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RECORDINGS
 Released in November 2008, this CD features four virtuoso modern American masterworks, including the première recording of Robert Beaser's Souvenirs for piccolo and piano. The Flute Network wrote: "Garrison’s playing combines great virtuosity, superb control of musical expression, and high energy with lyricism. He makes the most difficult technical passage seem easy and extreme dynamics and wide leaps appear effortless. It is quickly evident on the Beaser Souvenirs that he is a specialist on the piccolo, and the other works show him throughout at his flutistic best with a clear, focused, and singing tone throughout the range of the instrument." Fanfare Magazine said that the "playing is strikingly idiomatic and tightly integrated... Garrison’s technique and musicianship is at a high level." American Record Guide called the CD "excellent music excellently performed... Ingolf Dahl’s 1945 Variations on a Swedish
Folk Tune for solo flute is a 12-minute tour de
force and shows Mr Garrison at his best."
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American Reflections is available at
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 Released in July 2005, this CD features music for soloist doubling on flute, alto flute and piccolo. Flute Talk magazine called it “astounding” and said, “This remarkable CD… is a great addition to the recorded flute repertoire library.” The Flute Network also gave it a rave review (see below). Featured in the Tulsa World and on Studio Tulsa.
Superflute is available at:
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Playlist (click on track numbers for mp3 samples):
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Meyer Kupferman. Superflute for solo flute with prerecorded piccolo and alto flute (1971) |
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Michael Colquhoun, Charanga for solo flute (1993) |
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Roger Price, Credo for flute and piano (2003) |
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Howard Sandroff, Chant de femmes for flutes and computer generated electronics (1996) |
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Alec Wilder, Sonata No. 1 for piccolo, flute, alto flute and piano (1961) |
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First Movement |
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Andante |
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Scherzo |
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Rubato |
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Gordon Jacob, The Pied Piper for solo flute and piccolo (1958) |
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The Spell |
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The March to the River Weser |
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Klaus Wüsthoff, Drei Mobiles for piccolo, flute, alto flute and piano (1965) |
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Alto Flute Blues |
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Novellette |
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Piccolo Waltz |
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Here is the review from The Flute Network (quoted with permission):
"Leonard Garrison, who currently teaches flute at the University of Tulsa in Oklahoma as well as playing flute and piccolo with the Tulsa Philharmonic Orchestra and Opera, is well-known to the flute community from his service to the N.F.A and his convention performances, and he is a flutist worthy of much wider recognition and acclaim. This outstanding recording shows that he truly deserves to wear the mantle of the “caped crusader”. On this recording he impressively demonstrates his prowess and mastery of the techniques and difficulties of contemporary music for flute, piccolo, and alto flute in works with piano accompaniment (Klaus Wustoff’s Drei Mobiles, Alec Wilder’s Sonata No. 1, and Roger Price’s Credo), and flute and electronic sounds (the title track, Meyer Kuperman’s Superflute and Howard Sandroff’s Chant de femmes), and works for flute/piccolo alone (Gordon Jacob’s The Pied Piper, and Michael Colquhoun’s delightful Latin-tinged Charanga.) Several of these works are not widely known or currently available on other recordings, and it is nice to hear fresh modern music that is inventive and intriguing. Garrison’s playing is sensitive and expressive while traversing the tightwire and performing the flying feats of agility required by the avant-garde style. He is just “superior” both in brilliant technique and musicianship. (Also, you will find interesting his extensive website with valuable information on piccolo technique, practicing, and flute literature."
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