Description:
TWO WORLD PREMIERE RECORDINGS OF ORCHESTRAL WORKS BY MICHAEL TORKE, ONE OF AMERICA'S MOST RENOWNED COMPOSERS.
The Albany Symphony, conducted by David Alan Miller, gives world premiere performances of two commissioned works by the distinguished American composer Michael Torke. Torke's music has been called "some of the most optimistic, joyful and thoroughly uplifting music to appear in recent years." (Gramophone) Hailed as a "master orchestrator whose shimmering timbral palette makes him the Ravel of his generation" (New York Times), Michael Torke has created a substantial body of works in virtually every genre. Torke has served as Composer In Residence for the Royal Scottish National Orchestra and has founded Ecstatic Records. The two works on this recording include a concerto for piano and orchestra titled Three Manhattan Bridges. Torke uses bridges as a metaphor for connecting to an earlier stance that music once had of a direct relationship with its audience. The second work, titled Winter's Tale is a concerto for cello and orchestra. Though not based on Shakespeare's The Winter's Tale, it is inspired by lines from the play.
Title: Michael Torke Three Manhattan Bridges - Winter's Tale, for cello and orchestra
Artist(s): Three Manhattan Bridges, for piano and orchestra
Joyce Yang, piano; Albany Symphony; David Alan Miller, conductor
Michael Torke, composer
Winter's Tale, for cello and orchestra
Julie Albers, cello; Albany Symphony; David Alan Miller, conductor
Recording Info:
Producer: Silas Brown
Recorded at the Troy Savings Bank Music Hall
December 22, 2014 (Winter’s Tale);
December 21, 2015 (Three Manhattan Bridges)
Mastering: Silas Brown
Three Manhattan Bridges, for piano and orchestra [31:11]
1 I. George Washington Bridge [13:45]
2 II. Queensboro Bridge [8:29]
3 III. Brooklyn Bridge [9:24]
Joyce Yang, piano
Winter’s Tale, for cello and orchestra [25:25]
4 I. Allegro [4:15]
5 II. Andante (Perdita’s Flowers I) [5:00]
6 III. Largo [6:46]
7 IV. Andante (Perdita’s Flowers II) [4:55]
8 V. Allegro [4:44]
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