Double Concertos brings together three works by composer and conductor Eric Nathan, each exploring the expressive possibilities of paired solo voices in dialogue with space, memory, and one another. Written between 2019 and 2023, the pieces on this album grew from Nathan's long-standing fascination with how two individuals interact through sound-coming together, diverging, supporting, and remembering. The Double Concertos for violin and clarinet, and for two violas, are shaped by close personal relationships between the soloists, while Just a Moment for two antiphonal oboes reflects on distance and connection, both physical and emotional. Across the album, Nathan sets present-day musical language in conversation with older forms and gestures, drawing on spatial placement, texture, and timbre to create music that is intimate in scale yet expansive in feeling. Themes of mentorship, partnership, love, and loss run quietly through these works, performed here by long-time collaborators and musicians closely connected to the music's origins.

Tracklist:

Nathan: Double Concerto for solo violin, solo clarinet and strings Double Concerto for solo violin, solo clarinet and strings
Nathan: Just a Moment for two antiphonal oboes
Nathan: Double Concerto No. 2 for two solo violas and strings
Nathan: Double Concerto No. 2 for two solo violas and strings I. A dialogue; intimately
Nathan: Double Concerto No. 2 for two solo violas and strings II. Brilliantly; vibrantly
Nathan: Double Concerto No. 2 for two solo violas and strings III. Vigorously; racing
Nathan: Double Concerto No. 2 for two solo violas and strings IV. Embracing; with warmt
Nathan: Double Concerto No. 2 for two solo violas and strings V. Dancing; joyous

UPC: 5060189568802
Label: Orchid Classics
Release Date: 6.5.26
Format: CD

Eric Nathan - Double Concertos (CD)