Contemporary American Composer David Loeb: "The choice of the trombone of pieces might engender some surprise, but the trombone has the necessary diversity of resources." These great works will make this point abundantly obvious. 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. His catalog of compositions is unusually extensive and diverse. In addition to the expected assortment of works for orchestra, various chamber combinations, soloists, and voice, he has also written many pieces for Asian instruments (in addition to Japanese, some for Chinese, Korean, Thai, and Mongol) and for early Western instruments (in addition to viols, some for lute, harpsichord, and recorder). He has often brought these instruments together in unique combinations, such as four shakuhachi and four viols; flute, guitar, koto, and shakuhachi; and khaen, flute, guitar, cello, and percussion.

Tracklist:

Trombone Sonata No. 11: I. Moderato
Trombone Sonata No. 11: II. Presto
Trombone Sonata No. 11: III. Lento
Trombone Sonata No. 11: IV. Allegro
Trombone Sonata No. 12: I. Moderato
Trombone Sonata No. 12: II. Andante, Lento
Trombone Sonata No. 12: III. Lento Assai
Trombone Sonata No. 12: IV. Allegro Moderato
Lyric Pieces: No. 1, Lento
Lyric Pieces: No. 2, Con Forza
Lyric Pieces: No. 3, Cantante
Lyric Pieces: No. 4, Moderato
Lyric Pieces: No. 5, Cantante
Lyric Pieces: No. 6, Allegro Misterioso
Lyric Pieces: No. 7, Calmo
Trio For Violin, Trombone & Piano: I. Affettuoso
Trio For Violin, Trombone & Piano: II. Presto
Trio For Violin, Trombone & Piano: III. Lento Assai
Trio For Violin, Trombone & Piano: IV. Con Forza - Lento Assai - Con Moto

UPC: 044747372723
Label: Centaur
Release Date: 3.20.20
Format: CD

Loeb / Avitsur / Yajima - Lyric Trombone (CD)