C Nancy Galbraith: Atacama D
label: Albany Records • 2002 • TROY556
performers: Alberto Almarza/Luz Manriquez
Cuarteto Latinoamericano
Carnegie Mellon Wind Ensemble
Patricia Prattis Jennings
Sinfonietta Ventus
purchase: Albany Records
915 Broadway • Albany, NY 12207
www.albanyrecords.com
518-436-8814
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program: [1] "Atacama Sonata" — Nancy Galbraith
      Alberto Almarza, flute • Luz Manriquez, piano
[2] "Inquiet Spirits" — Nancy Galbraith
      Cuarteto Latinoamericano
[3] "Wind Symphony No. 1" — Nancy Galbraith
      Carnegie Mellon Wind Ensemble • Denis Colwell, conductor
[4] "Piano Sonata No. 1" — Nancy Galbraith
      Patricia Prattis Jennings, piano
[5] "Dos Danzas Latinas" — Nancy Galbraith
      Sinfonietta Ventus • Jesus Medina, conductor
press bytes:

"Overall this is a disc of tremendous energy and wonderful exuberance. None of these works are pieces to listen to while falling asleep. This is stay awake! music that demands and compels active and repeated listening. Although Galbraith's musical language uses primarily diatonic elements (and heavy uses of modality—both traditional and idiosyncratic), none of this music reveals all its secrets on a first hearing. This is music to be played and heard again and again."
—Music & Vision