Looking Back

Jay Mauchley, Leonard Garrison

Catalog #: TROY1329
Release Date: January 1, 2012
Format: Digital
Instrumental

For his third recording on Albany Records, flutist Leonard Garrison has chosen a diverse program of music for flutes by American composers. Music for flute and piano, solo flute and solo alto flute represent some of the best repertoire written for this family of instruments. Garrison, a faculty member at the University of Idaho and flutist for the Northwest Wind Quintet is principal flute of the Walla Walla Symphony and artistic director of the Red Lodge Music Festival. A former member of the flute section of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Garrison has served as chairman of the National Flute Association.

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Track Listing

Title Composer Performer
Looking Back Joseph Schwantner Leonard Garrison, flute, Jay Mauchley, piano
Scrivo in vento Elliott Carter Leonard Garrison, flute
Quodlibets Donald Martino Leonard Garrison, flute
Parable Vincent Persichetti Leonard Garrison, alto flute
Fish Are Jumping Robert Dick Leonard Garrison, flute
Canzone Samuel Barber Leonard Garrison, flute, Jay Mauchley, piano
The Old Men Admiring Themselves in the Water Robert Beaser Leonard Garrison, flute, Jay Mauchley, piano
Black Anemones Joseph Schwantner Leonard Garrison, flute, Jay Mauchley, piano

Reviews

  • "[Leonard Garrison] plays with all the aggression or sensitivity that is called for; the playing can be quite delicate and quite brusque."

    – American Record Guide

  • "For lovers of contemporary flute music, this CD provides exciting, and also thoughtful selections from among our most distinguished composers of the 20th and 21st centuries. the performance sparkles "

    – The Flutist Quarterly

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