961) colourful, lively writing for orchestra [in his Koto Concerto] pushes things along, skillfully and tunefully blending Japanese and American styles.
Byzantion, Art Music Reviews, UK - October 2012
Schlefer’s Haru no Umi Redux…is a delightful piece, and it certainly sounds as though the Swan Orchestra enjoyed playing it. The recording is topflight… Schlefer’s Shakuhachi Concerto begins in decidedly Debussian fashion. Scored for solo shakuhachi, strings, harp, and percussion, it boasts a long, slow first movement. The mix of West and East is impressively managed in terms of musical language: Schlefer will begin a melody in decidedly occidental manner before adding an orientalist twist as the theme progresses. The second movement, “Crystal Solitude,” does not quite convey the yearning, lonely quality this instrument is normally associated with, despite begging with a solo cadenza for the solo instrument, but it is atmospheric nonetheless, and the idea of a loss of solid pulse continues throughout most of the rest of the movement. The finale, a rondo, moves the goalposts substantially, juxtaposing varied, rhythmic sections against the delicacy of the preceding two movements. The Swan Orchestra comes into its own here; Schlefer is a fine player throughout, and his own best advocate. This is memorable music in fine performances.
Colin Clarke, Fanfare – November/December 2012
PROGRAM:
JAMES NYORAKU SCHLEFER (b. 1956)
HARU NO UMI REDUX (2011)
SHAKUHACHI CONCERTO (2009)
Hazy Awareness
Crystal Solitude
Outside
DARON HAGEN (b. 1961)
KOTO CONCERTO: GENJI (2011)
A Kyo-Shin-An Arts Commission
Cicada Shell
Falling Flowers
Maiden on the Bridge
Floating Bridge of Dreams
Vanished into the Clouds
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