Stroll in the Cool |
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(CD available through Skylark) Nominated for 2007 Outstanding Classical Recording of the Year by the Western Canadian Music Awards |
“I have listened to Stroll in the Cool a number of times now and it has never failed to brighten an otherwise overcast, cold winter day.”
Andrew Timar, Wholenote (Toronto)
Stroll in the Cool is the second CD for skylark by bassoonist Jesse Read and guitarist Michael Strutt. This latest venture features an entire newly created repertoire for the two instruments. From the soulful music of Fado, the vibrant dances of Cuba to the serene melodies of Brazil. An exciting bonus is twelve newly composed parts to well known classical period guitar works. This is an eclectic stroll through two centuries of cool music. |
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Recuerdos |
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Folkloric inspired repertoire from Spain, Africa, South America, Ireland and Greece. Includes Corranda by Grau, Tres Canciones by Ponce, Batucada by Savio, Choros by Villa-Lobos, Gavota and La Catedral by Barrios, Recuerdos by Tarrega and Cancion y Danza by Pipo. |
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Farewell to the Mountains |
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“..beautiful control of color…a terrific CD, well played and well recorded.”
Larry Lake, CBC Radio
Traditional Japanese music by Morishige Takei, Kosaku Yamada, Yoshinao Nakada, Kozaburo Hirai and Tadasuke Ono. Cinq Haikus by Arnaud Dumond, Jahla by Lou Harrison, Landscape by Anthony Genge and Komachi by Alan Hovhaness |
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Cafe Palermo |
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“…a delightful, new, beautifully crafted CD…a masterly collaboration.”
Ronald Klimko, The Double Reed
Palermo, Pompeya by M. Diego Pujol, Café 1930, Nightclub 1960 by Astor Piazzolla, Les Regrets, Romance, Le Montagnard by Napoleon Coste, Manha de Carnaval, Desafinado, How Insensitive by Antonio Carlos Jobim, Odeon, Carioca by Ernesto Nazareth. |
(CD available through Skylark) |
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Estampas |
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“…excellent, good sound, sense of orchestration, flexible phrasing and needless to say faultless technique.”
Angelo Gilardino, Artistic Director of the Andres Segovia Foundation
Spanish Dances by Moritz Moszkowski, Four Brazilian Pieces by Celso Machado, Estampas by F. Moreno Torroba, Quartet No 5 (first Movement) by H. Villa-Lobos and Venezuelan Songs and Dances by Vicente Sojo. |
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Meditation |
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Romanza Andaluza by Pablo de Saraste, Mattinata by Ruggero Leoncavallo, La Partida (Spanish Traditional) and Spanish Dance No 5 by Enrique Granados. |
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Imagistic Music |
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The Persistence of Memory, Offerimus Tibi Domini and the Blind Harper. Poetry by Trevor Carolan set to music by Mark Armanini. |
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West Light |
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Erstarrung by Rodney Sharman (strings, bass clarinet, baroque flute, mandolin, harp and guitar). |
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Komachi (LP) |
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“He is unfailingly poetic and musical. Few guitarist achieve such crystalline clarity and maintenance of varied and first class tone.”
John W. Duarte, Guitar Magazine
Komachi by Alan Hovhaness (arr. Michael Strutt), Sonata by Harry Somers, Nocturne by Edward Arteaga, Sonatina Meridional By Manual Ponce and Aires de la Mancha by F. Moreno-Torroba. |