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William Kraft: An Encounter

Sheryl Staples (violin), Delores Stevens (piano), Barry Centanni (percussion), Jeffrey Parsons (harp), Terry Longshore (percussion), Gloria Cheng (piano), Sharon Leventhal (violin), Jeremy Haladyna (piano), Todd Barton (electronic valve instrument), Terry Longshore (Roland Handsonic)

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Kraft is nothing if not ecelectic, but a distinct personality is always at play here. In that respect, he resembles his hero Stravinsky even as he does not mimic his music. Perhaps that is the... — Fanfare More…

Release Date: 1st Jan 2000
Catalogue No: TROY981
Label: Albany
Length: 72 minutes

Kraft, William: Concerto a Tre

Work length9:43

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Sheryl Staples, Delores Stevens, Barry Centanni, Brian Head (soloist), Gloria Cheng (soloist)
California State University Wind Symphony
Michael Fennell

Kraft, William: Incantation for Guitar Solo

Work length7:36

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Sheryl Staples, Brian Head (soloist)
California State University Wind Symphony
Michael Fennell

Kraft, William: Vintage Renaissance and Beyond

Work length15:30

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Sheryl Staples, Brian Head (soloist), Gloria Cheng (soloist)
California State University Wind Symphony
Michael Fennell

Kraft, William: Encounters XII

Work length13:39

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Sheryl Staples, Jeffrey Parsons, Terry Longshore, Brian Head (soloist), Gloria Cheng (soloist)
California State University Wind Symphony
Michael Fennell

quarter note = circa 60

Track length2:51

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quarter note = circa 50

Track length2:48

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quarter note = circa 76

Track length3:08

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quarter note = circa 60

Track length4:52

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Kraft, William: Translucenses

Work length10:26

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Sheryl Staples, Gloria Cheng (soloist)
California State University Wind Symphony
Michael Fennell

Kraft, William: In Memoriam Igor Stravinsky

Work length10:37

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Sheryl Staples, Shron Leventhal, Jeremy Haladyna, Brian Head (soloist), Gloria Cheng (soloist)
California State University Wind Symphony
Michael Fennell

April is the cruelest month

Track length2:45

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Go, songs, for ended is our brief, sweet play

Track length2:49

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Time and the bell have buried the day, the black cloud carries the sun away

Track length5:03

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Kraft, William: Kandinsky Variations

Work length4:31

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Sheryl Staples, Todd Barton, Terry Longshore, Roland Hansonic, Brian Head (soloist), Gloria Cheng (soloist)
California State University Wind Symphony
Michael Fennell

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Born in Chicago, William Kraft has had a long and active career as a composer, conductor, timpanist/percussionist and teacher. He is Professor Emeritus at the University of California, Santa Barbara, where he served for 11 years (1991-2002) as Chairman of the Composition Department and Corwin Professor of Music Composition. He is of that generation of American composers who came to prominence starting in the late 1940s and throughout the 1950s whose music is characterized by a distinct brashness, tinged with the energy of jazz and a definite sense of the dramatic. As an avid percussionist, many of the works which first brought him fame spotlight that part of the orchestra, and as director of the Los Angeles Percussion Ensemble, he premiered many now important works. This diverse collection, ranging from solo to orchestral works, exemplifies the wonderful range of this dynamic American composer.

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California State University Wind Symphony, Mitchell Fennell

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Kraft is nothing if not ecelectic, but a distinct personality is always at play here. In that respect, he resembles his hero Stravinsky even as he does not mimic his music. Perhaps that is the best homage of all.

William Kraft: An Encounter

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