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Gity Razaz - The Strange Highway

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Catalogue numberBIS-2634 CD
Release date2022-08-05
Discs1
Orig. sample rate44100Hz
Total time54:54

Gity Razaz was born in Tehran, where she spent her formative years before moving to the United States in 2002. Razaz’s identity as an immigrant is integral to her artistic work, in terms both of the subject matter that attracts her and the musical structures she employs. The relationship between the grounded and the ephemeral inhabits much of her music: her choice of titles reveals a poetic sensibility, but her music is never purely cerebral. Instead it is often anchored by the visceral, as with the punchy rhythms and earthy colours of The Strange Highway for cello octet. That piece, which has given name to the album, takes its inspiration from a poem by the Chilean author Roberto Bolaño.

Two other works on the disc also have extra-musical roots: Legend of Sigh is a retelling in music of an Azerbaijani folktale while Metamorphosis of Narcissus was inspired by the famous painting by Salvador Dalí. In both these works Razaz embraces electro-acoustic techniques as a means of enhancing her palette. The five works on the disc were composed between 2007 and 2020, with the earliest piece being Duo for violin and piano. The latest work is Spellbound, a solo for viola inspired by the mournful sound quality of Persian instruments such as the ney and kamanche.
 
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  Composer: Razaz, Gity
01 The Strange Highway for cello octet 10:08 $ 1.53 USD
 
  Duo for violin and piano 10:09
02 I. Variation 05:31 $ 0.84 USD
03 II. Scherzo 04:38 $ 0.70 USD
 
  Legend of Sigh for cello & electronics 19:02
04 Part One 11:35 $ 1.75 USD
05 Part Two 07:27 $ 1.13 USD
 
06 Spellbound for solo viola 06:49 $ 1.05 USD
 
07 Metamorphosis of Narcissus for chamber orchestra and
electronics
08:13 $ 1.24 USD
 
  Album total 54:54
ComposerRazaz, Gity
EnsembleAll-American Cello Band
Metropolis Ensemble
ViolindePasquale, Francesca
PianoCuellar, Scott
CelloSegev, Inbal
ViolaKang Litton, Katharina
ConductorCyr, Andrew

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