Roots
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
Subjects:
- Music by Black composers.
- Sonatas (Violin and piano)
- Suites (Violin and piano)
- Violin and piano music, Arranged.
- Violin and piano music.
Genre:
Other Authors:
- Container of (expression): Coleridge-Taylor, Samuel, 1875-1912. Negro melodies. Deep river; arranged.
- Container of (expression): Gershwin, George, 1898-1937. Porgy and Bess. Selections; arranged.
- Container of (work): Dvořák, Antonín, 1841-1904. Sonatina, violin, piano, op. 100, G major.
- Container of (work): Foley, Xavier Dubois. Shelter Island.
- Container of (work): Perkinson, Coleridge-Taylor. Blue/s forms.
- Container of (work): Price, Florence, 1887-1953. Adoration.
- Container of (work): Price, Florence, 1887-1953. Fantasies, violin, piano, F♯ minor.
- Container of (work): Price, Florence, 1887-1953. Fantasies, violin, piano, G minor.
- Container of (work): Still, William Grant, 1895-1978. Suites, violin, piano.
- Foley, Xavier DuBois, instrumentalist.
- Wang, Zhu, 1997- instrumentalist.