Sono Luminus
DSL-92156
Music by African-American Composers for Clarinet & Piano
Marcus Eley, clarinet & Lucerne DeSa, piano
Past and present come together in this vibrant release from Sono Luminus, But Not Forgotten: Music by African-American Composers for Clarinet & Piano, as clarinetist Marcus Eley, and pianist Lucerne DeSa display the timeless class and musical stylings of composers whose music runs rich with the knowledge and desire of gifts to be returned through the notes on a page, and the instrument in one's hand.
Marcus Eley writes, “For many years, I have had the privilege of performing recitals featuring African-American composers for clarinet and piano. I have felt these composers needed a format, a champion, to make certain their compositions for my instrument were not ignored. In current classical or ‘art music’, there is little representation in mainstream recorded music of the African-American composer. Vocal music tends to be the exception. However, for solo wind instrument, especially the clarinet, there is nothing. I want this CD of clarinet and piano music to celebrate these African-American composers. Further, it is my desire that their unique voices are heard and not forgotten.”
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Dorothy Rudd Moore (b. 1940) Night Fantasy 1. Largo 2. Allegro Alvin Batiste (1932-2007) 3. Episodes Clarence Cameron White (1880-1960) 4. Basque Folk Song Undine Smith Moore (1904-1989) 5. Introduction and Allegro Samuel Akpabot (1932-2000) 6. Pastorale from Scenes from Nigeria |
Quincy Hilliard (b. 1954) Coty 7. Daybreak 8. Sunset 9. Dance William Grant Still (1895-1978) 10. Romance Scott Joplin (1868-1917) 11. Weeping Willow Todd Cochran (b. 1951) 12. Soul-Bird 13. Amazing Grace (Arr. by H. Stevenson) |
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