Music for Violin Alone

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Music for Violin Alone
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Studio album by
ReleasedFebruary 21, 1995
RecordedApril 17, 1994, Tedesco Studios, Paramus, NJ
Genre Contemporary classical music, Jazz
Length43:09
Label Tzadik TZ 7006
Producer Mark Feldman
Mark Feldman chronology
Music for Violin Alone
(1995)
Music for Violin and Piano
(1999)

Music for Violin Alone is an album by violinist Mark Feldman which was released on the Tzadik label in 1995. [1]

Contents

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
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In her review for Allmusic, Joslyn Layne notes that "Music for Violin Alone is the debut date as leader for virtuoso violinist Mark Feldman, who has performed as a sideman with countless musicians, in genres ranging from country to avant-garde jazz. Here he performs original, classically styled pieces that exude high drama". [2] On All About Jazz Karla Cornejo Villavincencio said "The whole record is dedicated to the solo violin and the attention is well-deserved, Feldman's playing easily keeping the listener enraptured". [4]

Track listing

All compositions by Mark Feldman

  1. "Etude" - 2:18
  2. "Jeté" - 8:52
  3. "Calista" - 5:52
  4. "Sul G" - 1:57
  5. "Molly" - 1:33
  6. "Caprice" - 1:49
  7. "Fantasy for the Violin" - 5:32
  8. "Elergy" - 6:37
  9. "Stalker" - 2:03
  10. "The Tri Five" - 2:35
  11. "4 Spiker" - 4:01

Personnel

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References

  1. Tzadik catalogue accessed February 7, 2014
  2. 1 2 Layne, Joslyn. Mark Feldman – Music for Violin Alone > Review at AllMusic . Retrieved February 7, 2014.
  3. Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 479. ISBN   978-0-141-03401-0.
  4. Villavincencio, K. C., All About Jazz Review, September 5, 2009