Anthony McGill, New York Philharmonic principal clarinet and 2020 Avery Fisher Prize winner, and the multiple Grammy Award-winning Pacifica Quartet join forces on an album illuminating the diversity of the American experience through works by Richard Danielpour, James Lee III, Ben Shirley (all three world-premiere recordings), and Valerie Coleman. McGill describes it as a project driven by the desire to “expand the capacity for art and music to change the world.”
RICHARD DANIELPOUR
1 Four Angels (13:45)
JAMES LEE III
Quintet (21:58)
2 I.Forgotten Emblems (5:49)
3 II.Awashoha (4:37)
4 III.Alas, my identity... (7:42)
5 III.Celebrated Emblems (3:39)
BENJAMIN J. SHIRLEY
High Sierra Sonata (19:04)
6 I.Buttermilk Morning (8:15)
7 II.Angry Secrets (3:34)
8 III.Reflections on a Day (7:13)
VALERIE COLEMAN
Shotgun Houses (17:43)
9 I.ShotGun Houses (5:21)
10 II.Grand Ave. (5:38)
11 III.Rome 1960 (6:35)
