Quattro Mani: Kindred Spirits <BR> BRIDGE 9260This disc presents premiere recordings of new duo piano works, composed for the stellar Quattro Mani (Susan Grace & Alice Rybak, duo pianists). John Novacek's Three Rags for Two Pianos opens the disc with a bang, offering a virtuoso updated take on the traditional rag genre. Stephen Jaffe's Cut Time Shout is a rhythmically taut palate cleanser before Paul Lansky's masterful It All Adds Up, the longest and most varied piece on this disc. William

Newdance won the 2000 "Indie" for "Best Solo CD of the Year" and a Grammy nomination for "Best Solo Performance"

After the brief opening fanfare that begins this disc

“Wernick uses dissonant counterpoint

Altogether this is a most attractive release which ought to bring these works into the rather limited wind repertory

Igor Stravinsky: Three Pieces for String Quartet (1914)

“You might expect the tone of these late works to be meditative and autumnal

Guitarist David Starobin is the performer of this hypnotic little gem

Bach: Partita in D minor

Schumann: Piano Quintet

The textures that make up "The Sour Thunder" were created using digitally treated hollow body guitars

"What beautiful music Crumb writes

His family lived not far from Congo Square (now Louis Armstrong Park)