Dessner's debut orchestral album released on DG
31st January 2014
All three of Dessner's works draw on elements from Baroque and folk music, late Romanticism and modernism, minimalist music and the blues, among others, as well as referencing the work of such legendary figures as John Fahey, La Monte Young, Béla Bartók, Glenn Branca, Benjamin Britten, Morton Feldman, Philip Glass and Steve Reich. Despite this broad spectrum of influences, his voice remains individual and distinct.
Mark Wilkinson, President of DG has said “Bryce Dessner is without doubt one of the most exciting contemporary composers working anywhere in the world today. We welcome his daring, his passion and his unique creative vision to the Yellow Label, and look forward to working with him.”
Buy the album on iTunes or Amazon
Read Q&A session on the album with Bryce Dessner HERE and reviews fromThe Harvard Crimson
Watch Dessner talk about the making of St Carolyn by the Sea
