The ostensible principle behind this collection of short pieces from violinist Elena Urioste and pianist Tom Poster is that it explores the transatlantic interests of the two players (Urioste is American and Poster British), each of whom loves the music of the other's country. Some of the pieces have direct connections to the English beach town and the New York City borough, but it is also more tightly focused than that. All of the music, with the exception of the pieces from Britten's Suite for violin and piano, Op. 6, is ...
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The ostensible principle behind this collection of short pieces from violinist Elena Urioste and pianist Tom Poster is that it explores the transatlantic interests of the two players (Urioste is American and Poster British), each of whom loves the music of the other's country. Some of the pieces have direct connections to the English beach town and the New York City borough, but it is also more tightly focused than that. All of the music, with the exception of the pieces from Britten's Suite for violin and piano, Op. 6, is light and melodic, and most of it is from the early 20th century. However, the pieces wouldn't have been put together until now, and this is what makes the album so lively. Urioste and Poster link lighter, salon-type pieces by the Americans Amy Beach and Florence Price and the Britons Frank Bridge and Samuel Coleridge-Taylor to music that draws on vernacular sources. Primary among these are Copland's early and heavily jazz-flavored Two Pieces of 1926, which are not often heard and...
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