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Cello Suite No. 1 in G major, BWV 1007Johann Sebastian Bach 6 movements14:46
1. 1 i. Prélude 2:03
2. 2 ii. Allemande 3:55
3. 3 iii. Courante 2:23
4. 4 iv. Sarabande 2:25
5. 5 v. Menuet I and Menuet II 2:42
6. 6 vi. Gigue 1:18
Fantasia 10, TWV 40:23Georg Philipp Telemann 3 movements4:41
1. 7 i. Presto 1:36
2. 8 ii. Largo 2:14
3. 9 iii. Allegro :51
10 Goldfish Through Summer Rain Anne Boyd 4:24
11 Syrinx Claude Debussy 2:52
Toward the SeaToru Takemitsu 3 movements9:03
1. 12 i. The Night 2:54
2. 13 ii. Moby Dick 3:15
3. 14 iii. Cape Cod 2:54
Partita VJohann George Tromlitz 3 movements12:16
1. 15 i. Largo 4:07
2. 16 ii. Allegro Assai 1:39
3. 17 iii. Menuet con variazioni 6:30
18 Sicilienne, Op. 78 Gabriel Fauré 3:38
19 The Garden of Love Jacob Ter Veldhuis 7:21

The works on Alchemy have been reshaped as lasting additions to the recorder catalogue, filling gaps left by a tradition strong in early and late twentieth-century music but thin elsewhere. Tromlitz’s Partita V, Fauré’s Sicilienne and Debussy’s Syrinx carry the instrument into classical, romantic and impressionist territory seldom explored on recorder.

Bach’s Cello Suite No. 1 and Telemann’s Fantasia 10 enlarge the scant solo literature for tenor and bass instruments, which had almost none before the mid-twentieth century. Each transcription stays close to the source score, with only occasional transposition so the music sits within the recorders’ range.

Reviews

Alicia has travelled extensively throughout Australia and there is no doubt that in this CD she shows great passion for the music, and one hopes that current composers will produce copious amounts of music for her. She deserves it! Harp and guitar add some pleasant accompaniments to the recorder and overall the CD is worthy of a valuable place in the recorder repertoire. ★★★★

— Emyr Evans, 2MBS Fine Music Magazine

Artists

Alicia Crossley

recorder

Alicia Crossley is one of Australia’s leading recorder players. She performs repertoire from Renaissance dance tunes to contemporary electro-acoustic works, with a particular interest in the bass recorder.

Johann Sebastian Bach

composer

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685–1750) was a German composer and organist of the late Baroque. His sacred and secular music for choir, orchestra, organ and solo instruments remains among the foundations of the Western concert and church repertory.

Anne Boyd

composer

Anne Boyd enjoys a distinguished career as a composer and music educator. A graduate of the University of Sydney (BA Hons in Music, 1967) and the University of York (PhD in composition, 1972), she has shaped Australian musical life through both her writing and her teaching.

Claude Debussy

composer

Claude Debussy (1862–1918) was a French composer whose harmony, colour and flexible sense of key reshaped European music at the turn of the twentieth century. Piano, orchestral and chamber works from his maturity remain central to the repertoire.

Gabriel Fauré

composer

Gabriel Fauré (1845–1924) was a French composer, pianist, organist and teacher whose music links late Romanticism with early modernism. His best-known works include the Requiem, the Pavane, and a large body of songs and piano music.

Georg Philipp Telemann

composer

Georg Philipp Telemann (1681–1767) was a German Baroque composer and multi-instrumentalist. Almost completely self-taught, he became a composer against his family's wishes and ranked among the leading German musicians of his age.

Tristan Coelho

composer

Tristan Coelho is an arranger and mixing engineer.

Marshall McGuire

composer

Marshall McGuire brings the harp into contemporary Australian music with uncommon colour and nerve. He specialises in both baroque and modern repertoire, drawing out unusual sonorities and serving new works with technical sureness and interpretative sympathy.

Toru Takemitsu

composer

Toru Takemitsu's music listens closely to timbre and space: sparse lines, carefully placed silence, and a late fascination with water that runs through pieces such as Toward the Sea.

Jacob Ter Veldhuis

composer

Johann George Tromlitz

composer

Johann George Tromlitz (November 8, 1725 – February 4, 1805), born at Reinsdorf, near Artern, Germany, was a flautist, flute maker and composer.

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Performers

Alicia Crossley · recorder
Verna Lee · harp · tracks 10 and 18
Joseph Littlefield · guitar · tracks 12–14

Technical credits

Recording Engineer Benedict Carey
Roger Lock (tracks 12–14)
Mixing Engineer Alicia Crossley
Benedict Carey
Tristan Coelho (tracks 1–9, 11, 15–17)
Mastering Engineer Benedict Carey
Venue Cranbrook School (tracks 12–14)
EMI Studios 301 (tracks 10, 15–18)
St. Rok Studios (tracks 1–9, 11 and 19)
Sydney Conservatorium of Music
Credit David Boyce
Kurt Sneddon

Details

List price: $25.00 AUD
Total playing time: 59 minutes 1 seconds
Release date: 8 Apr 2015
Category: Classical
Genres: Baroque, Romantic & Impressionist, Contemporary Classical
Catalogue: MCD 508
EAN: 9314574050820

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