Paul Appleby - Mountain Interval - Songs and Chamber Music of Russell Platt - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

A winner of both the Charles Ives Scholarship and Fellowship from the American Academy of Arts and Letters, Russell Platt is currently a Professor at Vanderbilt University. In earlier years, Platt was an editor at The New Yorker, where he won the ASCAP Deems Taylor Award for Music Criticism in 2010. This recording presents premiere performances of Platt's music, including songs composed for Metropolitan Opera tenor, Paul Appleby. Album Tracks 1. After Apple-Picking 2. Paul Muldoon Songs~I. Cuba 3. Paul Muldoon Songs~II. Bran 4. Paul Muldoon Songs~III. Why Brownlee Left 5. Paul Muldoon Songs~IV. The Avenue 6. Sonnet 7. Sunday Variations 8. Madrigal 9. Memoir for flute and piano 10. Mountain Interval (String Quartet)~I. Introduzione (Fantastico - Tema principale Largo, maestoso - Allegro molto moderato) 11. Mountain Interval (String Quartet)~II. The Pasture Corale senza parole (Cantabile) 12. Mountain Interval (String Quartet)~III. By June our brook's run out of song and speed (Poco adagio) 13. Mountain Interval (String Quartet)~IV. Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening (Allegro amabile) 14. Mountain Interval (String Quartet)~V. Something there is that doesn't love a wall (Deliberatamente - Tema principale) 15. Mountain Interval (String Quartet)~VI. ...It runs unbridled off its course (Presto) 16. Mountain Interval (String Quartet)~VII. Under the sunset far into Vermont (Grave - Andante molto cantabile - Adagio)