Augusta Read Thomas: Terpsichore's Box of Dreams and other world premiere recordings featuring The Grossman Ensemble conducted by Stefan Asbury and Timothy Weiss
Release Date: April 5, 2024
Label: Nimbus Alliance NI6445
“Previous instalments in this long-running Nimbus Alliance survey of Augusta Read Thomas's oeuvre have ranged far and wide within a catalogue that spans some 30 years to date. In contrast, we here explore a variety of works of more immediately recent vintage (the earliest work here dates from 2018), and between them fill out a vividly coloured snapshot of Thomas' irrepressible compositional persona as it stands at present. Many of her long-standing preoccupations are to be found in this collection: the love of dance which propels the music into a tirelessly evolving voyage in both rhythmic and narrative terms; the iridescent, bell- saturated sonic environment that fills her musical landscapes with light and clarity; the sense of jazz auras acting as guiding spirits propelling the music on its course with its restless, hocketing rhythms and penetrating harmonic flavours; a celebration and understanding of instrumental virtuosity; the overall sense of her music engaged in a deep-seated interaction between the present and the past.” © Paul Pellay
- Terpsichore's Box of Dreams for 13 players or small chamber ensemble/orchestra
- Star Box for percussion quartet
- Dance Mobile for 14 players or small chamber ensemble/orchestra
- Laetitia's Caprice for solo soprano saxophone
- Carnival for bassoon and wind ensemble of 26 players
- Bebop Riddle II for cello and piano
- Con Moto for percussion quartet