Dedalus & Muzzix/Didier Aschour/ Christian Pruvost Etc
Description
"To reduce the music of Louis Thomas Hardin (1916-1999) to the legendary figure of Moondog would be to pass over the real work of the composer. The melodic invention, the prodigious rhythms, and the mixture of genres, as original as they are obvious, all come together to form a music that merits consideration strictly as music."
This twenty-five piece selection is entitled Madrigal Book 1, and is a nod to the system Johann Sebastian Bach used for his Well-Tempered Clavier. Here, Moondog passes through all the major and minor tonalities, following the cycle of fourths.
The album spans twenty years of composing and bohemian life in the very heart of Manhattan, on its streets and under its porches. The record features pieces from the early 1950s (All Is Loneliness, Be a Hobo) as well as later canons written in June 1968. All are autobiographical, or at least reflect the state of mind of their author.
This collection constitutes a marvelous window on Moondog's universe.
Tracklisting
The Lyris Quartet; Cedric Berry, Alyssa Park, Timothy Loo, Michael Matsuno, Jon Stehney, Sidney Hop
Present Music, Ariadne Greif, David Bloom
Sofia Burgos, Sofia Jernberg, Zwerm
Ghost Ensemble: Margaret Lancaster, Sky Macklay, Ben Richter, Chris Nappi, Lucia Helen Stavros, Mar
Sarah Hennies
Ostrava New Orchestra, Owen Underhill, Ostravska Banda, Petr Kotik, Elision Ensemble, Arditti Quart
James Martin, Lynn Raley
Peter Gena
Tine Thing Helseth; Bergen Philharmonic; Petr Popelka
Engegard Quartet
Oslo Kammerakademi; David Friedemann Strunck
Berit Norbakken; Arctic Philharmonic; Hennig Kraggerud
Melanie Marshall; Roderick Williams; The Cambridge Singers; Taplow Young Voices; Royal Philharmonic
Bellot Ensemble; Lucine Musaelian; Kieran White
Julia Kogan; Britten Sinfonia; Steven Lloyd-Gonzalez
Sebastian Comberti; London Mozart Players; Lithuanian National Symphony Orchestra; Jurgen Bruns
