An American Rhapsody - Calefax
PentaTone Classics PTC 5187046
Stereo/Multichannel Hybrid
Classical - Crossover
Works by Gershwin, Burleigh, Barber, Price, Holiday/Herzog, Ellington/Strayhorn, Ellington, Wonder, Azmeh/Hekkema, Moondog
Calefax
Musical Portrait of America’s Kaleidoscopic Diversity
The reed players of Calefax go on a musical road trip across the United States on An American Rhapsody. The programme captures several iconic composers from different periods and backgrounds, ranging from Florence Price, Harry Burleigh, George Gershwin, Samuel Barber and Moondog to Billie Holiday, Duke Ellington, Billie Strayhorn, Stevie Wonder and Kinan Azmeh. Taken together, these pieces reflect America’s kaleidoscopic diversity and its rich yet complex culture and history. The album is a declaration of love to a country that Calefax has frequently visited over the last two decades and continues to fascinate.
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- Kinan Azmeh: Airports (with Raaf Hekkema)
- Samuel Barber: Excursions, Op. 20
- Harry Burleigh: Southland Sketches
- Edward Kennedy 'Duke' Ellington: In a Sentimental Mood
- Edward Kennedy 'Duke' Ellington: Satin Doll (with Billy Strayhorn)
- George Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue
- Billie Holiday: God Bless the Child (with Arthur Herzog Jr)
- Moondog (Louis Thomas Hardin): New Amsterdam
- Florence Price: Sonata in E minor
- Stevie Wonder: Overjoyed
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