Viva Concertante! showcases works for chamber orchestra involving soloistic display, and features the Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra, the Moscow Conservatory Studio for New Music, as well as the University of Iowa s Center for New Music Ensemble. The compositions were either written or revised in the last dozen years. And just as old- and new-world connections are forged by means of the performing groups, a like situation extends to the ethnicity of the composers, with Italian, German, and English contributors as well as Chinese-, German-, Macedonian- and Welsh-Americans.

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CONTENTS:

David Gompper, composer
Spirals
Wolfgang David, Elisabeth Kropfitsch, violins, Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra, Kirk Trevor, conductor

Joseph Dangerfield, composer
Winter Rites
Olga Galochkina, cello, Moscow Conservatory Studio for New Music, Igor Dronov, conductor

Ketty Nez, composer
beyond release
Anthony Arnone, Hanna Holman, cello, Center for New Music Ensemble, David Gompper, conductor

Ching-chu Hu, composer
A Tempered Wish
Scott Conklin, violin, Center for New Music Ensemble, David Gompper, conductor

Jeremy Dale Roberts, composer
Lines of Life II
Christine Rutledge, viola, Center for New Music Ensemble, David Gompper, conductor

Anton Webern, composer
Two Songs
Michelle Crouch, soprano, Center for New Music Ensemble, David Gompper, conductor

Noel Zahler, composer
Concerto for Clarinet & Chamber Orchestra
Michael Norsworthy, clarinet, Center for New Music Ensemble, David Gompper, conductor

Franco Donatoni, composer
Lem II
Volkan Orhon, contrabass, Center for New Music Ensemble, David Gompper, conductor