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‘Continuum’s long history with Roberto Sierra began during its 1983 tour to the University of Puerto Rico. When he showed us his song cycle Conjuros, we were so impressed that we began programming it and ultimately recorded it. We also participated in the premiere of his opera El mensajero de plata at the Interamerican Festival in San Juan. Since then, Continuum has had the honour of premiering and recording numerous Sierra compositions written for the ensemble.
In this new recording, recent pieces show the composer’s flourishing gift of invention – new concepts of time, unexpected ways of hearing traditional forms, and once again Sierra’s beloved Caribbean heritage heard in new contexts.’
– Cheryl Seltzer and Joel Sachs,
musical directors, Continuum
Roberto SIERRA (b. 1953)
Chamber and Piano Music
Six Intervening Periods of Time * • Piezas Cortas * • Piezas Íntimas
Sonata for Violin and Piano * • Sonata No. 1 for Viola and Piano *
Fuego de ángel *
ContinuumCheryl Seltzer and Joel Sachs, Directors
* WORLD PREMIERE RECORDING
The music of GRAMMY-nominated and Latin GRAMMY-winning composer, Roberto Sierra, is performed worldwide and has long been admired for its confluence of Caribbean elements and inventive modernist language. The works on this album cover a decade’s worth of composition and examine crucial concepts – the idea of time in music; creative new applications of sonata form with regard to mood, tempo and character; and evocations of images seen through Latin American eyes. Continuum, directed by Cheryl Seltzer and Joel Sachs, has enjoyed a 40-year friendship with Sierra, receiving dedications and premiering numerous of his compositions.
No. 6 Furioso
Clarinet
Violin
Viola
Cello
Piano
Piano
– Gramophone
– AllMusic.com
– MusicWeb International
– Fanfare