| ‘CONVERSATION WITH MILTON, WINTER
WORDS FOR SOLO CELLO, STRING QUARTET NO. 1 ’ 1995 - 2001 THREE PIECES, FIVE MOVEMENTS: THE FIRST PIECE IS A SINGLE MOVEMENT FOR SOLO PIANO. IT IS BASED ON A PHONE CONVERSATION I HAD WITH A GREAT FRIEND AND FELLOW MUSIC LOVER MILTON ZAPOLSKI. I RECORDED THIS ONE IN MY HOME STUDIO AT THREE O’CLOCK IN THE MORNING. FOLLOWING THE PHONE CONVERSATION EARLIER THAT EVENING THE SECOND TRACK FEATURES ANOTHER SINGLE MOVEMENT WORK, THIS ONE FOR SOLO CELLO. ENTITLED WINTER WORDS, IT IS PERFORMED EXQUISITELY BY IRA GLANSBEAK AND REFERS TO ALL THE WORDS THAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN SAID BUT NEVER WERE. THE FINAL PIECE ON THIS C.D. IS STRING QUARTET NO. 1 (THE HAROLD). IT IS IN THREE MOVEMENTS AND WAS RECORDED LIVE AT MY MASTERS RECITAL BY MY GOOD FRIEND MILTON ZAPOLSKI MENTIONED ABOVE. IT IS DEDICATED TO ANOTHER GREAT MUSIC LOVER, HAROLD SELTZER. HAROLD LOVED SHOSTAKOVICH AND SO I TRIED TO INCORPORATE THAT FLAVOR HERE AND THERE IN HOMAGE TO HAROLD AS WELL AS SHOSTAKOVICH (ALSO ONE OF MY FAVORITES). IN ALL, THE FIVE MOVEMENTS ON THIS RECORDING LAST 35:30 |