Artist: Tobias Picker Title Of Album: Invisible Lilacs Released: Mar 2014 Genre: Classical, Contemporary Label: Tzadik – TZ 9007 Series: Composer Series Format: MP3 Quality: 320 kbps Total Time: 1:12:02 Total Size: 165 MB Covers Tracklist: Nova (for Piano Quintet) 1979 1. I 2:10 2. II 6:01 3. III 3:56 Invisible Lilacs (for Violin And Piano) 1991 4. I Fast 5:12 5. II Elegy 6:58 6. III Very Fast 5:25 Sextet No.2 "Halle's Ravine" (for Ensemble) 1976 7. I 3:14 8. II 5:55 9. III 3:21 Piano Quintet "Live Oaks" (for Piano Quintet) 2011 10. I 4:25 11. II 8:24 12. III 2:37 13. IV 5:55 14. V 2:51 15. VI 5:36 Personnel: Composed By, Producer – Tobias Picker Misha Amory: Viola Serena Canin: Violin Mark Steinberg: Violin Steven Beck: Piano Jay Campbell: Cello Margaret Dyer: Viola Elizabeth England: Oboe Tony Flynt: Double Bass Keir GoGwilt: Violin Nathaniel LaNasa: Piano Nina Lee: Cello Alex Lipowski: Percussion Rane Moore: Clarinet Christopher Otto: Violin Sarah Rothenberg: Piano Michael Unterman: Cello Notes: Born and raised in NYC, Tobias Picker is one of the world’s most renowned and respected composers. He has written a wide variety of music ranging from solo piano to full orchestra, but is best known for his colorful operas. Picker’s work is always lyrical, with a great expressive range, touching upon both tonality and atonality. This CD presents four powerful and original pieces of chamber music spanning four decades of creative activity (1976–2011). Brilliantly performed by some of the most accomplished musicians in NY, “Invisible Lilacs” features chamber masterworks by one of America’s major compositional voices. /Tzadik/
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