Sustenance

Daniel Lippel (Artist), Peter Gilbert (Composer), Vineet Shende (Composer), Orianna Webb (Composer), Adam B. Silverman (Composer), Joseph Pereira (Composer), John Link (Composer), Seung-Ah Oh (Composer), n/a (Conductor), with Elizabeth Weigle (Performer), Flexible Music (Performer), Jeffrey Irving (Performer), and Erin Lesser (Performer) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Performer: with Elizabeth Weigle, Flexible Music, Jeffrey Irving, and Erin Lesser
• Conductor: n/a
• Composer: Peter Gilbert, Vineet Shende, Orianna Webb, Adam B. Silverman, Joseph Pereira, et al.
• Audio CD (September 1, 2007)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: New Focus Recordings
• ASIN: B000VMQ6ZK
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #359,234 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Editorial Reviews

Review

Daniel Lippel is sturdy and reticent. At first glance, one gets the impression of a young Marlon Brando; he is exceptional in his craft but he does not ham it up. The apotheosis of the modern guitarist.... --Guitar Review Fall 2005

These performances definitely have a live feel, though there's no sense of the facile- only depth caught on the wing. Sometimes Lippel dwells indulgently in the moment, as in the Grave of the A minor Sonata or the Sarabande of the A major Suite; at other times the music is allowed to flow naturally, as in the final movements of those works. Looseness and tension are fluently articulated within a flexible, expressive framework. An impressive release, then. Not a definitive statement- nor is it meant to be. Full marks to Lippel for daring to show a little humanity. --The Gramophone, May 2006

Product Description

Sustenance is a curated chamber music concept album that links several distinct pieces with electronic interludes, or "passages", by mastermind electronic composer, Peter Gilbert. The works, all in their premiere recordings, range from the jocular to the sensuous, and are by some of the most exciting emerging composers writing in the United States. The intrepid New York guitarist Daniel Lippel leads the effort along with stellar colleagues- soprano Elizabeth Weigle, flutist Erin Lesser, percussionist Jeffrey Irving, and Lippel's high powered quartet, Flexible Music.