Music of the Superpowers

Brian Luce (flute), Rex Woods (piano)

Catalog #: TROY1059
Release Date: December 1, 2008
Format: Digital
Instrumental

This fascinating program of music for flute and piano juxtaposes composers from the US and Russia whose compositions were all written during the sixties at the height of the Cold War. Composers in the US were subject to very different influences and pressures than their colleagues in the Soviet Union and the music reflects these influences as well as the turbulent decade of the 1960s. Beautifully performed by flutist Brian Luce and his pianist Rex Woods, the recording is a super audio compact disc.

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Track Listing

Title Composer Performer
Sonata, Op. 14 Robert Muczynski Brian Luce, flute, Rex Woods, piano
Sonata Edison Denisov Brian Luce, flute, Rex Woods, piano
Sonata Verne Reynolds Brian Luce, flute, Rex Woods, piano
Sonatina in B Minor Galina Smirnova Brian Luce, flute, Rex Woods, piano
Canzone, Op. 38 Samuel Barber Brian Luce, flute, Rex Woods, piano
Sonata Otar Taktakishvili Brian Luce, flute, Rex Woods, piano

Reviews

  • "This release should be of particular interest for the less known, seldom recorded Denisov and Smirnova, though everything on it is enjoyable from beginning to end. Brian Luce plays with flair and intelligence..."

    – American Record Guide

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