Pine/Hagle - Blues Dialogues: Music by Black Composers

Violinist Rachel Barton Pine, 'an exciting, boundary-defying performer' (Washington Post) known for her 'bravura technique and soulful musicianship' (New York Times), headlines a groundbreaking album of blues-influenced classical works for violin and violin and piano by 20th and 21st century composers of African descent. World-premiere recordings include Noel Da Costa�s A Set of Dance Tunes for Solo Violin, based on American fiddle tunes; Daniel Bernard Roumain�s Filter, which conjures the sounds of electronic dance music and psychedelic guitar; Errollyn Wallen�s Woogie Boogie, a humorous and inventive re-imaging of the boogie-woogie blues dance; and Billy Childs�s Incident on Larpenteur Avenue, a single-movement violin sonata / tone poem written as a response to a fatal shooting by police. Another premiere is Wendall Logan�s violin and piano arrangement of Duke Ellington�s 1935 composition, In a Sentimental Mood.