Jeremiah Lawson Vol 2 Preludes and Fugues by Daniel Estrem Daniel Estrem : Jeremiah Lawson Vol 2 Preludes and Fugues.
 Colorful classical guitar.

The 24 preludes and fugues recorded by Daniel in volumes 1 and 2 do not have a fixed, prescribed order beyond a prelude in one key being followed by its fugue in the same key. The track listings are, accordingly, neither in a "Bach" nor a "Chopin" order. We live in the era of the playlist and the mp3 so I think that performers and album listeners alike can decide what order this cycle will have even if there are fixed track numbers on the albums at the time of purchase.

As an American and a guitarist I can't imagine composing a set of preludes and fugues without a grateful consideration of blues, ragtime and other popular styles. Overtly and obliquely these styles permeate the cycle alongside more obviously traditional European elements. I believe the music of Scott Joplin, Robert Johnson, Duke Ellington, and Thelonius Monk is as indissolubly part of the Western musical heritage as Bach, Haydn, William Byrd or Stravinsky. There is no "opposition" between twelve-bar blues and contrapuntal processes for me.

And if the history of American music is full of blues, it's also full of Gospel (and other styles). Alert listeners will note the variety of traditional Christian hymns woven into the cycle. My aim was to make a cycle that reflected upon the span of polyphonic music up to even its more "modernist" forms, yet remains traditionalist enough that a majority of the music could still potentially be played in liturgical contexts. I've played some of these preludes and fugues in church services. Just as the cycle was not composed with any duality in academic and popular music in mind, neither was it composed to be construed in strictly "concert" or "church" music terms.

Jeremiah Lawson

Artwork courtesy of Abhijit Kar Gupta at http://tinyurl.com/j5rsghd

Songs:

1. Prelude in A Minor (Jeremiah Lawson)
2. Fugue in A Minor (Jeremiah Lawson)
3. Prelude in B Major (Jeremiah Lawson)
4. Fugue in B Major (Jeremiah Lawson)
5. Prelude in G sharp Minor (Jeremiah Lawson)
6. Fugue in G sharp Minor (Jeremiah Lawson)
7. Prelude in B flat Major (Jeremiah Lawson)
8. Fuguein B flat Major (Jeremiah Lawson)
9. Prelude in G Minor (Jeremiah Lawson)
10. Fugue in G Minor (Jeremiah Lawson)
11. Prelude in A Major (Jeremiah Lawson)
12. Fugue in A Major (Jeremiah Lawson)
13. Prelude in B Minor (Jeremiah Lawson homage to William Byrd)
14. Fugue in B Minor (Jeremiah Lawson homage to William Byrd)
15. Prelude in A flat Major (Jeremiah Lawson)
16. Fugue in A flat Major (Jeremiah Lawson)
17. Prelude in F sharp Minor (Jeremiah Lawson)
18. Fugue in F sharp Minor (Jeremiah Lawson)
19. Prelude in B flat Minor (Jeremiah Lawson)
20. Fugue in B flat Minor (Jeremiah Lawson)
21. Prelude in D Minor (Jeremiah Lawson)
22. Fugue in D Minor (Jeremiah Lawson)

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Release date: 8/31/2016
Daniel Estrem lives in Minnesota USA

Tagged as: Classical, Contemporary, Instrumental, Composer: Jeremiah Lawson, Classical Guitar

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