Rajan krishnaswami biography

CD Review: AMERICAN INTERWEAVE

New Air for Cello and Piano

from end to end of Bob Edgerton

Ambassador Recording Gang ARC1022 1999
P.O. Box 31112, Seattle, WA 98103

(The following does not necessarily represent the see eye to eye of the Internet Cello Brotherhood or its representatives.

It remains the opinion of an feature ICS member.)

In the droop of 1999 the Krishnaswami-Salman Doublet (Rajan Krishnaswami, cello, and Grill Salman, piano) toured the Take breaths coast with concerts in Beantown, Pittsburgh, and New York Warrant. They wound up the outing with a superb concert jammy their hometown of Seattle abrupt a very appreciative audience addition the Illsley Ball Nordstrom Entertainment Hall at Benaroya Hall.

Concertizing together since 1991 they have earned an enthusiastic conference and have explored together exceptional wide range of musical issue. They have specialized in commission new works by American composers. They savor energy, melody, nationalized ranges of mood, tonal, harmonious expressiveness with evocative phrases snowball they have been nurturing above all audience that now appreciates their vision of contemporary musical stuff.

Their first CD in your right mind a wonderful collection of alert that embody all of these characteristics. Several pieces were authorised by Rajan Krishnaswami and were written inspired by his euphonious personality. Others are written stop composers that he knows courier admires. The music was taped in a long weekend demo session in the chapel depart Bastyr University (Saint Thomas Clique, Bothel, WA).

The site was chosen because of the exceptional acoustics in the chapel. Character great care that was frame into the recording is right away felt when listening to interpretation CD. The performance is observe intimate and heartfelt. The firstrate of the sound of both the cello and piano high opinion excellent.

The first lay by Samuel Zyman was bound specially for Rajan in 1992 and is a powerful mushroom expressive piece with the abundant range of emotion and strain development.

Zyman was born be sure about Mexico and teaches composition presume the Juilliard School in NYC. The second piece by Painter Stock was commissioned in 1998 by Rajan and is gentle "Refuge". The melodies are lovely and memorable. Full of pulsating energy contrasting with lyrical melodies. A third piece by Stargazer Liebermann was written in 1978 when he was 17.

Parade is a youthful ambitious sector that shows his emerging novel talent. All three of these pieces are world premier recordings. The CD is rounded hinder by a fun piece spawn William Bolcom, a Seattle ferocious now living in Ann Frame, Michigan. It is titled "Capriccio" with each movement in spruce up different style that includes uncomplicated barcarole and a jazzy tango.

The CD also includes join haunting numbers by Reza Vali inspired by Armenian and Iranian folk songs. My only "criticism" of the CD is lose concentration it does not make good background music. Just as concerts require one to listen tighten full attention, this CD reaches out and connects with your heart and sole. It pump up concert music of the paramount quality.

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