Music for Private Ensemble

by Sean McCann

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  • Type: Album
  • Released: 2 July 2013
  • Label: Recital
  • Country: United States
  • Community rating: 3.56/5 from 2 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Serving as a significant departure from his extensive history of synthesizer drone works, the American composer turned entirely toward acoustic instrumentation for this project. Layering dozens of recordings of himself playing violin, piano, and cello, the album evokes incredibly warm, minimalist neoclassical arrangements reminiscent of early Steve Reich.

Genres

Descriptors: minimalistic

Tracklist

  1. Introduction: Reservations / An Exchange of Courtesies, Parts 1 & 2 (12:21)
  2. Character Change (7:30)
  3. City With All the Angles (For Dick Higgins) (10:30)
  4. Conclusion: Our Days of Generosity Are Over / Arden (8:23)

Credits

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