℗ 2018 Cedille
Released | October 19, 2018 |
Duration | 1h 18m 38s |
Record Label | Cedille |
Catalogue No. | CDR90000-182 |
Genre | Classical (Chamber) |
Blues Dialogues: Music by Black Composers
Rachel Barton Pine, Matthew Hagle
Available in 96 kHz / 24-bit AIFF, FLAC high resolution audio formats
1.1
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Blues (Deliver My Soul)
David N. Baker; Rachel Barton Pine; Matthew Hagle |
4:11 | |||
Blue/s Forms for Solo Violin
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1.2
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I. Plain Blue/s
Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson; Rachel Barton Pine |
1:21 | |||
1.3
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II. Just Blue/s
Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson; Rachel Barton Pine |
2:59 | |||
1.4
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III. Jettin' Blue/s
Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson; Rachel Barton Pine |
2:30 | |||
1.5
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Louisiana Blues Strut (A Cakewalk)
Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson; Rachel Barton Pine |
2:32 | |||
Suite for Violin & Piano
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1.6
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I. African Dancer
William Grant Still; Rachel Barton Pine; Matthew Hagle |
4:31 | |||
1.7
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II. Mother and Child
William Grant Still; Rachel Barton Pine; Matthew Hagle |
6:08 | |||
1.8
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III. Gamin
William Grant Still; Rachel Barton Pine; Matthew Hagle |
2:06 | |||
A Set of Dance Tunes for Solo Violin
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1.9
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No. 1, Walk Around "Brudder Bones"
Noel DaCosta; Rachel Barton Pine |
3:54 | |||
1.10
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No. 2, Neumedia
Noel DaCosta; Rachel Barton Pine |
2:56 | |||
1.11
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No. 3, Little Diamond - Bird on the Wing Jigs
Noel DaCosta; Rachel Barton Pine |
1:58 | |||
1.12
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No. 4, New Orleans Clog
Noel DaCosta; Rachel Barton Pine |
0:58 | |||
1.13
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No. 5, "New Orleans" Clog Blues
Noel DaCosta; Rachel Barton Pine |
3:17 | |||
Levee Dance
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1.14
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Op. 26 No. 2
Clarence Cameron White; Rachel Barton Pine; Matthew Hagle |
3:51 | |||
1.15
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In a Sentimental Mood (Arr. W. Logan for Violin & Piano)
Duke Ellington; Wendell Logan; Rachel Barton Pine; Matthew Hagle |
3:25 | |||
Blues Dialogues
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1.16
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I. Blues Feeling
Dolores White; Rachel Barton Pine |
3:24 | |||
1.17
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II. Expressive
Dolores White; Rachel Barton Pine |
2:45 | |||
1.18
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III. Fast and Funky
Dolores White; Rachel Barton Pine |
1:13 | |||
1.19
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IV. Moderately Fast
Dolores White; Rachel Barton Pine |
2:49 | |||
1.20
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Woogie Boogie
Errollyn Wallen; Rachel Barton Pine; Matthew Hagle |
2:26 | |||
1.21
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Incident on Larpenteur Avenue
Billy Childs; Rachel Barton Pine; Matthew Hagle |
7:44 | |||
1.22
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Filter
Daniel Bernard Roumain; Rachel Barton Pine |
4:35 | |||
1.23
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A Song Without Words
S. Charles Brown; Rachel Barton Pine; Matthew Hagle |
3:10 | |||
Lenox Avenue
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1.24
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The Blues (Arr. for Violin & Piano)
Anonymous; William Grant Still; Rachel Barton Pine; Matthew Hagle |
3:55 |
"Barton Pine and partner Matthew Hagle are to be commended for such a thoughtful, gracious, and inspiring program, recorded in Cedille’s typical robust and clear sound."
- Audiophile Audition
Violinist Rachel Barton Pine, “an exciting, boundary-defying performer” (Washington Post) known for her “bravura technique and soulful musicianship” (New York Times), headlines a groundbreaking album of blues-influenced classical works for solo violin and violin and piano by 20th and 21st century composers of African descent.
