Randall Goosby - Roots

Decca

£12.56

UPC: 0028948516643
Cat: 4851664
Release Date: 11th June 2021
Format: 1CD
CDL: Decca
Genre: Classical

Roots’ is an exploration of the music written by Black composers and inspired by Black culture. A homage to the pioneering musicians who paved the way for Randall and his generation. Looking to the future with a specially commissioned piece by young Black composer Xavier Dubois Foley. World premiere recordings of music by Florence Price that was rescued from an abandoned house over half a century after her death. The Perlman protégé celebrates his own journey and shows young people that music can inspire regardless of background. Produced by 2021 GRAMMY Producer of the Year, David Frost.

TRACKLIST
Xavier Dubois Foley
1. Shelter Island*
Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson: Blue/s Forms for Solo Violin
2. i. Plain Blue/s
3. ii. Just Blue/s
4. iii. Jettin’ Blue/s
George Gershwin, from Porgy and Bess
5. Summertime
6. A Woman is a Sometime Thing
7. It ain’t necessarily so
8. Bess you is my woman now
William Grant Still: Suite for violin and piano
9. i. African Dancer
10. ii. Mother and Child
11. iii. Garmin
Florence Price
12. Adoration*
13. Fantasie No.1 in G minor*
14. Fantasie No.2 in F# minor*
Samuel Coleridge-Taylor arr. Maud Powell
15. Deep River
Antonín Dvořák: Sonatina in G major
16. i. Allegro Risoluto
17. ii. Larghetto
18. iii. Scherzo and Trio
19. Finale: Allegro
With pianist Zhu Wang & double bassist Xavier Dubois Foley

*denotes world premiere recording