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Karen Gottlieb: Music for Harp
Detto che la conclusiva suite per arpa e percussioni è in realtà in larga parte (5 movimenti sui 7 totali) un monologo della Gottlieb (peraltro con momenti di grande raffinatezza), le pagine migliori si rivelano a conti fatti quelle in cui compare il flauto, in particolare la lunga composizione (12') di Wayne Peterson (1927), mai banale, con soluzioni poco battute, mentre la successiva pagina di Don Reiter si muove in un clima educato ma sufficientemente vivo, con un bell'equilibrio fra gli strumenti in campo.
Per chi ama l'arpa, dunque, un album certamente consigliabile; per tutti gli altri un utile contatto con sfaccettature anche fuori dagli schemi per uno strumento spesso relegato in un angolo di ascolto fin troppo circoscritto e anche un po' impolverato e anacronistico.
Track Listing
Suite for Cello and Harp (Lou Harrison, 1949); Colloquy for Flute and Harp (Wayne Peterson, 1999); In a Landscape (John Cage, 1949); Sonata for Flute and Harp (Dan Reiter, 1982); Music for Harp with Percussion (Lou Harrison, 1967-77).
Personnel
Karen Gottlieb
harpKaren Gottlieb: arpa; Dan Reiter: violoncello in "Suite for Cello and Harp"; Ted Brody: flauto in "Colloquy for Flute and Harp" e "Sonata for Flute and Harp"; William Winant, Daniel Kennedy: percussioni in "Music for Harp with Percussion".
Album information
Title: Music for Harp | Year Released: 2016 | Record Label: Innova Recordings
About Karen Gottlieb
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