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Randall Goosby - Roots
Randall Goosby (violin), Zhu Wang (piano), Xavier Dubois Foley (double bass)
Awards:
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Presto Editor's Choice, June 2021
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Gramophone Magazine, August 2021, Editor's Choice
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Diapason d'Or, September 2021, Découverte
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2021
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Winner 2021, Debut Recording of the Year
Goosby’s selections reveal him as a quietly lyrical artist with a gift for genre hopping well displayed in the Baroque/blues fusions of ColeridgeTaylor, Perkinson’s Blue/s Forms or Xavier Dubois...
Randall Goosby - Roots
Randall Goosby (violin), Zhu Wang (piano), Xavier Dubois Foley (double bass)
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Awards:
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Presto Editor's Choice, June 2021
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Gramophone Magazine, August 2021, Editor's Choice
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Diapason d'Or, September 2021, Découverte
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2021
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Winner 2021, Debut Recording of the Year
Goosby’s selections reveal him as a quietly lyrical artist with a gift for genre hopping well displayed in the Baroque/blues fusions of ColeridgeTaylor, Perkinson’s Blue/s Forms or Xavier Dubois...
About
'Roots’ is an exploration of the music written by Black composers and inspired by Black culture. A homage to the pioneering musicians who paved the way for Randall and his generation. Looking to the future with a specially commissioned piece by young Black composer Xavier Dubois Foley. World premiere recordings of music by Florence Price that was rescued from an abandoned house over half a century after her death. The Perlman protégé celebrates his own journey and shows young people that music can inspire regardless of background. Produced by 2021 GRAMMY Producer of the Year, David Frost.
Contents and tracklist
- Randall Goosby (violin), Xavier Dubois Foley (double bass)
- Recorded: 2021-02-11
- Recording Venue: The DiMenna Center, Cary Hall, New York
- Randall Goosby (violin)
- Recorded: 2020-12-20
- Recording Venue: The DiMenna Center, Cary Hall, New York
- Randall Goosby (violin), Zhu Wang (piano)
- Recorded: 2020-12-20
- Recording Venue: The DiMenna Center, Cary Hall, New York
- Randall Goosby (violin), Zhu Wang (piano)
- Recorded: 2020-12-20
- Recording Venue: The DiMenna Center, Cary Hall, New York
- Randall Goosby (violin), Zhu Wang (piano)
- Recorded: 2020-12-20
- Recording Venue: The DiMenna Center, Cary Hall, New York
- Randall Goosby (violin), Zhu Wang (piano)
- Recorded: 2020-12-20
- Recording Venue: The DiMenna Center, Cary Hall, New York
- Randall Goosby (violin), Zhu Wang (piano)
- Recorded: 2020-12-20
- Recording Venue: The DiMenna Center, Cary Hall, New York
- Randall Goosby (violin), Zhu Wang (piano)
- Recorded: 2020-12-20
- Recording Venue: The DiMenna Center, Cary Hall, New York
- Randall Goosby (violin), Zhu Wang (piano)
- Recorded: 2020-12-20
- Recording Venue: The DiMenna Center, Cary Hall, New York
Spotlight on this release
Awards and reviews
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Presto Editor's ChoiceJune 2021
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Gramophone MagazineAugust 2021Editor's Choice
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Diapason d'OrSeptember 2021Découverte
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Presto Recordings of the YearFinalist 2021
September 2021
Goosby’s selections reveal him as a quietly lyrical artist with a gift for genre hopping well displayed in the Baroque/blues fusions of ColeridgeTaylor, Perkinson’s Blue/s Forms or Xavier Dubois Foley’s Shelter Island, in which violin and double bass spend five minutes hanging loose.
August 2021
This is selfless, stylish playing which – paradoxically – ends up by projecting the personalities of both artists with even more freshness and warmth.
June 2021
You only have to hear the way he phrases the first three notes of Summertime to realise this young American violinist is something special, but it’s the less familiar fare that really makes this an album to conjure with: Xavier Dubois Foley’s Shelter Island makes for an irresistible opener, the two Perlman Program alumni riffing off one another with giddy exuberance, whilst Perkinson’s Blues Forms showcases Goosby’s virtuoso chops and distinctive, glassy upper register to perfection.
24th June 2021
Goosby’s mentors include Sanford Allen, the dedicatee of Perkinson’s pieces and the first black violinist in the New York Philharmonic, and Itzhak Perlman. You can hear the influence of the latter in the suavity and lushness of his playing, never more so than in the slow middle movement of William Grant Still’s 1943 Suite: Goosby finds a special tone here, soft but vibrant, and the melody soars.