Music for heart and breath / Richard Reed Parry.

Composer
Parry, Richard Reed, 1977- [Browse]
Uniform title
Format
Audio
Language
No linguistic content
Published/​Created
  • Berlin : Deutsche Grammophon, [2014]
  • New York : Distributed by Universal Music Classics
  • ℗2014
Description
1 audio disc (65 min., 31 sec.) : digital, CD audio ; 4 3/4 in.

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    Subject(s)
    Instrumentalist
    Conductor
    Library of Congress genre(s)
    Contains
    Medium/​Support
    4 3/4 in.
    Summary note
    Arcade Fire's Richard Reed Parry makes his debut as a classical composer with works that draw upon influences from classical, folk, and electronic music. It seeks to engage the human body as the main way to set the tempo.
    Notes
    • Principally chamber music; the 3rd work for chamber orchestra; "there are no time signatures: the tempos and rhythms are always governed by either the heart rates or the breathing rates of the individual players"--Insert, page 6.
    • Title from disc label.
    • Editions recorded: Chester Music.
    • Program notes by Richard Reed Parry and Adam Sweeting (11 pages : illustrations (some color)) inserted in container.
    Time and place of event
    Recorded 2012 July-2013 January Dreamland and Mission Sound Recording.
    Participant(s)/​Performer(s)
    Variously: yMusic (Rob Moose, violin ; Nadia Sirota, viola ; Clarice Jensen, cello ; Alex Sopp, flute ; Bill Kalinkos, clarinet ; C.J. Camerieri, trumpet) ; Richard Reed Parry, double bass, piano ; Kronos Quartet (David Harrington, John Sherba, violins ; Hank Dutt, viola ; Jeffrey Zeigler, cello) ; Bryce Dessner, Aaron Dessner, guitars ; additional assisting musicians ; Nico Muhly, conductor, celesta, piano.
    Contents
    • Quartet for heart and breath (6:45)
    • Heart and breath sextet (15:00)
    • For heart, breath and orchestra (12:22)
    • Interruptions I-VII : (Heart and breath nonet). Miniature 1 ; String peaks ; Wind's idea ; Miniature 2 ; Sticks/Tension ; French guitars ; Freeform winds/String drones (20:08)
    • Duet for heart and breath (4:28)
    • Quartet for heart and breath : (for Kronos) (6:42).
    Publisher no.
    B0021058-02
    OCLC
    881033890
    Gtin-14
    • 00028947930617
    Universal Product Code
    • 028947930617
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