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Quite a few artists of African American background issue recitals of familiar material by Black composers, but violinist Randall Goosby's Roots is something different on several counts, and it's a fresh outing. First of all, Goosby mixes works by African American composers with those simply influenced by African American music, a seemingly simple idea, but how often does one hear Gershwin bumping up against William Grant Still? Second, his choices are not the obvious ones. Sure, there are some hits here, most prominently the excerpts from Gershwin's Porgy and Bess arranged by Jascha Heifetz. Goosby, a student of Itzhak Perlman, among others, nails these, but most of the music is not so common. The rapidly emerging Florence B. Price is represented by two works. William Grant Still's Suite for violin and piano is one of his most African American-inflected works, with a gorgeous slow movement. Perhaps the biggest find here is a contemporary piece, Blue/s Forms, of Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson (who is named after Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, also represented here). This solo violin work is a fascinating minimalist treatment of the blues unlike anything else out there. The finale is Dvořák's Violin Sonatina in G major, Op. 100, far less often heard than other works from the composer's American period, but fully their equal. Goosby is too closely miked here, but that is the end of the list of complaints about this fascinating and promising recital.
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David Frost, Producer, Recording Producer - Silas Brown, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Dominic Fyfe, Producer, Executive Producer - Doron Schachter, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Randall Goosby, Violin, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Xavier Dubois Foley, Composer, Double Bass, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2021 Universal Music Operations Limited
Blue/s Forms (Coleridge Taylor Perkinson)
Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson, Composer - David Frost, Producer, Recording Producer - Silas Brown, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Dominic Fyfe, Producer, Executive Producer - Doron Schachter, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Randall Goosby, Violin, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2021 Universal Music Operations Limited
Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson, Composer - David Frost, Producer, Recording Producer - Silas Brown, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Dominic Fyfe, Producer, Executive Producer - Doron Schachter, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Randall Goosby, Violin, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2021 Universal Music Operations Limited
Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson, Composer - David Frost, Producer, Recording Producer - Silas Brown, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Dominic Fyfe, Producer, Executive Producer - Doron Schachter, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Randall Goosby, Violin, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2021 Universal Music Operations Limited
Porgy and Bess (George Gershwin)
George Gershwin, Composer - Ira Gershwin, Author - Dorothy Heyward, Author - Dubose Heyward, Author - Jascha Heifetz, Contributor, Transcription - David Frost, Producer, Recording Producer - Silas Brown, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Dominic Fyfe, Producer, Executive Producer - Doron Schachter, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Randall Goosby, Violin, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Zhu Wang, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2021 Universal Music Operations Limited
George Gershwin, Composer - Ira Gershwin, Author - Dorothy Heyward, Author - Dubose Heyward, Author - Jascha Heifetz, Contributor, Transcription - David Frost, Producer, Recording Producer - Silas Brown, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Dominic Fyfe, Producer, Executive Producer - Doron Schachter, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Randall Goosby, Violin, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Zhu Wang, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2021 Universal Music Operations Limited
George Gershwin, Composer - Ira Gershwin, Author - Dorothy Heyward, Author - Dubose Heyward, Author - Jascha Heifetz, Contributor, Transcription - David Frost, Producer, Recording Producer - Silas Brown, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Dominic Fyfe, Producer, Executive Producer - Doron Schachter, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Randall Goosby, Violin, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Zhu Wang, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2021 Universal Music Operations Limited
George Gershwin, Composer - Ira Gershwin, Author - Dorothy Heyward, Author - Dubose Heyward, Author - Jascha Heifetz, Contributor, Transcription - David Frost, Producer, Recording Producer - Silas Brown, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Dominic Fyfe, Producer, Executive Producer - Doron Schachter, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Randall Goosby, Violin, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Zhu Wang, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2021 Universal Music Operations Limited
Suite for Violin and Piano (William Grant Still)
William Grant Still, Composer - David Frost, Producer, Recording Producer - Silas Brown, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Dominic Fyfe, Producer, Executive Producer - Doron Schachter, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Randall Goosby, Violin, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Zhu Wang, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2021 Universal Music Operations Limited
