Walker: Chamber Music
George Walker (composer, piano), Italo Babini (cello), Ian Walker (narrator), Gregory Walker (violin), Capitol Chamber Artists, American Brass Quintet, Angelo Frascarelli (conductor)
This is the third release in Albany Records' continuing series of recordings devoted to the music of the American composer George Walker. This release presents a further selection of Mr. Walker's chamber music. For this recording, Walker is joined by other members of his family who are also performers. His son Gregory, a violinist, is the concertmaster of the Boulder Philharmonic Orchestra. He is also a Professor of Music and Director of Ensembles at the University of Colorado in Denver. He joins his father in a performance of the Violin Sonata No. 1. Ian Walker has pursued a career as an actor, director and producer of numerous theatrical performances. He is the speaker in the Poem for Soprano and Chamber Ensemble.
Track Listing
| Title | Composer | Performer |
|---|---|---|
| Piano Sonata No. 2 | George Walker | George Walker, piano |
| Sonata for Cello and Piano | George Walker | Italo Babini, cello, George Walker, piano |
| Poem for Soprano and Chamber Ensemble | George Walker | Capitol Chamber Artists, Ian Walker, speaker, Angelo Frascarelli, conductor |
| Sonata for violin and Piano No. 1 | George Walker | Gregory Walker, violin, George Walker, piano |
| Music for Brass, Sacred and Profane | George Walker | American Brass Quintet |
Reviews
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"George Walker was born in 1922 in Washington DC and has had a long and distinguished career as performer, composer, and teacher....Albany 154 is devoted solely to Walker's compositions and includes three sonatas, a setting of Eliot's The Hollow Men for soprano and chamber ensemble, and a brass quintet. These pieces are all later than the First Sonata, and show the composer evolving a somewhat more chromatic language, though without abandoning the outlines of classical form in the sonatas....The Second Piano Sonata is more compact and epigrammatic than its predecessor and less direct in expression, though I found its proportions nicely-gauged and its textures effective."
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