Chamber music recordings tend to bifurcate into modern and traditional, so the Atlanta Chamber Players deserve kudos right off for this recital-style program, opening with Mozart and proceeding to a variety of contemporary works. There are three trios, and then the central work on the program, the world-premiere Songs America Loves to Sing, by John Harbison, is a quintet for winds, strings, and piano. Despite its title, it is an all-instrumental work, and one that deserves to find a place on concert programs far and wide; ...
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Chamber music recordings tend to bifurcate into modern and traditional, so the Atlanta Chamber Players deserve kudos right off for this recital-style program, opening with Mozart and proceeding to a variety of contemporary works. There are three trios, and then the central work on the program, the world-premiere Songs America Loves to Sing, by John Harbison, is a quintet for winds, strings, and piano. Despite its title, it is an all-instrumental work, and one that deserves to find a place on concert programs far and wide; it is especially recommended for presenters trying to address audiences unfamiliar with classical music. Harbison takes familiar tunes ("Amazing Grace," "Will the Circle Be Unbroken," "Aura Lee" (otherwise known as "Love Me Tender"), and "We Shall Overcome," among others equally well known) and elaborates them in wholly unexpected ways. The basic division among his 10 movements is between those marked "Solo" -- those in which the melody itself is elaborated, with very subtle variation...
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