William Grant Still, Composer - David Frost, Producer, Recording Producer - Silas Brown, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Dominic Fyfe, Producer, Executive Producer - Doron Schachter, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Randall Goosby, Violin, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Zhu Wang, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2021 Universal Music Operations Limited
William Grant Still, Composer - David Frost, Producer, Recording Producer - Silas Brown, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Dominic Fyfe, Producer, Executive Producer - Doron Schachter, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Randall Goosby, Violin, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Zhu Wang, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2021 Universal Music Operations Limited
David Frost, Producer, Recording Producer - Silas Brown, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Dominic Fyfe, Producer, Executive Producer - Florence Price, Composer - Doron Schachter, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Randall Goosby, Violin, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Zhu Wang, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2021 Universal Music Operations Limited
David Frost, Producer, Recording Producer - Silas Brown, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Dominic Fyfe, Producer, Executive Producer - Florence Price, Composer - Doron Schachter, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Randall Goosby, Violin, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - John Michael Cooper, Contributor, Work Editor - Zhu Wang, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2021 Universal Music Operations Limited
David Frost, Producer, Recording Producer - Silas Brown, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Dominic Fyfe, Producer, Executive Producer - Florence Price, Composer - Doron Schachter, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Randall Goosby, Violin, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - John Michael Cooper, Contributor, Work Editor - Zhu Wang, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2021 Universal Music Operations Limited
Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, Composer - Maud Powell, Arranger, Work Arranger - David Frost, Producer, Recording Producer - Silas Brown, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Dominic Fyfe, Producer, Executive Producer - Doron Schachter, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Randall Goosby, Violin, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Zhu Wang, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2021 Universal Music Operations Limited
Violin Sonatina in G Major, Op. 100, B. 120 (Antonín Dvořák)
Antonín Dvorák, Composer - David Frost, Producer, Recording Producer - Silas Brown, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Dominic Fyfe, Producer, Executive Producer - Doron Schachter, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Randall Goosby, Violin, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Zhu Wang, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2021 Universal Music Operations Limited
Antonín Dvorák, Composer - David Frost, Producer, Recording Producer - Silas Brown, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Dominic Fyfe, Producer, Executive Producer - Doron Schachter, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Randall Goosby, Violin, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Zhu Wang, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2021 Universal Music Operations Limited
Antonín Dvorák, Composer - David Frost, Producer, Recording Producer - Silas Brown, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Dominic Fyfe, Producer, Executive Producer - Doron Schachter, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Randall Goosby, Violin, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Zhu Wang, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2021 Universal Music Operations Limited
Antonín Dvorák, Composer - David Frost, Producer, Recording Producer - Silas Brown, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Dominic Fyfe, Producer, Executive Producer - Doron Schachter, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Randall Goosby, Violin, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Zhu Wang, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2021 Universal Music Operations Limited
Album review
Quite a few artists of African American background issue recitals of familiar material by Black composers, but violinist Randall Goosby's Roots is something different on several counts, and it's a fresh outing. First of all, Goosby mixes works by African American composers with those simply influenced by African American music, a seemingly simple idea, but how often does one hear Gershwin bumping up against William Grant Still? Second, his choices are not the obvious ones. Sure, there are some hits here, most prominently the excerpts from Gershwin's Porgy and Bess arranged by Jascha Heifetz. Goosby, a student of Itzhak Perlman, among others, nails these, but most of the music is not so common. The rapidly emerging Florence B. Price is represented by two works. William Grant Still's Suite for violin and piano is one of his most African American-inflected works, with a gorgeous slow movement. Perhaps the biggest find here is a contemporary piece, Blue/s Forms, of Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson (who is named after Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, also represented here). This solo violin work is a fascinating minimalist treatment of the blues unlike anything else out there. The finale is Dvořák's Violin Sonatina in G major, Op. 100, far less often heard than other works from the composer's American period, but fully their equal. Goosby is too closely miked here, but that is the end of the list of complaints about this fascinating and promising recital.
© TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 19 track(s)
- Total length: 01:15:26
- 1 Digital booklet
- Main artists: Randall Goosby
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Decca Music Group Ltd.
- Genre: Classical
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