Back to Life (album)

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Back to Life
Studio album by Fred Frith
Released	January 2008
Recorded	June 1998, May 2006 and September 2007
Genre	Chamber music
Length	64:10
Label	Tzadik (USA)
Producer	Fred Frith
Fred Frith chronology
The Happy End Problem (2006) Back to Life (2008) –

Back to Life is a studio album by English guitarist, composer and improvisor Fred Frith. It comprises five classical chamber music pieces composed by Frith between 1993 and 2005, and was performed between 1998 and 2007 by Belgian pianist Daan Vandewalle, United States percussionist William Winant, and the Callithumpian Consort ensemble of the New England Conservatory of Music, conducted by Stephen Drury. The album was released on Tzadik Records' Composer Series in 2008.

Frith does not perform on this album.

Contents 1 Compositions 2 Track listing 3 Personnel 3.1 Performers 3.2 Sound and artwork 4 References 5 External links

[edit] Compositions

Five of Fred Frith's works are featured on this album: ^[1]

• "Seven Circles" for piano (1995)
• "Save As" for cello and percussion (2005)
• "Bridge is Bridge" (from "Shortened Suite") for trumpet, oboe, cello and marimba (1996)
• "Back to Life" for trumpet, oboe, cello and marimba (1997)
• "Elegy for Elias" for piano, violin and marimba (1993)

[edit] Track listing

1. "Seven Circles" (Frith) – 2:59
   • Performed by Daan Vandewalle on 13 June 1998 at the Koninklijk Conservatorium Gent, in Ghent, Belgium
2. "Save As" (Frith) – 16:10
   • Performed by Joan Jeanrenaud and William Winant on 29 May 2006 at Guerrilla HiFi in Oakland, California
3. "Seven Circles 2" (Frith) – 5:08
   • Performed by Daan Vandewalle on 13 June 1998 at the Koninklijk Conservatorium Gent, in Ghent, Belgium
4. "Bridge is Bridge" (Frith) – 7:16
   • Performed by Stephen Drury and the Callithumpian Consort on 20 September 2007 in the New England Conservatory's Jordan Hall
5. "Seven Circles 3" (Frith) – 1:37
   • Performed by Daan Vandewalle on 13 June 1998 at the Koninklijk Conservatorium Gent, in Ghent, Belgium
6. "Seven Circles 4" (Frith) – 3:45
   • Performed by Daan Vandewalle on 13 June 1998 at the Koninklijk Conservatorium Gent, in Ghent, Belgium
7. "Back to Life" (Frith) – 8:57
   • Performed by Stephen Drury and the Callithumpian Consort on 20 September 2007 in the New England Conservatory's Jordan Hall
8. "Seven Circles 5" (Frith) – 1:34
   • Performed by Daan Vandewalle on 13 June 1998 at the Koninklijk Conservatorium Gent, in Ghent, Belgium
9. "Seven Circles 6" (Frith) – 4:40
   • Performed by Daan Vandewalle on 13 June 1998 at the Koninklijk Conservatorium Gent, in Ghent, Belgium
10. "Elegy for Elias" (Frith) – 9:26
    • Performed by William Winant, Stephen Drury and Gabriela Dîaz on 20 September 2007 in the New England Conservatory's Jordan Hall
11. "Seven Circles 7" (Frith) – 2:38
    • Performed by Daan Vandewalle on 13 June 1998 at the Koninklijk Conservatorium Gent, in Ghent, Belgium

[edit] Personnel

[edit] Performers

Callithumpian Consort ensemble

• Stephen Drury – conductor, piano
• Joan Jeanrenaud – cello, newspaper, metal can
• John Andress – marimba
• Joe Becker – percussion
• Dylan Chmura-Moore – trombone
• Gabriela Dîaz – violin
• Elizabeth England – oboe
• Benjamin Fox – oboe
• Angela Park – cello
• John Russell – trumpet
• Karina Schmitz – viola
• Benjamin Schwartz – cello
• Andrew Stetson – trumpet
• Nick Tolle – marimba
• Jordan Voelker – viola
• Ethan Wood – violin

Soloists

• Daan Vandewalle – piano
• William Winant – marimba, vibraphone, woodblocks, tamtam, tuned gong, large metal plate, toms, bass drum, beans, ping-pong balls, hammer and nails, metal can, etc.

[edit] Sound and artwork

• John Zorn – executive producer
• Kazunori Sugiyama – associate producer
• Fred Frith – producer
• Myles Boisen – compilation, editing and mixing; recording ("Save As")
• Scott Hull – mastering
• Harry de Winde – recording ("Seven Circles")
• Patrick Keating – recording ("Bridge is Bridge", "Back to Life", "Elegy for Elias")
• Heung-Heung Chin – design
• Heike Liss – photography

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Back to Life on Tzadik Records.
• Back to Life at Allmusic.
• Fred Frith discography
• Callithumpian Consort homepage

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