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Drawing from influences as disparate as the blues, jazz, Broadway, gospel, folksong and the wild west, the 'American vignettes' in this album merge popular idioms into a new canon of the repertoire for cello and piano, in a series of musical snapshots that are as varied as the men and women who composed them and yet all remain quintessentially American in spirit. The distinctive voices of six US composers, from the late twentieth and early 21st centuries, here come together to weave a virtuosic and colourful tapestry of Americana. Album Tracks 1. Differences~I. Strand 2. Differences~II. Air 3. Differences~III. Country Dance 4. Differences~IV. Blues 5. Differences~V. Song 6. Manhattan Serenade~I. Uptown 7. Manhattan Serenade~II. Midtown 8. Manhattan Serenade~III. Downtown 9. Troubled Water 10. Noir Vignettes~I. Murder at Midnight 11. Noir Vignettes~II. Loaded Gun 12. Noir Vignettes~III. Femme Fatale 13. Noir Vignettes~IV. The Last Cigarette 14. Airs~Air 15. American Vignettes~I. The Dying Cowboy 16. American Vignettes~II. Whoa Back, Buck 17. American Vignettes~III. The Water is Wide 18. American Vignettes~IV. Sweet Betsy from Pike 19. American Vignettes~V. Single Girl 20. American Vignettes~VI. She’ll Be Coming ‘Round the Mountain
