Martian Counterpoint
Marilyn Nonken (piano), Christopher Oldfather (piano), Beth Wiemann (clarinet), Diane Maltester (clarinet), Peter Josheff (bass clarinet), Beth Wiemann (bass clarinet), U.S. Marine Band, Col. Timothy Foley (conductor)
David Rakowski grew up in St. Albans, Vermont playing trombone in community bands and keyboards in a rock band. His first composition was a band piece he wrote his junior year in high school, in order to win the Vermont All-State Composition Competition (he lost). The first music he heard that he really liked was Le Soleil des Eaux of Boulez and Ensembles for Synthesizer of Babbitt, on a Time-Life "Music of Today" compilation that his band director had lent him. He eventually studied composition at the New England Conservatory, at Princeton with among others, Milton Babbitt, and at Tanglewood with Luciano Berio. He has been composer-in-residence at the Bowdoin Summer Music Festival and Guest Composer at the Wellesley Composers Conference. He has taught at Stanford, Harvard, and Columbia Universities. Currently he is Professor of Composition at Brandeis, whose faculty he joined in 1995.
Track Listing
| Title | Composer | Performer |
|---|---|---|
| Sliding Scales | David Rakowski | Marilyn Nonken, piano |
| The Third, Man | David Rakowski | Marilyn Nonken, piano |
| Ten of a Kind (Symphony #2) Concerto | David Rakowski | U.S. Marine Band, Col. Timothy Foley, conductor |
| Roll Your Own | David Rakowski | Marilyn Nonken, piano |
| Twelve-Step Program | David Rakowski | Marilyn Nonken, piano |
| Mento | David Rakowski | Beth Wiemann, clarinet, Christopher Oldfather, piano |
| Cereberus | David Rakowski | Beth Wiemann, clarinets,Diane Maltester, clarinet, Peter Josheff, bass clarinet, Empyrean Ensemble, Ross Bauer, conductor |
| Fourth of a Habit | David Rakowski | Marilyn Nonken, piano |
| Fists of Fury | David Rakowski | Marilyn Nonken, piano |
Reviews
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"...Rakowski's endearing piano music is pretty damn good. So listen up and enjoy."
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"Rakowski's work is skillful and highly impressive...He is definitely to be regarded as a leading light for the baby boomer American modernist generation."
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