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New York Love Songs, ArpaViva CD003:
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New York Love Songs Jenny Q Chai, Piano & Voice ArpaViva is pleased to announce the release of its new album, New York Love Songs, featuring the "brilliant and fearless young performer," Jenny Q Chai, who plays the part of both pianist and vocalist for this recording. NYLS is a conceptual album dedicated to the avant-garde reinterpretation of the solo pianist/vocalist genre, with Victoria Jordanova's song-cycle New York Love Songs as the title cut. First on the album are the evergreen songs written by American musical giants John Cage, Charles Ives, and Frederic Rzewski, presented here as the miniature apotheosis of each composer’s style. NYLS also spotlights the work of the accomplished young composer Ashley Fu-Tsun Wang, completing Jordanova's curatorial vision of a melting-pot of forward-thinking artists in tune with the spirit of New York City. Read essay by Robert Carl, artists' bios, and lyrics Victoria Jordanova's letter to fans and friends $18.00 |
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| Click on the links below to hear two songs from the album |
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| Charles Ives: Serenity, (1942) Amplified piano, voice |
Victoria Jordanova: "Prayer," (1997) Amplified piano, voice |
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In A Landscape, ArpaViva CD002
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The harp is not the end for Jordanova, only a means to a far larger field of play. Robert Carl Read more... “An atmosphere achieved through research and conscious use of electro acoustic techniques in order to create sound spaces and dimensions yet unexplored." Fred Audin, Classique Info Disque, 2009 Listen to audio excerpts: Cindy Cox The blackbird whistling/Or just after John Cage In a Landscape George Rochberg Ukiyo-E (Pictures from the Floating World) Victoria Jordanova Three Meditations: #1 Trill $18.00 |
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First recording ever published of John Cage's
Postcard from Heaven for 1-20 harps, ArpaViva CD001 |
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How much of this music is Cage, how much Jordanova? Well, I honestly don’t care at all. If this much intriguing, shamanistic beauty and soaring, inward and outward traveling takes off in Jordanova’s interpretation of Cage’s performance instructions, I’m with her for the ride, all the way. – Ingvar Loco Nordin, Sonoloco Reviews What does the piece sound like? That’s hard to describe, but let’s say it is extremely mellow, haunting, and unlike anything you’ve probably heard. It’s one of the best things I’ve heard in a long while, and well worth discovering. - David Toub, Sequenza21/CD Reviews You don’t have to die to go to heaven. Instead, listen to Victoria Jordanova’s and Pamela Z’s masterful realization of John Cage’s Postcard from Heaven. Every moment is different. Every moment is the same. Every moment is sublime. – Jeff Dunn, critic, San Francisco Classical Voice Read more excerpts from selected reviews |
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| ArpaViva CD001 $18.00 |
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| 20 Ragas
20 Harps 20 EBows 20 Humms |
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| Read Introduction by Victoria Jordanova | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Read the story behind this recording and ArpaViva Label | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Click here to listen to an audio sample |
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