Album description
1 audio disc : digital ; 12 cm.Based on “Young Beichan” (Child ballad no. 53), also known as “Lord Bateman” (3rd work).
Scores published by American Composers Alliance.
Premiere recordings (1st, 3rd works).
Andrew Kohn, double bass ; Michael Ibrahim, alto saxophone (2nd work) ; Robert Frankenberry, piano (3rd work).
Recorded Bloch Hall, College of Creative Arts, West Virginia University, Morgantown, West Virginia.
Contents: Four studies for contrabass (1992). 1. Poco rubato (3:26) . 2. [Dotted half note] = c. 66 (2:29). 3. Drammatico : De profundis (8:43). 4. [Quarter note] = c. 88+ (2:30). -- Introduction, seven vignettes, and conclusion, for alto saxophone and contrabass (2008). Introduction (:28). I. Frisky (2:04). II. A shared recitative (3:30). III. Energetic (1:56). IV. Restrained (3:12). V. Pushy (1:18). VI. Sixths and half-steps (2:27). VII. Ascents/descents, plus (1:25). Conclusion (:46). -- Variations on "The Turkish lady," for contrabass and piano (1992) (21:13).
I. Blank, Allan, 1925-2013. Studies, double bass
II. Blank, Allan, 1925-2013. Introduction, vignettes, and conclusion
III. Blank, Allan, 1925-2013. Variations on "The Turkish lady”
Performers
1. | Frankenberry, Robert |
2. | Ibrahim, Michael, 1979- |
3. | Kohn, Andrew |
Uniform Titles
1. | Introduction, vignettes, and conclusion |
2. | Studies, double bass |
3. | Variations on The Turkish lady |