Chamber Music (American) - LARSEN, L. / LIEUWEN, P. / SCHICKELE, P. / COPLAND, A. (Gulfstream) (enhake)

Libby Larsen’s Rodeo Queen of Heaven takes its inspiration from religious iconography given a contemporary twist—a painting of a Madonna with gun—in a rhythmically vivacious tableau. Peter Lieuwen presents an aural portrait of the Gulfstream, fusing grace with melodic fragments in a nature depiction rich in depth. Peter Schickele’s Quartet is profuse in syncopation, jazz, folk music and a melancholy that only heightens the brilliance of the finale’s off-kilter dynamism. Copland’s Sextet began life as his Second Symphony but, pared down, proves utterly idiomatic, vital, melodically exciting and bracing.

Larsen, Libby

   Rodeo Reina de Cielo (Rodeo Queen of Heaven)

1.  Rodeo Reina de Cielo (Rodeo Queen of Heaven)00:09:30

Lieuwen, Peter

   Gulfstream

2.  Gulfstream 00:11:12

Schickele, Peter

   Quartet for Clarinet, Violin, Cello and Piano

3.  I. Moderate, flowing 00:05:15

4.  II. Fast, driving 00:04:34

5.  III. Slow, elegiac 00:04:51

6.  IV. Quite fast, dancing 00:05:06

Copland, Aaron

   Sextet

7.  I. Allegro vivace 00:04:19

8.  II. Lento 00:04:40

9.  III. Finale 00:05:41

Total Playing Time: 00:55:08