{"product_id":"cd-planet-on-the-table-martin-bresnick","title":"CD: The Planet on the Table - Martin Bresnick","description":"\u003cp data-pm-slice=\"1 1 []\"\u003eAs the long-awaited follow-up to the 2006 Cantaloupe release\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Essential Martin Bresnick\u003c\/em\u003e, this volume of Bresnick’s recorded oeuvre focuses on the epic five-part string quartet\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Planet on the Table\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e, composed in 2019 and recorded by the\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBrentano String Quartet\u003c\/strong\u003e. Inspired, or better yet instigated, by the poetry of Wallace Stevens, the piece is meant to convey music and sounds that emerge from the mists of memory.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePoignant, meditative and powerful,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Planet on the Table\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003esets the tone for the two challenging pieces that follow:\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eParisot\u003c\/em\u003e, featuring cellist\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAshley Bathgate\u003c\/strong\u003e, and\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eBird As Prophet\u003c\/em\u003e, featuring violinist\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eElly Toyoda\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eand pianist\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLisa Moore\u003c\/strong\u003e. Both are extended studies in evoking the spirit of their namesakes — Brazilian cellist Aldo Parisot, known for his musicality and technical brilliance, and composer Robert Schumann (with a nod to Charlie Parker), whose piano miniature\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eBird As Prophet\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003efrom the\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eWaldszenen\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ealso served as inspiration.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe recording concludes with Lisa Moore’s intense performance of\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eBundists\u003c\/em\u003e, for solo piano — a brief but lively work that folds elements of Schumann, Ligeti, and other fragments of Bresnick’s own into a burst of color and sound.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BANG ON A CAN","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48973815087323,"sku":null,"price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0615\/0341\/files\/boacplanetonthetable.jpg?v=1784041016","url":"https:\/\/shop.massmoca.org\/products\/cd-planet-on-the-table-martin-bresnick","provider":"MASS MoCA","version":"1.0","type":"link"}