Sasha Rozhdestvensky - John Mayer & Jonathan Mayer - Orchestral Works (2021) [Official Digital Download 24/96]

The first true cross-cultural fusion of Indian and western music was back in 1957 with John Mayer’s Raga Music for Solo Clarinet and through the sixties, seventies, eighties and nineties his musical output reflected his Indian roots.

This album release celebrates John Mayer’s orchestral work and sees the further development from his son Jonathan Mayer, including three premiere recordings and one first commercial release. Included in this CD is John Mayer’s Second Violin Concerto, originally commissioned for the late Erich Gruenberg in 1978; it is played by Sasha Rozhdestvensky, who has a long standing relationship with First Hand Records.

Mayer’s Concerto for the Instruments of an Orchestra had its premiere performance in 1976 by The London Philharmonic Orchestra and Bernard Haitink.

Jonathan Mayer’s Pranam for sitar, tabla and orchestra is inspired by the Indian dance form Kathak and was premiered in the Czech Republic in 2017; it features the composer on sitar and Shahbaz Hussain on tabla.

His Second Sitar Concerto was again premiered in the Czech Republic in 2019 and all works are under the baton of the Indian conductor Debashish Chaudhuri.

"The exceedingly fine Violin Concerto No.2 is an excellent example of the success of his approach. Both Eastern and Western idioms appear, undiluted, yet the concerto sounds as a cohesive whole… gorgeous central slow movement [Sitar Concerto No. 2], heavy with intoxicating perfumes” (Records International)

TRACKLIST

1. Sasha Rozhdestvensky - I. Alap
2. Sasha Rozhdestvensky - II. Ragatal. Tal
3. Sasha Rozhdestvensky - III. Raga. Cadenza senza misura
4. Sasha Rozhdestvensky - IV. Prashna - Uttar
5. Sasha Rozhdestvensky - V. Gat
6. Jonathan Mayer - I. —
7. Jonathan Mayer - II. —
8. Jonathan Mayer - III. —
9. The BBC National Orchestra Of Wales - Ia. —
10. The BBC National Orchestra Of Wales - Ib. —
11. The BBC National Orchestra Of Wales - Ic. —
12. The BBC National Orchestra Of Wales - Id. Scherzo
13. The BBC National Orchestra Of Wales - II. —
14. The BBC National Orchestra Of Wales - IIIa. Scherzo
15. The BBC National Orchestra Of Wales - IIIb. Trio
16. The BBC National Orchestra Of Wales - IVa. —
17. The BBC National Orchestra Of Wales - IVb. Coda. Jhala
18. Jonathan Mayer - Pranam



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