Tim Brady: Music For Large Ensemble

Gort, Cristian; Albu, Sarah; Ranallo, Vincent; Bradyworks; Brady, Tim

This release presents the premiere recordings of two major works from electric guitarist Tim Brady. The 26-minute "Désir: concerto for electric guitar and large chamber ensemble" is Brady’s third such work, which he describes as “a marriage of the power and personality of the electric guitar with the subtlety and flexibility of top-flight classical performers.” The 38-minute "Eight Songs about: Symphony #7" focuses on the Leningrad premier of Dmitri Shostakovich’s Symphony No. 7 on August 9th, 1942, in the middle of a 900-day siege, under the most horrific conditions of war, death, and privation. The singers portray various characters connected to this performance and Leningrad, including: Josef Stalin; Nina Varzar, wife of Shostakovich; a German soldier in the trenches; a prostitute; performers in the orchestra; and conductor Karl Eliasberg. Allan Kozinn writes, “As a composer, Brady is entirely of his time, which is to say, eclectically rooted in the full range of modern styles, from neo-Romanticism to experimentalism and Minimalism, to say nothing of the great art-rock tradition that informs some of his guitar lines.”

Price: $20.98