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Aspects of America - Kalmar

Aspects of America - Kalmar

PentaTone Classics  PTC 5186727

Stereo/Multichannel Hybrid

Classical - Orchestral


Sean Shepherd: Magiya
Sebastian Currier: Microsymph
Christopher Rouse: Supplica
Kenji Bunch: Aspects of an Elephant
Samuel Barber: Souvenirs

Oregon Symphony
Carlos Kalmar (conductor)


A PANORAMA OF CONTEMPORARY AMERICAN MUSIC

Aspects of America presents a fascinating collection of 20th- and 21st-century American orchestral music, ranging from “good old” Samuel Barber’s Souvenirs to pieces by esteemed living composers such as Sean Shepherd (Magiya), Sebastian Currier (Microsymph) and Christopher Rouse (Supplica).

Centerpiece of this album is Portland-based composer Kenji Bunch’s Aspects of an Elephant, inspired by the timeless parable of six men who try to discern the traits of an elephant in a pitch dark room, eventually discovering that only the sum of their perceptions encompasses the full truth. In a similar way, the pieces featured on this album constitute a rich panorama of the dynamism and diversity of contemporary American composition.

Bunch’s piece is dedicated to the members of the Oregon Symphony, who release their fifth album with PENTATONE, after Music for a Time of War (2011), This England (2012), Spirit of the American Range (2015) and Haydn Symphonies 53, 64 & 96 (2017). On Aspects of America, they again play under the spirited leadership of music director Carlos Kalmar.

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