strange imaginary animals

strange imaginary animals

Guitar picks strum a piano. Thimbles appear and strike strings. A clarinet wails wildly, a bass drum roars - ducks, seagulls, even delivery trucks are evoked. strange imaginary animals explores all of these sounds in pieces that stake their claim to their own unique sonic space.

Featuring premiere recordings of Jennifer Higdon's Zaka, David M. Gordon's Friction Systems, and Gordon Fitzell's violence and evanescence, also Steve Mackey's Indigenous Instruments and a remix by composer/dj Dennis DeSantis.

Winner of 2 GRAMMY Awards

Category 104: Best Chamber Music Performance - strange imaginary animals
Category 97: Best Producer of the Year, Classical - Judith Sherman

Jennifer Higdon

Zaka (2003) (12:50)

Gordon Fitzell

violence (2001) (9:46)

Steven Mackey

Indigenous Instruments (1989) (17:34)
I (6:17)
II (5:39)
III (5:37)

David M. Gordon

Friction Systems (2002; rev. 2005) (14:37)

Gordon Fitzell

evanescence (2006) (11:18)

Dennis DeSantis

strange imaginary remix (2006) (5:33)

All tracks produced by Judith Sherman except Tracks 7 (Gordon Fitzell) and 8 (Dennis DeSantis)

Engineer:
Judith Sherman

Digital Editing:
Bill Maylone

Design:
Pete Goldlust; Melanie Germond

Front Cover Illustration:
David M Gordon

Recorded at Ball State University August 15-18, 2005

Molly Alicia Barth performs on a Lillian Burkart flute and piccolo.
Matthew Duvall endorses Pearl Drums and Adams Musical Instruments.

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