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CD63

64 Duets for two horns, Op. 292
In I Ching scales verions 5
(01:38:48)

65 tracks on two cd's;
a whole diversity of styles

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Released: February 22, 2022

Program Notes:

From the Composer:

RB: "This recording was recorded . . . and it will be relased to the public.

About the Music:

A two cd set

A complete score is available from MusiciaNeo.com

About the music: I began writing these duets before my 64 solos, opus 139 but did not complete them until about 2006. This is my fourth recording that presents a complete set of 64 pieces which are based on my I Ching scales. There is a full I Ching set in CD2 “I Ching Arpeggios,” CD23 "More than 64 solos for Horn, opus 139" and CD28 “Waves.” Each set is a tremendous amount of work.

About One-takes: All classical musicians are required to undergo a strange and frightening test in order to obtain permanent jobs: the symphony audition. In a symphony audition all the candidates show up at the same place, many after flying for a day and staying in a strange hotel, and play a short audition, one after another. The members of the orchestra don't know who is playing behind the curtain and they pick who they think is best. This is about the most stressful thing a person can go through, and it tests technique more than musicality.

Based on my desire to improve at auditions and to prove these works can be performed, I have recorded these duets in my "one-takes" format.

"One takes" is a recording where the piece is played as if it were a concert; the tape doesn't stop. In a recording studio, small parts can be played over and over and the best versions can then be pieced together until a really fine performance is recorded, but each track of these duets is played non-stop! My CD23 "more than 64 solos for horn" was also recorded in this way.

I’m very happy with these works.

Richard O. Burdick

About the Recording:

Cover Photo : Rocks with moss in Glacier National Park altered with Photoshop lightroom by R Burdick

About the Performer:

Richard Burdick as a musician:
French hornist: Richard O. Burdick is the first horn of Regina Symphony Orchestra and the Regina Symphony Chamber Players in Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada. He is a prolific composer.

His move to Canada in 2003, with his wife Rebecca and his two boys, marked the start of the fourth major period in his musical Career.

In the 1980’s Richard was first Horn of Napa Symphony, a member of a San Francisco based theater orchestra and played lots of chamber music as manager of Trinity Chamber Concerts, a chamber music series in Berkeley California.

Starting in 1990 he played fourth Horn full-time for Sacramento Symphony, which went bankrupt in 1996. He then won auditions for Fresno Philharmonic, Napa & North State Symphonies and played in Sacramento Philharmonic & Opera.

He is a prolific composer and has many self produced CD’s of his own compositions, Bach, his classical natural horn playing and multi-track performances of many of his favorite pieces.

He performs on a variety of horns, a baroque natural horn (1720), a classical era natural horn (1800), a romantic era (1840's) natural horn, a single F horn from the 1880's, his main symphony horn is a Brendan Model Finke triple horn.

He has also done many music related jobs such as arranger for Sacramento Symphony, librarian and personal manager for Sacramento Philharmonic, and manager of Trinity Chamber Concerts (chamber music series) in Berkeley, California for 19 years starting in 1984.

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Tracks List:

track		DISK ONE	tt:47:27
1	01-01 Projective		01:16
2	02-44 Cinnamon		01:32
3	03-28 Cloud Burst		00:30
4	04-50 Cooking		01:51
5	05:32 Promiscuity		01:25
6	06-57 Dark Source		01:18
7	07-48 Addiction		01:44
8	08-18 Wrong Place		00:52
9	09-46 Gang		01:46
10	10-06 Biography		01:15
11	11-47 Great Efforts		01:51
12	12-64 Preacher		02:02
13	13-40 Giving Birth		02:14
14	14-59 Ensemble		02:40
15	15-29 idol		02:26
16	16-04 Worship		00:45
17	17-07 Team		01:10
18	18-33 Dropping		01:19
19	19-31 Determination		01:14
20	20-56 Great Actions		01:37
21	21-62 Quick Strong		01:15
22	22-53 DivinePurpose		01:16
23	23-39 Desire		01:03
24	24-52 Beholding		01:06
25	25-15 Tired		01:26
26	26-12 Brain Storm		01:02
27	27-45 VerbalThoughts		01:25
28	28-35 Inspired Writing		01:59
29	29-16 Directive		01:16
30	30-20 Dreaming		01:08
31	31-08 Membership		01:42
32	32-23 Forgotten Dreams		01:03

 

track		DISK TWO	tt: 51:21
34	33-02 Openness			01:20
35	34-24 New Cycle			01:09
35	35-27 God's Mirror			01:27
36	36-03 Landlord			02:30
37	37-42 Great Growth			01:17
38	38-51 Being Born			01:32
39	39-21 In Control			01:04
40	40-17 Mysterious			01:42
41	41-25 Mind Power			01:03
42	42-36 Fitting In			01:44
43	43-22 Grace			01:33
44	44-63 Accomplishment			01:47
45	45-37 Productivity			02:01
46	46-55 Contestant			01:16
47	47-30 Rejoice			01:31
48	48-49 Advertising			01:48
49	49-13 Destruction			01:11
50	50-19 Application			01:13
51	51-41 Recluse			01:50
52	52-60 Socialite			01:24
53	53-61 Simplicity			00:20
54	54-54 Commitment			02:04
55	55-38 Teacher			01:54
56	56-58 Attractive			01:43
57	57-10 Slow Going			01:41
58	58-11 Body Storm			01:21
59	59-26Great Inspiration			01:40
60	60-05 Winner			01:35
61	61-09 Stifled			01:15
62	62-34 Strength			01:48
63	63-14 Natural Flow			00:46
64	64-43 Grown Up			02:56

 

PART ONE:
1. Projective 01
2. Cinnamon 44
3. Cloud Burst 28
4. Cooking 50
5. Promiscuity 32
6. Dark Source 57
7. Addiction 48
8. Wrong Place 18
9. Gang 46
10. Biography 06
11. Great Efforts 47
12. Preacher 64
13. Giving Birth 40
14. Ensemble 59
15. Idol 29
16. Worship 04
17. Team 07
18. Dropping 33
19. Determination 31
20. Great Actions 56
21. Quick Strong 62
22. Divine Purpose 53
23. Desire 39
24. Beholding 52
25. Tired 15
26. Brain Storm 12
27. Verbal Thoughts 45
28. Inspired Writing 35
29. Directive 16
30. Dreaming 20
31. Membership 08
32. Forgotten Dreams 23

PART TWO:
33. Openness 02
34. New Cycle 24
35. God's Mirror 27
36. Landlord 03
37. Great Growth 42
38. Being Born 51
39. In Control 21
40. Mysterious17 (Jazz Version)
40. Mysterious17 (Straight Version)
41. Mind Power 25
42. Fitting In 36
43. Grace 22
44. Accomplishment 63
45. Productivity 37
46. Contestant 55
47. Rejoice 30
48. Advertising 49
49. Destruction 13
50. Application 19
51. Recluse 41
52. Socialite 50
53. Simplicity 61
54. Commitment 54
55. Teacher 38
56. Attractive 58
57. Slow Going 10
58. Body Storm 11
59. Great Inspiration 26
60. Winner 05
61. Stifled 09
62. Strength 34
63. Natural Flow 14
64. Grown Up 43

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CD63a - Bar Code:
CD63a - 12: 728488842619

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