Zaimont: Astral for Violin Solo Clarinet Music_ E-flat Contra Clarinet and baritone -- 1 player)

and baritone -- 1 player)

as the alto saxophone spins out a doleful Slavic melody

In contrast to this aggressive Dance theme

The trio is the first work in which he consciously chose a home key (E) as its tonal center

but also incorporates and amplifies elements from each of the other pieces: The quasi-atonality in portions of "Paradosis" becomes full-fledged in parts of the second movement of this sonata

Zaimont: Astral for Violin Solo Clarinet Music_ E-flat Contra Clarinet and baritone -- 1 player)Code: JP9004 ISMN: 979 0 3019 0389 6 The emotional trajectory of this eight minute, contemplative movement is roughly equivalent to one very long phrase. It is largely unmetered, and its varying segments call upon high degrees of both technical and expressive prowess from the performer. The violin's registers and color resorces are explored slowly one by one during the phrase's upcurve (ultimately covering a range of three and one half octaves), but