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Randall Goosby Plays Tchaikovsky's Violin Concerto
1 Xavier Dubois Foley - Shelter Island*  
2 Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson: Blue/s Forms for Solo Violin / i. Plain Blue/s  
3 ii. Just Blue/s  
4 iii. Jettin Blue/s  
5 George Gershwin - Summertime  
6 A Woman is a Sometime Thing  
7 It ain't necessarily so  
8 Bess you is my woman now  
9 William Grant Still: Suite for violin and piano / i. African Dancer  
10 ii. Mother and Child  
11 iii. Garmin  
12 Florence Price / Adoration*  
13 Fantasie No.1 in G minor*  
14 Fantasie No.2 in F# minor  
15 Samuel Coleridge-Taylor arr. Maud Powell - Deep River  
16 Antonin Dvorak: Sonatina in G major / Allegro Risoluto  
17 ii. Larghetto  
18 iii. Scherzo and Trio  
19 Finale: Allegro  
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Today rising star violinist Randall Goosby announces his debut album Roots, (Decca Classics) is set for release on June 25th. The album is an exploration of the music written by Black composers and inspired by Black American culture. The collection is a homage to the pioneering musicians that paved the way for Goosby and his generation of young artists.  The first single "Adoration" was written by the African-American composer Florence Price and is recorded with violin for the first time ever on Roots. The world premiere recording can be heard here.  Goosby says, "I am so grateful for the opportunity to share this album during such a pivotal moment in history. It has been a year of division and isolation for so many – I hope this music will inspire not only the kind of curiosity and creativity that brings people together, but also the reflection, understanding and compassion we so desperately need moving forward."

"Many of these African-American composers – William Grant Still, Florence Price, Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson – had to navigate society at a time when racism, prejudice and segregation were commonplace. Today, artists like myself, and other young artists of colour, enjoy more of a sense of freedom and confidence in pursuing a career in classical music."

Produced by 2021 GRAMMY Producer of the Year, David Frost, the release also includes world premiere recordings of music by Florence Price, lately enjoying renewed recognition across the world. Price made history as the first African-American woman to have her music performed by a major US orchestra in 1933, but after her death, her music faded into obscurity. In 2009, manuscripts of Price's music were rediscovered and saved from destruction from her former home in Illinois: two "Fantasies" are commercially recorded for the first time, and "Adoration" recorded with violin makes its world debut as well. 

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    Posted At: April 11, 2024
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    Posted At: January 24, 2024
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    Posted At: September 21, 2023
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    Posted At: September 18, 2023
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    Posted At: September 15, 2023
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    Posted At: September 13, 2023
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    Posted At: July 27, 2023
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  • Audiophile Audition reviews Randall Goosby's Bruch - Price Violin Concertos collaboration with the Philadelphia Orchestra
    Posted At: July 7, 2023
    Audiophile Audition's Gary Lemco writes….Since her major re-discovery in 2009, the Afro-American composer Florence Price (1887-1953) has enjoyed a renaissance of interest in her music, which often proves eclectic, even derivative, in certain respects.  The D Major Concerto provides a case in point, given its string debts to Tchaikovsky. Recorded live 6-9 October 2022, the 1939 Violin Concerto No. 1 con...

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    Posted At: June 20, 2023
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    Posted At: June 11, 2023
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  • For the season finale, 'WFMT Presents' Randall Goosby in music and conversation
    Posted At: June 7, 2023
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    Posted At: May 25, 2023
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    Posted At: May 24, 2023
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    Posted At: May 22, 2023
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    Posted At: April 28, 2023
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    Posted At: February 10, 2022
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  • Randall Goosby chats about 'Roots' with The 2nd Street Dreams Audio Network
    Posted At: January 12, 2022
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    Posted At: December 21, 2021
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    Posted At: November 1, 2021

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  • With 'Roots' Randall Goosby makes a first impression with lasting impact / The Washington Post
    Posted At: September 16, 2021

    The Washington Post's Michael Andor Brodeur writes....Randall Goosby, the fast-rising 25-year-old star violinist, joins the Baltimore Symphony on Sept. 25 and 26 to play one of the Big Romantic Concertos: Max Bruch's Violin Concerto No. 1 in G minor (Op. 26). "One of the most perfect, perfect pieces," Goosby says on the phone with pure matter-of-factness. "One of the greatest of all time." He sho...

  • Randall Goosby debuts spectacularly with 'Roots' / WRTI - Classical Album Of The Week
    Posted At: August 30, 2021

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  • Randall Goosby chats about 'Roots' with Spokane Public Radio
    Posted At: August 16, 2021

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  • Randall Goosby - Roots makes 90.9WETA: New classical albums to listen to this summer!
    Posted At: June 29, 2021

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    Posted At: June 28, 2021

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  • Randall Goosby is consistently satisfying in his interpretations of the broad and diverse scope of selections on 'ROOTS' / THE REHEARSAL STUDIO
    Posted At: June 19, 2021

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  • Randall Goosby - Classical Music's Underdog / AIR MAIL
    Posted At: June 19, 2021

    AIR MAIL'S MATTHEW GUREWITSCH writes......Playing Bach and Paganini for other students, Randall Goosby says, "I'd look out and see jaws on the floor. They weren't used to hearing that music, and certainly not from a kid who looked like me." "My parents weren't interested in classical music until I came into the picture," Randall Goosby says on a Zoom call from New York, a pair of designer specs l...
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