Daniel Hope - America (180g)

"A flourishing solo career built on inventive programming and a probing interpretive style," says the New York Times about Daniel Hope. On his new album, the star violinist explores the diversity of American music in stunning new arrangements of classical and jazz works by George Gershwin, Aaron Copland, Leonard Bernstein, Kurt Weill, Florence Price, Duke Ellington, Sam Cooke and Samuel A. Ward. Hope will be accompanied by the Zurich Chamber Orchestra and great guest musicians* including soul singer Joy Denalane and renowned jazz pianist Marcus Roberts. As artistic director of the New Century Chamber Orchestra in San Francisco, Hope has a close connection to the American cultural landscape and this can now be experienced musically on his album "America" through diverse and fascinating works. "Recently there has been a strong movement aimed at reviving and rediscovering African-American composers, such as Florence Price and William Grant Still. There are many other composers whose stories are only being told today," Hope says. Markus Roberts adds, "American music embodies American life: Flexibility and the ability to continually create and remake." Hope and Roberts have performed together often over the years; with this recording, they fascinate once again with an excellently performed dialogue between jazz and classical music.

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