All of the works on this album were written for the violinists who play them here. Composer David Loeb has worked with traditional Asian music as a composer, scholar, and performer for over fifty years. David Loeb was born in 1939 in New York into a family which took music and painting very seriously. He studied composition with Peter Pindar Stearns at the Mannes College of Music in New York, and then completed a master's degree at Yale. 1964 became a critical year for his future. He began teaching at Mannes and has remained on the faculty there ever since, simultaneously teaching at the Curtis Institute from 1973 until 2000. Receiving a commission to compose a piece for an early music ensemble resulted a continuing involvement with writing for historical instruments, especially viols. Later that same year he began studying traditional Japanese music with Shinichi Yuize.

Tracklist:

Kogaku: I. Fuke
Kogaku: II. Meian
Kogaku: III. Ohshuu
Kogaku: IV. Chikurin
Kogaku: V. Chikurin No Yoru
Asian Winds: I. Nohkan
Asian Winds: II. Xiao
Asian Winds: III. Sogeum
Asian Winds: IV. Khaen
Sonatine: I. Moderato
Sonatine: II. Con Forza
Sonatine: III. Lento
Sonatine: IV. Capriccioso
Sonatine: V. Calmo
Intimate Scenes: No. 1, Poco Lento
Intimate Scenes: No. 2, Capriccioso
Intimate Scenes: No. 3, Grazioso
Intimate Scenes: No. 4, Andante Maestoso - Largo - Allegro
Intimate Scenes: No. 5, Lento
Ayung Sungai

UPC: 044747367323
Label: Centaur
Release Date: 5.17.19
Format: CD

Loeb / Mogi / Hofelich - Violin with An Asian Soul (CD)