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Mystic Voices Soaring: Chamber Music for the Native American Flute

Freund / Pellerite,James J. / Strawn,Logan Release Date: 12/08/2015
Label: Albany Records Catalog #: 1607 Spars Code: DDD
Composer:  Don Freund ,  John Heins ,  Justin Rubin ,  Marilyn Bliss  ...  Performer:  James Pellerite ,  Logan Strawn ,  Cole Tutino ,  Karen Moratz  ...  Number of Discs: 1

Flutist James Pellerite, having retired from a highly successful career as performer and teacher, became captivated in the 1990s by the Native American flute, and has now virtually single-handedly reinvented the playing of the instrument by commissioning dozens of composers to write for it. The resulting new works have necessitated Pellerite to develop new techniques for the instrument. His legacy for the instrument is both an entire body of literature and the development of techniques necessary to perform the new works. This recording is intended to showcase the Native American flute in its ability to blend in and contrast with a variety of instrumental and vocal ensembles in a range of contemporary styles. It is hoped that the listener Read more will gain a new appreciation of this instrument through the disparate approach to writing for it by the six composers whose music is featured here, and the artistry brought to these works by James Pellerite, the man who re-imagined the Native American flute. - Albany Records Read less