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Roots
—Goosby, Randall, instrumentalist.
2021

CD

Randall Goosby presents Roots, a celebration of classical music by Black composers and inspired by Black American culture. This debut album is a homage to the pioneering musicians that paved the way for Goosby's generation of young artists. It features world premiere recordings of pieces by Florence Price, as well as looking to the future, opening with a new work by Xavier Foley.

Item Details

Description:

  • 1 compact disc : CD audio, digital ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 insert (booklet)
  • 4 3/4 in.
  • digital
  • optical
  • 1.4 m/s
  • audio file
  • CD audio

Notes:

  • Title from disc label.
  • Randall Goosby, violin ; Zhu Wang, piano.
  • Recorded 2020 December 18-20 ; 2021 February 10 & 11 Mary Flagler Cary Hall, The DiMenna Center, New York City.

Contents:

  • Shelter island / Xavier Dubois Foley (5:14)
  • Blue/s forms for solo violin / Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson (8:02)
  • Porgy and Bess. Summertime ; A woman is a sometime thing ; It ain't necessarily so ; Bess you is my woman now / George Gershwin ; transcription by Jascha Heifetz (10:07)
  • Suite for violin and piano / William Grant Still (14:17)
  • Adoration (3:38) ; Fantasie no. 1 in G minor (4:44) ; Fantasie no. 2 in F♯ minor (5:28) / Florence Price
  • Deep river / Samuel Coleridge-Taylor ; arr. Maud Powell (4:33)
  • Sonatina in G major / Antonín Dvořák (19:36).

LCCN: 1252218890

Publisher or Distributor Number:

  • B0033878-02
  • DCAB003387802

Control Number: 3077608

UPC:

  • 028948516643
  • 028948516643

Publisher: New York : Decca Records, ©2021.
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