Artist: Rohan de Saram
Album: Crumb: Dream Sequence (Images II), Sonata for Solo Cello & Vox Balaenae [Live] [Remastered 2022]
Genre: Classical
Release Date: 2022
Audio Format:: FLAC (tracks) 24 bit, 96 kHz
Duration: 48:56
Total Tracks: 12
Total Size: 837 MB

Tracklist:

1-1. Rohan de Saram – Dream Sequence (Images II) [Live] [Remastered 2022] (16:58)
1-2. Rohan de Saram – I. Fantasia (Live) [Remastered 2022] (03:24)
1-3. Rohan de Saram – II. Tema pastorale con variazioni (Live) [Remastered 2022] (04:53)
1-4. Rohan de Saram – III. Toccata (Live) [Remastered 2022] (02:38)
1-5. Rohan de Saram – I. Vocalise (For the Beginning of Time) [Live] [Remastered 2022] (03:37)
1-6. Rohan de Saram – II. Sea Theme (Live) [Remastered 2022] (02:10)
1-7. Rohan de Saram – III. Archeozoic (Live) [Remastered 2022] (01:27)
1-8. Rohan de Saram – IV. Proterozoic (Live) [Remastered 2022] (02:01)
1-9. Rohan de Saram – V. Paleozoic (Live) [Remastered 2022] (01:24)
1-10. Rohan de Saram – VI. Mesozoic (Live) [Remastered 2022] (01:17)
1-11. Rohan de Saram – VII. Cenozoic (Live) [Remastered 2022] (02:11)
1-12. Rohan de Saram – VIII. Sea-Nocturne (For the End of Time) [Live] [Remastered 2022] (06:49)

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The sad news of George Crumb’s death was announced on 6 February 2022, shortly after these recordings from a concert in Holland in 1978 were discovered in the KRO-NCRV archives in Hilversum. They included the first European performance of Dream Sequence (1976), one of his most beautiful and original compositions. George was always a pleasure to work with, highly professional, considerate, open to suggestions and relaxed. On one fraught occasion, when Rohan’s cello mysteriously disappeared for several hours, making rehearsal impossible, many composers could throw a tantrum (!) but not George. He remained completely calm and slightly amused by the ensuing Tati-esque comédie. He was also a master calligrapher. His scores, all hand-drawn, are works of art, the notation often original, and models of musical practicality.

The label First Hand Records offer these three recordings from long ago in tribute and gratitude to a remarkable musician, composer and friend.