JENNIFER HIGDON (b.1962): Zaka for Flute, Clarinet, Violin, Cello, Piano and Percussion, Legacy for Flute and Piano, Rapid Fire for Flute, Soliloquy for Flute and String Quartet, Summer Shimmers for Piano and Wind Quintet, Autumn Reflection for Flute and Piano, Song for Flute, Dash for Flute, Clarinet and Piano.

Catalogue Number: 10K089

Label: Koch International Classics

Reference: KIC-CD-7738

Format: CD

Price: $17.98

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Description: This selection of Higdon's varied output centers around her own instrument, the flute. The music is always thoroughly approachable and firmly based in tonality, whether impulsively active and propulsive (Zaka, Rapid Fire, Dash) or warmly and Romantically evocative with more than a touch of Impressionism (Soliloquy, Song, the two 'time and place' mood pieces). A couple of the pieces have an in memoriam element to their inspiration; this is achieved with genuine, unsentimental, feeling. The dazzling Rapid Fire is a technical tour de force for the soloist (and requires the detonation of a small firecracker at its conclusion, for programmatic reasons; elsewhere such unusual effects are limited to a small but effective amount of piano preparation. The opening and closing high-energy ensemble toccatas are immensely appealing, displaying the composer's versatility and appealing vitality. Various Artists.

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