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Strange Imaginary Animals

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Binding: Audio CD
EAN: 0735131909426
Format: Import
Label: Cedille
Manufacturer: Cedille
MPN: 94
Number Of Discs: 1
Publisher: Cedille
Release Date: November 28, 2006
Studio: Cedille



Disc 1:
  1. Zaka (Jennifer Higdon)
  2. violence (Gordon Fitzell)
  3. Indigenous Instruments mvmt I (Steven Mackey)
  4. Indigenous Instruments mvmt II
  5. Indigenous Instruments mvmt III
  6. Friction Systems (David M. Gordon)
  7. evanescence (Gordon Fitzell)
  8. strange imaginary remix (Dennis DeSantis)
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Editorial Review:

Album Description:
Guitar picks strum a piano. Thimbles appear and strike strings. A clarinet wails wildly, a bass drum roars -- ducks, seagulls, even delivery trucks are evoked. strange imaginary animals explores all of these sounds in pieces that stake their claim to their own unique sonic space. Featuring premiere recordings of Jennifer Higdon's Zaka, David M. Gordon's Friction Systems, and Gordon Fitzell's violence and evanescence, the disc also includes Steve Mackey's famous Indigenous Instruments and a club remix by composer/dj Dennis DeSantis



Customer Reviews
Average Rating: out of 5 stars

Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - Grammy Award-Winning
I like everything about this CD, and now there are two more reasons to like it:
1. This CD just received a Grammy for Best Chamber Music Performance.
2. Producer Judith Sherman was also awarded a Grammy for Best Classical Producer.


Rating: 3 out of 5 stars - They got the strange part right!
This is definately Eighth Blackbird's strangest release thus far. This recording includes many cage rattling works in the new music world I've ever heard. While there are many works on this album that are exciting additions to the new music scene, there are a few cuts on this album that are either out of place or simply unmoving.

The Jennifer Higdon work on this recording, "Zaka" is easily the strongest track. The piece is very rhythmically exciting and Higdon uses a lot of interesting ... Read More




 


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