Alexander Crosett: American Excursions - COMPACT DISCS

Title: American Excursions
Artist: Alexander Crosett
Label: Centaur
Product Type: COMPACT DISCS
UPC: 044747406329
Genre: Classical Artists
Release Date: 2025-05-02
Number of Discs: 1

This repertoire spans almost eighty years of classical composers' excursions into blues, folk, hip-hop, jazz, musical theater, samba, tango, techno and other genres. Each piece goes beyond mere stylistic imitation, cultivating an authentic expressivity within a transcribed musical language rooted in the Americas. ___Alexander Crosett

Tracks:
1.1 Techno Etudes II~I. Psychedelically
1.2 Techno Etudes II~II. Lightly and Gently
1.3 Techno Etudes II~III. Forcefully and Solidly
1.4 Now (after "Now", "Later" and "Soon" from Stephen Sondheim's A Little Night Music)
1.5 Barcarola Latinoamericana
1.6 Excursions, Op. 20~I. Un poco allegro
1.7 Excursions, Op. 20~II. In slow blues tempo
1.8 Excursions, Op. 20~III. Allegretto
1.9 Excursions, Op. 20~IV. Allegro molto
1.10 Serenade to a Skyscraper
1.11 24 Variations on a Bach Chorale~Chorale
1.12 24 Variations on a Bach Chorale~I. Delicately
1.13 24 Variations on a Bach Chorale~II. Gracefully
1.14 24 Variations on a Bach Chorale~III. Flowing
1.15 24 Variations on a Bach Chorale~IV. Intimately
1.16 24 Variations on a Bach Chorale~V. Wavelike
1.17 24 Variations on a Bach Chorale~VI. Jubilant, with a Brazilian Rhythm
1.18 24 Variations on a Bach Chorale~VII. Mysteriously
1.19 24 Variations on a Bach Chorale~VIII. Playfully
1.20 24 Variations on a Bach Chorale~IX. Tango
1.21 24 Variations on a Bach Chorale~X. Rippling
1.22 24 Variations on a Bach Chorale~XI. Veiled and Dreamlike
1.23 24 Variations on a Bach Chorale~XII. Joyfully
1.24 24 Variations on a Bach Chorale~XIII. Lyrically
1.25 24 Variations on a Bach Chorale~XIV. Festively
1.26 24 Variations on a Bach Chorale~XV. Mechanically
1.27 24 Variations on a Bach Chorale~XVI. Sweetly
1.28 24 Variations on a Bach Chorale~XVII. Moving
1.29 24 Variations on a Bach Chorale~XVIII. Passionately
1.30 24 Variations on a Bach Chorale~XIX. Bittersweet
1.31 24 Variations on a Bach Chorale~XX. Humorously
1.32 24 Variations on a Bach Chorale~XXI. Tenderly
1.33 24 Variations on a Bach Chorale~XXII. Energetically
1.34 24 Variations on a Bach Chorale~XXIII. Energetically (continued)
1.35 24 Variations on a Bach Chorale~XXIV. Ecstatically
1.36 24 Variations on a Bach Chorale~Coda–Majestically, Deliberately