Raking the Snow: Music of David Owens
David Owens (piano), Sangyoung Kim (piano), Kristina Giles (viola), D' Anna Fortunato (mezzo-soprano)
David Owens, pianist and composer, has long experience as an organist, conductor and accompanist as well. He has appeared as soloist, in addition to working as a collaborative artist with hundreds of singers and instrumentalists. A graduate of Eastman, where he studied composition, his compositions have been played and sung by chamber ensembles, orchestras, choruses, and soloists throughout the United States. Owens is also a widely read music journalist, having received the Deems Taylor Award for Distinguished Music Criticism. This recording, devoted to his chamber music, includes an older work written in 1985 (Fantasy on a Celtic Carol), as well as two recent works (Sonata for Two Pianos, written in 2010 and Raking the Snow, written in 2008).
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Track Listing
| Title | Composer | Performer |
|---|---|---|
| Sonata for Two Pianos | David Owens | Sangyoung Kim and Victor Cayres, piano |
| Fantasy on a Celtic Carol for Viola and Piano | David Owens | Kristina Giles, viola; David Owens, piano |
| Raking the Snow | David Owens | D'Anna Fortunato, mezzo-soprano; David Owens, piano |
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"I recommend this disc highly. It is a fine introduction to a composer whose works I hope will achieve widespread recognition."
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