Microtonal Chamber Music

St George Tucker (Artist) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (August 12, 2000)
• Label: Centaur
• ASIN: B000007TOD
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,090,988 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Short Pieces, for small chorus: Ave Verum

2. Amoroso, quartertone variations for clarinet

3. Der in Delphi, for voice and piano

4. Herzliebster Jesu, variations on a theme by Crueger, for organ

5. Jakugo, for men's voices & recorders: Enzan

6. Jakugo, for men's voices & recorders: Hakkaku

7. Jakugo, for men's voices & recorders: Senko

8. Jakugo, for men's voices & recorders: Kissako

9. Jakugo, for men's voices & recorders: Taku

10. Happy Birthday, Dear Krzysztof, for recorder, strings & harpsichord

11. First Quartertone Lulluby, for 3 recorders

12. Notes From The Blue Mountains, for piano: Romanza

13. Notes From The Blue Mountains, for piano: Moon and Pine Sonata

14. Notes From The Blue Mountains, for piano: Passacaglia for White Sunday

15. Notes From The Blue Mountains, for piano: On a Mountain Road at Summer's End

16. Second Sonata for solo recorder ('The Hypertonic')

Customer Reviews

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5.0 out of 5 stars An American Original: Tui St. George Tucker goes her own way, September 25, 1998

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This review is from: Microtonal Chamber Music (Audio CD)

Tui St. George Tucker's recent collection of microtonal works is a treat for contemporary music lovers interested in the American maverick tradition. Each of the works, and this is a collection rich in variety, are built from their own new molds. But at the same time, they each pay homage to the musical traditions of the past. From medieval polyphony to impressionism, from Bach to bebop: Tucker is a fearless transformer of styles and cultures. Especially notable is her own virtuoso rendition of the SECOND SONATA FOR SOLO RECORDER. This ground-breaking work includes a whole gamut of musical techniques untapped for centuries: flutter-tonguing, overblowing and multiphonics. But don't think this is a collection of avant-garde squawks and squeaks. Tucker's vocabulary is focused on creating music that is a pleasure to listen to.