Quest: New Music for Violin and Cello

Duo XXI

Catalog #: TROY1233
Release Date: December 1, 2010
Format: Digital
Instrumental

This compact disc presents six world premiere recordings of works commissioned by Duo XXI. Each of these pieces introduces an innovative compositional approach to the relatively unexplored genre of the string duo. Both members of Duo XXI -- Anna Cromwell, violin and Mira Frisch, cello -- are passionate string professors who reach a diverse audience through concerts, conference presentations and outreach workshops. Ms. Cromwell is on the faculty at Eastern Illinois University while Ms. Frisch teaches cello at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte.

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Title Composer Performer
Nomina sunt Omina Joseph Dangerfield Duo XXI: Anna Cromwell, violin, Mira Frisch, cello
Rocket John Allemeier Duo XXI: Anna Cromwell, violin, Mira Frisch, cello
Blue Refracted David Maki Duo XXI: Anna Cromwell, violin, Mira Frisch, cello
Folklore John Allemeier Duo XXI: Anna Cromwell, violin, Mira Frisch, cello
A Matter of Perspective Ronald Keith Parks Duo XXI: Anna Cromwell, violin, Mira Frisch, cello
Quest Stephen R. Anderson Duo XXI: Anna Cromwell, violin, Mira Frisch, cello

Reviews

  • "I am happy to report at the outset that this batch of new works has made this particular voyage of discovery a pleasant one, for the music is invariably arresting and interesting. ...Each of the composers represented on this CD is good enough to warrant having an entire CD devoted to his music."

    – Fanfare

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