Notturno
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Music that rewards the adventuresome listener from one of America's major composers.

Donald Martino may be one of the last modern American composers who writes tough, uncompromising music for adventurous listeners, and this disc spans many years and the different facets of his personality. Notturno is one of his best-known works, and went on to win the Pulitzer Prize in 1974. He described this highly dramatic, colorful work as "a sort of 'night music' descriptive of the moments before I go to sleep, when I'm reviewing the day, when all the miseries and the beauties come together in a kind of chaotic swirl without pattern. It's about the diversity of feeling that I undergo daily when I contemplate my life at that moment before sleep." From the Other Side represents Martino in his "most sour mood, so disillusioned, so debilitated by the state of 'art'...that tears must turn to laughter." In between is the virtuoso, prize-winning flute work Quodlibets II. This is a disc that will reward the listener who really likes modern music.
Contents:
Donald Martino, composer
Notturno
New Millennium Ensemble

Donald Martino, composer
Quodlibets II
Rachel Rudich, fllute

Donald Martino, composer
From the Other Side
New Millennium Ensemble, Brad Lubman, conductor

Review:
"Donald Martino died...at the age of 74, right around the time Albany released this. As an accidental obituary, it is a fiting tribute..." (American Record Guide)
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