EMERALD TRIO - THE BIG GREEN APPLE

• emerald trio: the big green apple
      (2017, cd, usa, composers concordance records)

The Emerald Trio features Karen Bogardus (flutes), Orlando Wells (violin, viola) and Matt Castle (piano).  "The Big Green Apple" is the their first album.

"The Big Green Apple" presents the Emerald Trio performing pieces by seven contemporary New York-based composers.
If you have kept an eye on the Composers Concordance Records label, quite a few of these names will sound familiar.
The result is impressive. The fact that there are contributions by different composers results in a varied and colorful album.

1. trio for flute, viola & piano : I. allegro (matt castle)
2. trio for flute, viola & piano : II. largo (matt castle)
3. trio for flute, viola & piano : III. allegro scherzando (matt castle)
4. a wintry mix: of snow... (carolyn steinberg)
5. a wintry mix: ... and ice (carolyn steinberg)
6. mixture (joseph pehrson)
7. loud cries at regular intervals (gene pritsker)
8. magla (paranosic)
9. behooves (dan cooper)
10. the passions of the present (davide zannoni)
11. the firebird suite: V. infernal dance (arr. for flute, viola & piano) (stravinsky)
12. trio for flute, viola & piano : I. allegro (matt castle) - live
13. trio for flute, viola & piano : III. allegro scherzando (matt castle) - live

I like it lot.
As you might have noticed in the above tracklist, the album has a couple of bonus tracks : Stravinsky's 'Infernal Dance' plus two live renditions.
Recommended listening.

Read more about it here:
http://www.sequenza21.com/cdreviews/2018/07/emerald-trio-the-big-green-apple/

Listen to some samples here :
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B074KR749J/