Schumann Resonances
Planet M Records (2019)
Violist/composer Melia Watras's new album, Schumann Resonances, uses Schumann's Märchenbilder (Pictures from Fairyland), Op. 113 as a building block, traveling in new directions with world premiere recordings of compositions by Watras, Cuong Vu and Richard Karpen. The new works take the Schumann piece as a point of departure, through Märchenbilder itself, or inspired by fairy tales or other folklore (including folk songs).
Melia Watras, viola + Galia Arad, voice + Winston Choi, piano
+ Matthew Kocmieroski, percussion
+ Michael Jinsoo Lim, violin + Cuong Vu, trumpet
Judith Sherman, producer + Dmitriy Lipay, engineer
+ Jeanne Velonis, editing assistant
Melia Watras (b. 1969)
① Schumann Resonances for viola and piano (2015)* 5:17
Melia Watras, viola; Winston Choi, piano
Robert Schumann (1810-1856)
Märchenbilder (Pictures from Fairyland) for viola and piano, Op. 113
② I. Nicht schnell 3:04
③ II. Lehaft 3:32
④ III. Rasch 2:34
⑤ IV. Langsam, mit melancholischem Ausdruck 5:19
Melia Watras, viola; Winston Choi, piano
Cuong Vu (b. 1969)
⑥ Porch Music for viola and trumpet (2015)* 9:32
Melia Watras, viola; Cuong Vu, trumpet
Melia Watras
Source for viola, percussion and violin (2015)*
⑦ I. Creusa 3:53
⑧ II. Grandmother Spider 3:00
⑨ III. Lass: Variations on a Theme by John Jacob Niles 8:26
⑩ IV. Grandmother Spider Returns 2:26
⑪ V. Rawiya 7:22
Melia Watras, viola; Matthew Kocmieroski, percussion; Michael Jinsoo Lim, violin
Melia Watras
⑫ Berceuse with a Singer in London for voice and viola (2015)* 2:49
Galia Arad, voice; Melia Watras, viola
Richard Karpen (b. 1957)
Tertium Quid for violin, viola and piano (2015)*
⑬ I 7:40
⑭ II 7:13
⑮ III 7:26
Michael Jinsoo Lim, violin; Melia Watras, viola; Winston Choi, piano
*World premiere recordings