'Chocolate Dream' - Daniel Mantey, April 2006. Performed by Daniel Mantey - Music All Sorts; 2 alto recorders, 2 pardessus viols, & bass viola da gamba. Yes, another of my own. Written in the wake of Valentine's Day (as I was savoring a delicious chunk of dark chocolate) for a wedding of a Japanese cousin-in-law! And originally just as a recorder quartet with the opening Pavane section. The piece went through some changes: it was originally for sopranino, 2 soprano, and alto recorders (for the wedding), and then expanded to a quintet (with a second sopranino added), and a Galliard section added on. At the wedding, it was intended for my family to play, so the 3 lower parts are VERY simple, but SIMPLY beautiful (if I may say so?). The top part (and later parts) were very much on the trickier side with a very healthy amount of high 'f's and 'g's (on sopraninos!)! It was fun to write and fun to play. For my first studio version the piece was expanded to 10 recorders, the five high recorders joined by a low quintet of 2 altos, 2 tenors, and bass with the two choruses alternating and joining for each section. That version (in 2 versions) was on my first several CDs. But last year (2010) I wanted something completely different, and re-set the piece for 2 alto recorders, and the 3 viols, as you have it here. I like both versions, but this one is certainly more dark and bitter, and closer to 100%! I find it a very satisfactory composition, much like a good bite of my favorite ...
Sunday, November 4, 2012
Daniel Mantey - 'Chocolate Dream' - (Dark, bitter, 99%)
Daniel Mantey - 'Chocolate Dream' - (Dark, bitter, 99%) Video Clips. Duration : 3.72 Mins.
'Chocolate Dream' - Daniel Mantey, April 2006. Performed by Daniel Mantey - Music All Sorts; 2 alto recorders, 2 pardessus viols, & bass viola da gamba. Yes, another of my own. Written in the wake of Valentine's Day (as I was savoring a delicious chunk of dark chocolate) for a wedding of a Japanese cousin-in-law! And originally just as a recorder quartet with the opening Pavane section. The piece went through some changes: it was originally for sopranino, 2 soprano, and alto recorders (for the wedding), and then expanded to a quintet (with a second sopranino added), and a Galliard section added on. At the wedding, it was intended for my family to play, so the 3 lower parts are VERY simple, but SIMPLY beautiful (if I may say so?). The top part (and later parts) were very much on the trickier side with a very healthy amount of high 'f's and 'g's (on sopraninos!)! It was fun to write and fun to play. For my first studio version the piece was expanded to 10 recorders, the five high recorders joined by a low quintet of 2 altos, 2 tenors, and bass with the two choruses alternating and joining for each section. That version (in 2 versions) was on my first several CDs. But last year (2010) I wanted something completely different, and re-set the piece for 2 alto recorders, and the 3 viols, as you have it here. I like both versions, but this one is certainly more dark and bitter, and closer to 100%! I find it a very satisfactory composition, much like a good bite of my favorite ...
'Chocolate Dream' - Daniel Mantey, April 2006. Performed by Daniel Mantey - Music All Sorts; 2 alto recorders, 2 pardessus viols, & bass viola da gamba. Yes, another of my own. Written in the wake of Valentine's Day (as I was savoring a delicious chunk of dark chocolate) for a wedding of a Japanese cousin-in-law! And originally just as a recorder quartet with the opening Pavane section. The piece went through some changes: it was originally for sopranino, 2 soprano, and alto recorders (for the wedding), and then expanded to a quintet (with a second sopranino added), and a Galliard section added on. At the wedding, it was intended for my family to play, so the 3 lower parts are VERY simple, but SIMPLY beautiful (if I may say so?). The top part (and later parts) were very much on the trickier side with a very healthy amount of high 'f's and 'g's (on sopraninos!)! It was fun to write and fun to play. For my first studio version the piece was expanded to 10 recorders, the five high recorders joined by a low quintet of 2 altos, 2 tenors, and bass with the two choruses alternating and joining for each section. That version (in 2 versions) was on my first several CDs. But last year (2010) I wanted something completely different, and re-set the piece for 2 alto recorders, and the 3 viols, as you have it here. I like both versions, but this one is certainly more dark and bitter, and closer to 100%! I find it a very satisfactory composition, much like a good bite of my favorite ...
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