COMPOSERS: Harbison,Herman,Jaffe,Kyr,Thomas,Woolf
LABELS: Albany
WORKS: Works by Martin Herman, Stephen Jaffe, John Harbison, Augusta Read Thomas, Randall Woolf & Robert Kyr
PERFORMER: Patricia Goodson (piano)
CATALOGUE NO: TROY 231
Three catches amid the US campus backwaters: Stephen Jaffe’s lush variations, the boogie left hand and rampant right of Randall Woolf’s Nobody Move, and post-Debussy introversion from Augusta Read Thomas. Otherwise it’s forgettable, including four John Harbison lightweights. Strong-minded playing, aggressive sound. Robert Maycock