GORDON & HODGKINSON DUO
Joshua Gordon, cello
Randall Hodgkinson, piano
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GORDON & HODGKINSON DUO
PLAY
LEO ORNSTEIN ON NEW WORLD
RECORDS
At 14, he fled with his family from Russian
persecution to New York City.
At 17 he was the star pianist at the school later
known as Juilliard.
At 18 his debut recital wowed the concert world.
At 21 he became a cult figure in a concert that
nearly caused a riot.
At 25 he was the subject of a full-length
biography.
And at 29 he
gave up stardom, went on to teach at a Philadelphia school whose alumni
included John Coltrane, with his wife raised a son who helped launch the
Internet, retired, bought a trailer, traveled across the country, and settled
at a trailer park in Brownsville, Texas where he kept composing.
And lived to
be 108.
And along the way he wrote some of the most
compelling, dramatic, and romantic music for cello and piano of the twentieth
century.
"the value of [Ornstein's]
powerful works for cello and piano is revealed by the pianist Randall
Hodgkinson and the cellist Joshua Gordon, admirable chamber musicians who play
with passion and sensitivity... These exemplary performances should ensure that
Ornstein's cello works will enjoy some of the limelight the composer shunned for
so long."
-Vivien Schweitzer, New York
Times
ÒAn insightful and impassioned
cello piano duoÓ
- The New Yorker
Òcellist Joshua Gordon and
pianist Randall Hodgkinson offer commanding, dynamically fervent, boundlessly
colorful and heartfelt interpretations that are likely to set reference
standards for many years to come. A major catalog contribution."
- Jed Distler, ClassicsToday.com
For the first time, Leo OrnsteinÕs complete works
for cello and piano on one recording, played by Joshua Gordon and Randall
Hodgkinson
Named one of the top 10 classical recordings of
2007 by the All Music Guide
Available at iTunes, amazon.com,
arkivmusic.com, cduniverse.com, newworldrecords.org, and other retailers
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