Richard Felciano

Richard Felciano - Instrumental Music

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From the liner notes:

Richard Felciano was born in California in 1930. He holds degrees from Mills College, the Paris Conservatory, and the University of Iowa. His principal teachers of composition were Darius Milhaud, with whom he worked at Mills and in Paris, and Luigi Dallapiccola, with whom he studied privately during a year in Florence. He had held grants from the French and Italian governments, the Woolley and Copley foundations, a Fulbright grant, two Ford Foundation fellowships, and a Guggenheim fellowship. In 1967 he was appointed Professor of Music at the University of California at Berkeley and in the same year became resident composer to the National Center for Experiments in Television in San Francisco. The sensitive eloquence and boldness of design which characterize his works have made him one of the highly respected American composers of his generation.

Crasis for seven instruments and electronic sounds - credits: David Subke, flute; Donald O'Brien, clarinet; Robert Bloch, violin; Bonnie Hampton, cello; Beverly Bellows, harp; Naomi Sparrow, piano; Lawrence Blackshere, percussion; conducted by the composer

Spectra for piccolo flute, alto flute and contrabass - credits: Nancy Turetzky, flutes; Bertram Turetzky, contrabass

Gravities for piano, four hands - credits: Milton and Peggy Salkind, pianos

Chöd for six players and electronics - credits: The Philadelphia Composers' Forum; Joel Thome, conductor Eric Rosenblith, violin; Marcy DeCou, cello; Jack Kulowitch, contrabass; Arthur Maddox, piano; Michael Sirotta, David Woodhill, percussion; Romulus Franceschini, electronics; Timothy Mabee, electronic engineer

Tracklisting: 

Side 1

1. Crasis {8:24}

2. Spectra {6:35}

3. Gravities {6:48}

Side 2

1. Chöd {22:22}

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