Title: Karchin: Tribute to the Angels Artist: Talea Ensemble Label: Bridge Product Type: COMPACT DISCS UPC: 090404961229 Genre: Classical Artists Release Date: 2025-02-21 Number of Discs: 1
Volume 4 in Louis Karchin's ongoing Bridge series includes both instrumental and vocal music. Karchin is a prominent figure in American music, having composed more than 100 works, and served as conductor of ensembles, including the Harvard Group for New Music, the Chamber Players of the League-ISCM, and the Orchestra of the League of Composers. Karchin's music has been praised for it's "fearless eloquence" (The New Yorker), "bare-nerve intensity" (NY Times) and "coruscating beauty" (San Francisco Chronicle).
Tracks: 1.1 Tribute to the Angels~I. Prologue, II. Hermes Trismegistus is patron of alchemists 1.2 Tribute to the Angels~III. I John saw. I testify, IV. Not in our time, O Lord, V. Never in Rome 1.3 Tribute to the Angels~VI. Now polish the crucible 1.4 Tribute to the Angels~VII. I had been thinking of Gabriel, VIII. She carried a book, IX. To Uriel, no shrine, no temple 1.5 Trio for violin, cello and piano~Allegro con spirito 1.6 Trio for violin, cello and piano~Lento 1.7 Trio for violin, cello and piano~Vivace 1.8 Incantations and Dances 1.9 Two Sacred Songs~Denial 1.10 Two Sacred Songs~The Storm