World-premiere recordings include Noel Da Costa’s A Set of Dance Tunes for Solo Violin, based on American fiddle tunes, and Billy Childs’s Incident on Larpenteur Avenue, a single-movement violin sonata/tone poem written as a response to a fatal shooting by police. Another premiere is Wendell Logan’s violin and piano arrangement of Duke Ellington’s 1935 composition, In a Sentimental Mood.
The album’s title track, Dolores White’s improvisational "Blues Dialogues", draws on classical, jazz, and country music, as well as African-American vocalizations and a blues harmonic language. David N. Baker’s gospel-tinged Blues (Deliver My Soul) evokes the ecstatic energy of a Black church service. Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson’s Blue/s Forms and Louisiana Blues Strut befit a composer with a legacy of achievements in the classical, jazz, modern dance, and pop music worlds.
Each movement of William Grant Still’s Suite for Violin and Piano evokes the work of a different African-American visual artist. Clarence Cameron White’s Levee Dance, a favorite of legendary violinist Jascha Heifetz, surrounds a traditional African-American spiritual with a playful, syncopated dance. Errollyn Wallen’s Woogie Boogie is a humorous and inventive reimaging of the boogie-woogie blues dance. Daniel Bernard Roumain’s Filter, with a new opening cadenza written specially for Rachel Barton Pine, conjures the sounds of electronic dance music and psychedelic guitar. Concluding the program, Charles S. Brown’s A Song Without Words was inspired by bottleneck guitar player and gospel blues master Blind Willie Johnson.
96 kHz / 24-bit PCM – Cedille Studio Masters
Track title | Peak (dB FS) | RMS (dB FS) | LUFS (integrated) | DR | |
Album average Range of values | -2.55 -11.58 to -0.30 | -24.28 -30.98 to -20.17 | -20.43 -27.00 to -17.00 | 13 11 to 16 | |
1 | Blues (Deliver My Soul) | -0.39 | -20.17 | -17.0 | 13 |
2 | I. Plain Blue/s | -2.06 | -22.62 | -19.1 | 13 |
3 | II. Just Blue/s | -8.28 | -30.64 | -26.5 | 13 |
4 | III. Jettin' Blue/s | -3.21 | -21.10 | -17.5 | 12 |
5 | Louisiana Blues Strut (A Cakewalk) | -2.08 | -21.25 | -17.7 | 12 |
6 | I. African Dancer | -0.30 | -20.47 | -17.3 | 13 |
7 | II. Mother and Child | -1.28 | -23.78 | -20.2 | 14 |
8 | III. Gamin | -1.89 | -21.77 | -18.4 | 13 |
9 | No. 1, Walk Around "Brudder Bones" | -1.19 | -23.52 | -19.7 | 13 |
10 | No. 2, Neumedia | -4.45 | -27.16 | -23.2 | 13 |
11 | No. 3, Little Diamond - Bird on the Wing Jigs | -2.26 | -24.32 | -20.6 | 14 |
12 | No. 4, New Orleans Clog | -0.39 | -25.09 | -21.6 | 15 |
13 | No. 5, "New Orleans" Clog Blues | -1.74 | -24.98 | -21.0 | 14 |
14 | Op. 26 No. 2 | -0.65 | -22.99 | -19.6 | 13 |
15 | In a Sentimental Mood (Arr. W. Logan for Violin & Piano) | -0.47 | -25.72 | -21.0 | 15 |
16 | I. Blues Feeling | -0.50 | -23.74 | -18.8 | 14 |
17 | II. Expressive | -5.16 | -28.31 | -23.0 | 14 |
18 | III. Fast and Funky | -2.50 | -23.34 | -19.0 | 12 |
19 | IV. Moderately Fast | -2.10 | -21.84 | -17.7 | 12 |
20 | Woogie Boogie | -0.44 | -23.90 | -20.0 | 15 |
21 | Incident on Larpenteur Avenue | -0.36 | -22.96 | -18.7 | 15 |
22 | Filter | -1.53 | -22.13 | -18.6 | 13 |
23 | A Song Without Words | -11.58 | -30.98 | -27.0 | 11 |
24 | The Blues (Arr. for Violin & Piano) | -6.42 | -29.98 | -27.0 | 16 |