Arx Duo, Dover Quartet, Natalie Christa Rakes, Steven Mackey – Steven Mackey: Memoir (2024) [FLAC 24bit/192kHz]

Arx Duo, Dover Quartet, Natalie Christa Rakes, Steven Mackey – Steven Mackey: Memoir (2024)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/192 kHz | Time – 01:16:35 minutes | 2,71 GB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Bridge Records

Composer Steve Mackey’s Memoir is a 75-minute work for narrator, string quartet and percussion duo based on the unpublished memoir written by his mother – Elaine Mackey. Ms. Mackey bore witness to the tumultuous 20th Century – The Great Depression, WWII, while battling social anxiety, divorce, and alcoholism. She writes with disarming candor about her experiences, which are brought to life in son Steve’s propulsive, yet tender, heartfelt score. Director Mark DeChiazza writes that “The text of Elaine’s memoir, provide Mackey his point of entry – a portal through which he conducts a musical conversation with his mother, and his engagement with the document she left him.” The recording features stunning performances by narrator Natalie Christa Rakes, who is joined by two of today’s leading ensembles, the Dover Quartet and Arx Duo.

Tracklist:

1-1. Arx Duo – Memoir, Act I: Introductions (04:09)
1-2. Arx Duo – Memoir, Act I: Aunts (04:03)
1-3. Arx Duo – Memoir, Act I: Cars (04:57)
1-4. Arx Duo – Memoir, Act I: More Machines (09:21)
1-5. Arx Duo – Memoir, Act II: Jerry Versus Jim (03:55)
1-6. Arx Duo – Memoir, Act II: Jitterbug (03:48)
1-7. Arx Duo – Memoir, Act II: Hard Ten (02:30)
1-8. Arx Duo – Memoir, Act II: Only Make Believe (05:05)
1-9. Arx Duo – Memoir, Act II: Medley (03:58)
1-10. Arx Duo – Memoir, Act II: Back in the USA (02:06)
1-11. Arx Duo – Memoir, Act II: Night and Day (05:35)
1-12. Arx Duo – Memoir, Act III: Hair (05:36)
1-13. Arx Duo – Memoir, Act III: Drinking Problem (01:32)
1-14. Arx Duo – Memoir, Act III: Tacos (04:30)
1-15. Arx Duo – Memoir, Act III: Rock Bottom (02:40)
1-16. Arx Duo – Memoir, Act III: Conclusion and Epilogue (12:42)

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