Wick Simmons - Mural - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

New York City-based, Puerto Rican-born composer, guitarist, and visual artistGabriel Vicens releases his fourth studio album Mural, a recording devoted tohis chamber works.Vicens continues his musical journey by releasing a record of contemporary classical musicincluding pieces for piano trio, wind quintet, Pierrot ensemble and more; featuring some oftoday's finest performers of the New York City classical scene.The immersive and mood-inducing music on this record spans a four-year period of creativity and is thefirst recording to feature concert works by this wonderful artist. Mural explores modern andcontemporary trends such as 12-tone serialism, experimentalism, and minimalism and, at the same time,depicts Vicens' individuality as a composer with a distinctive voice that has been constantly expandingthroughout the years of his career.InchI see the music of this album as both a continuation of all my previous works and something completelydifferent. Though we could classify this repertoire in a different genre and following different traditions,practices, and influences to my previous records, for me it is all connected. My goals are the same whencomposing any piece of music, which is to create something interesting, beautiful and profound thatworks as a whole and evokes some kind of emotional, mental, and/or physical response in the listener,Inchsays Vicens, a Doctoral graduate from Stony Brook University.Mural is released on the celebrated Milan-based record tag, Stradivarius, which specializes inpublishing some of today's best recordings of early music and contemporary classical music. The albumcomprises seven pieces for different types of ensembles recorded at the renowned Bunker Studio in NewYork City.The first track of the album and title piece, Mural (2021) for clarinet, violin, and piano is performed byclarinetist Raissa Fahlman, violinist Joenne Dumitrascu,