Recordings
Karen Bentley Pollick plays music by
Swedish composer Ole Saxe
Peace Piece
by Karen Bentley
Karen Bentley Pollick and William Susman premiered ARIA for violin & piano at Spectrum in New York on January 16, 2014. On February 24 we recorded the piece at OTR studios in Belmont, California with Cookie Marenco producing with her exceptional audio equipment and vintage Steinway grand piano. ARIA was recently released as a single at Blue Coast Records on Direct Stream Digital format.You can preview and download it here now:http://belarca.downloadsnow.net/aria
Painting by Gennady Shlykov
Ivan Sokolov’s String Trio and Piano Quartet abound with intoxicating themes, bird song imitations, chromatic harmonies, enharmonic modulations, and cascading sonorities that create a rainbow of sounds in an array of movements inspired by Russian masters. (read more)
Release date: February 14, 2014
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Estadio
Violist Karen Bentley Pollick performs Estadio: a lush, introspective elegy by young composer Greg Simon.
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Bebop for Beagles
Bebop for Beagles by Benedikt Brydern
Julia Sakharova, Violin
Karen Bentley Pollick, Viola
Homage to Fiddlers
Virtuoso duos for violin and cello from the Czech Republic are paired with a Russian cello sonata and piano trio and interpreted passionately in this premiere recording, a sequel to amberwood, “a richly satisfying collection of contemporary works.”
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<amberwood> features duos for violin, viola and piano by Ivan Sokolov, Ole Saxe, and Jan Vičar, performed by Karen Bentley Pollick, violin and viola, and Ivan Sokolov, piano (read more)
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Dancing Suite to Suite
Dancing Suite to Suite is a unique rendezvous between Johann Sebastian Bach’s classical Partita No. 2 in D minor for solo violin and Ole Pullar Saxe´s Dance Suite for Solo Violin. [read more]
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Ariel View
Ariel View is a superbly recorded selection of tone poems for violin and piano from producer/pianist Bruce Hanifan and violinist Karen Bentley. (read more)
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Konzerto and Succubus
Succubus is a six-movement tone poem for violin, soprano and electric orchestra — an exploration of the sensual and surrealistic dreamscapes of the Succubus and her lover. Konzerto is the reinvention of the great romantic violin concertos of the 19th century. (read more)
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Electric Diamond
Electric Diamond is a step beyond … a window into the future of music. With the release of their first CD, Electric Diamond goes beyond the new age. Ancient airs from the Middle Ages, flute songs of Native Americans and their own original compositions are passed through the prism of Electric Diamond to emerge recast for a new millennia. Visit Electric Diamond’s home page for more information.
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