CLASSIC AL A UDI O ANSONICA RECORDS CROSS-CULTURAL COLLABORATIONS IN SOUND INTERSECTIONS AR0002 | 636160195470 1 CD | SRP: US $14.99 CA $17.99 COMPOSER: Steven Block • Sergio Cervetti • Heidi Jacob • Jeffrey Jacob • Christina Rusnak ARTIST: National Symphony Orchestra of Cuba • Jeffrey Jacob (piano) • Alden Ortuño Cabezas (bass clarinet) • Yasek Manzano Silva (trumpet) • Marisel González Valdés (trombone) • Brian Church (baritone) • Charles Abramovic (piano) • Abiel Chea Guerra (drums) • Jorge Sergio Ramirez Prieto (alto saxophone) • Carlos Alejandro Gonzales Guerra (saxophones) • Rubén Gonzales López (double bass) • Liset Toppe Benítez (double bass) • Leonardo Pérez Baster (violin) • Luis Alberto Mariño Fernández (violin) • Yamed Aguillión Santa Cruz (viola) • Lester Monier Serrano (cello) • Ensemble Vocal Luna • Sandra Santos González • Enrique Pérez Mesa (conductor) • This exquisitely produced album embodies the beautiful art whose creation has been enabled by the newly opened cultural exchange between the United States and Cuba. Through a collection of intriguing compositions by American and America-based composers, Intersections showcases the talents of Cuban musicians ina variety of large ensemble and chamber settings. • Moreover, the pieces in the album’s contents are replete with symbols that touch on the promise of this new beginning in American-Cuban relations, and suggest some of the darkness that preceded it. • This imagery begins with Jeffrey Jacob’s Awakening, an undulating work for piano and orchestra which is performed by the composer and the Havana National Symphony. • Awakening is hopeful and grand, yet ends ambiguously. In this way, Awakening seems to signal the highest aspirations the Cuban and American people may have for their new relationship, while also reminding us that the process of restoring normality remains unfinished. TRACK LIST: Jeffrey Jacob 01. Awakening for Piano & Orchestra Heidi Jacob Untouched By Morning and Untouched By Noon 02. Ingenuous 03. Wild and Racous 04. Sultry, Languorous 05. Liquido 06. L’Escalier 07. Semplice 08. Mäßig 09. Distratta Steven Block 10. Puttin’ It Together Sergio Cervetti And the Huddled Masses 11. The Tired, the Poor, and the Huddled Masses 12. Hâves, déguenillés 13. Noemi Alvarez Quillay Christina Rusnak 14. Dearly Beloved 15. Dearly Departed DISTRIBUTED BY RELEASE DATE: 10/14/16 NAXOS OF AMERICA | NAXOS OF CANADA | NEW RELEASE 18