Violist Anne Lanzilotti releases her debut solo album, focusing on the art of transcription, with repertoire by Caroline Shaw, Andrew Norman, Anna Thorvaldsdottir, and Lanzilotti herself. Featuring premiere recordings of the viola versions of all these works, "in manus tuas" is a celebration of the expressive and lyrical side of the contemporary viola repertoire by one of it's most accomplished and active advocates. Anne Leilehua Lanzilotti is a "leading composer-performer" (The New York Times) dedicated to the music of our time. In Fall 2019, Lanzilotti will begin her tenure as the new Curator of Music at The Curtis R. Priem Experimental Media and Performing Arts Center (EMPAC) at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. Lanzilotti has performed with contemporary music ensembles such as A Far Cry, Alarm Will Sound, International Contemporary Ensemble (ICE), Ensemble Ã‰chappÃ©, and Ensemble Signal. As a recording artist, she has played on albums from BjÃ¶rk's Vulnicura Live and Joan Osborne's Love and Hate, to Dai Fujikura's Chance Monsoon and Ted Hearne's The Source.

Tracklist:

Sonnets (Version For Viola & Piano): I. With Shifting Change
Sonnets (Version For Viola & Piano): II. To Be So Tickled
Sonnets (Version For Viola & Piano): III. My Tongue-Tied Muse
Sonnets (Version For Viola & Piano): IV. So Far From Variation
Sonnets (Version For Viola & Piano): V. Confounded To Decay
In Manus Tuas (Version For Solo Viola)
Gray (Version For Viola & Percussion)
Sabina (Version For Solo Viola)
Transitions (Version For Solo Viola)

UPC: 655646189840
Label: New Focus
Release Date: 7.19.19
Format: CD

Lanzilotti / Larson / Mullins - In Manus Tuas (CD)