Cold Blue Two / Various -Cold Blue Two / Various -CDBL CD Grooves.land/Playthek

Details / Tracklist:

1.1 Celli (Daniel Lentz)

1.2 Son of Soe-Pa (Ingram Marshall)

1.3 Another Shore (Phillip Schroeder)

1.4 Later (Rick Cox)

1.5 Sometimes the Sword of Seven (Chas Smith)

1.6 Sky with Four Sons (John Luther Adams)

1.7 Come Out, Sit Awhile Break the Bottle, and You Is Lost (Read Miller)

1.8 It Never Rains (Gavin Bryars)

1.9 Prelude to Alone (Michael Jon Fink)

1.10 Mallets in the Air (James Tenney)

1.11 Eskimo Lullaby (Larry Polansky)

1.12 Nights in the Gardens of Maine (Peter Garland)

1.13 Hymn of Change (David Rosenboom)

1.14 Colorless Sky Became Fog (Jim Fox)

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Description:

?Cold Blue Two? is an eclectic and enticing anthology of fourteen new, previously unreleased works?many of them composed specifically for this CD?by a diverse collection of composers. Sometimes stark, sometimes lush, this is music in which subtle emotions lurk just below cool surfaces. Among the tracks are dramatic pieces, drifting pieces, and pieces that simply defy easy categorization. From a dozen cellos to a solo just-intonation National steel guitar, from a Harry Partch diamond marimba with strings to a solo accordion, from music featuring celesta or hammered dulcimer or densely layered tracks of steel guitar and Hammond organ or classical guitar with electronics to string quartets, solo piano, and a variety of small chamber ensembles, this collection contains something to surprise (and delight) just about everyone. Like most of the music on this West Coast label, this album?s pieces tend to focus on the various aspects of music?s inherent sensuality, which some critics have suggested is a uniting aesthetic interest among the composers whose work appears on the label.

Producer:

Jim Fox

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Manufacturer No.:

CDBL36.2

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