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Ian Krouse can be reached at:

Ian Krouse Music
23705 Vanowen Street
P.O. Box 117
West Hills, CA 91307

Email him at:

iankrouse@ymail.com

 

 

DISCOGRAPHY:

Original Compositions:

 

“Jessica Rivera Sings Romantic Music,” released in Mexico, October, 2008, and in the US in February, 2009, Jessica Rivera, soprano, L. Mark Carver, piano, Eleanor Weingartner, clarinet, UREXT DIGITAL CLASSICS JBCC 158

Contains:           

CANTAR DE LOS CANTARES (for soprano, clarinet and piano)

 “On this stunning disc,…soprano Jessica Rivera is most impressive in extended, very beautiful Spanish adaptations of "The Song of Songs" by Maryland born Ian Krouse.”

Robert Croan PITTSBURGH POST-GAZETTE, Feb. 5. 2009.
bert is merely a strong opening to a strong album.  Its final note has hardly faded when the performers leap into the two sections of Cantar de los Cantares (a setting of a Spanish translation of the “Song of Songs”) by the American composer Ian Krouse…He wrote this 24-minute piece expressly for this recording and (the liner notes tell us) he advises “the clarinetist to think of herself as a singer in a duet with the soprano,” manifesting the chamber music ideal at the heart of his piece…great arcs of melody…and that’s always a way into my heart…I listened to this one repeatedly with rapt attention.”

James M. Keller, CHAMBER MUSIC, Vol. 26, No. 3, May/June 2009

“…the Krouse stands out as a magnificent contribution to the repertoire; while its neo-romanticism has immediacy and appeal, it also has profundity and depth of expression that rivals and probably surpasses the more renowned pieces on the program.”

Hanudel, AMERICAN RECORD GUIDE, May/June

“Ian Krouse’s Cantar de los Cantares is a multi-layered work that constantly engages the ear and challenges the players.  Part I features some jazzy wind, rollicking-kisses and the clarinet as dove.  The closing introspective moment is memorable.  Flashes of passion form much of Part II as the clarinet easily slinks about the garden, the voice finds some compelling darkness and the piano takes us gently away.  If only love was always this fulfilling and uncomplicated.”

S. James Wegg, JWR ARTICLES, July, 2009


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 Rivera
“Only Time Will Tell,” Valarie King, flute, Anisa Angarola, guitar, Robert Russel, bass, Quentin Dennard, drums, KANGU, released May 2, 2006.

Contains:        

DA CHARA (in a new jazz version for flute, guitar, bass and drums)



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“Essential American Masters,”  PEERMUSIC CLASSICAL, New York,
Released 2003.

Contains:           

RHAPSODY FOR VIOLIN AND ORCHESTRA (excerpt)

 

Valarie

 

Peerless
”Pastorale,” Valarie King, flute, Anisa Angarola, guitar, LISSADELL, released
January 31, 2002.  
                       
Contains:        

AIR (for flute and guitar)
DA CHARA (for flute and guitar)

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 Pastorale

 

“Messages from the past,” St. Cloud State University Wind Ensemble, Richard K.
Hansen conductor, WESTMARK, WCD30096, released spring, 2001.

Contains:           

CRÓNICA DEL ÚLTIMO AÑO EN LA VIDA DE UN MEXICANO (for seven percussion soloists and wind ensemble)

 

 

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"Three Friends,” Suzanna Guzman - mezzo-soprano, Debussy Trio, RUBEDO CANIS MUSICA (RCM), RCM 12003, released September, 2001.  

Contains:         

TRI CHAİRDE (for flute, viola and harp)
TRES CANCIONES SOBRE LORCA (for mezzo-soprano, flute, viola, and harp)
CINCO CANCIONES INSÓLITAS (for mezzo-soprano, flute, viola, and harp)
LULLABY (for flute, viola and harp)

“one of the most communicative and intriguing young composers on the music scene today”

Lawrence A. Johnson, GRAMOPHONE, Awards Issue 2001

“Thamár y Amnón” is a chamber tone poem based on a García Lorca ballad, which is in turn based on II Samuel in the Bible.  It’s largely gentle and certainly listenable.  It was written for the Debussy Trio, and naturally they play it beautifully.”

Donald R. Vroon, Editor in Chief, AMERICAN RECORD GUIDE, July/August, 2000

[In]“Thamár y Amnón,” inspired by Lorca’s retelling of the biblical story of the incestuous rape of King David’s daughter by her half-brother, scored for the same instruments as Debussy’s trio sonata, Krouse assigns the tortured Amnón to the flute, and the seductive Thamár to the viola, with the harp essentially given over to the horrified father of the pair, the famous harpist Kind David himself.  The Spanish ties are more integrated into the whole for what is a fully viable concert work.”John Story,

AMERICAN RECORD GUIDE, July/August, 2000

 

 
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"Global Impressions" Brandon Yip, guitar, released January 30, 2001

Contains: 

VARIATIONS ON A MOLDAVIAN HORA (for guitar)  

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“Ian Krouse,” Maria Bachmann, violinist, New Zealand Symphony Orchestra
conducted by James Sedares; Sun Young Kim, soprano, Scott Tennant, guitarist;
the Debussy Trio; Dinosaur Annex; KOCH INTERNATIONAL CLASSICS,
released February 22, 2000.  

Contains:         

RHAPSODY FOR VIOLIN AND ORCHESTRA CUANDO SE ABRE
EN LA MAÑANA
(for soprano and guitar)
THAMÁR Y AMNŌN (for flute, viola and harp)
TIENTOS (for flute, violin, viola and cello)

"Ian Krouse is another of the present generation of talented composers who has turned his back on serialism and returned to melody.  The beautiful, warmly lyrical Rhapsody for Violin and Orchestra (with Maria Bachman the highly responsive soloist) memorably reveals him as a striking new voice.  Thamár y Amnón…is both evocative and erotic…Tientos is… much more exotic, with a wild melismatic flamenco style.  The result is ear-tickling, rhythmically pungent and highly imaginative.  'Cuando se abre en la mañana'…is exquisitely realized by Sun Young Kim, vibrantly yet delicately accompanied by Scott Tennant (guitar).  All in all a thoroughly rewarding programme, excellently recorded.” 

THE PENGUIN GUIDE TO COMPACT DISCS,

“"For all the considerable demands made upon the soloist at this point, there is no real fast music in the piece…the result is lovely…”

John Story, FANFARE, July/August, 2000

“Krouse’s “Rhapsody” thrills with its enflamed intensity for 21 minutes.”Bill Stibor,

Nebraska Public Radio, WET PAINT, CD of the Month, June, 2000

“The “Rhapsody” starts out like the Bruckner 9th, turns into Mahler’s “Adagietto,” and finally becomes the Barber “Violin Concerto.” Since I love that music, you can imagine how delighted I am to have elements of all that together in one piece!  It’s gorgeous.  I can imagine less sensitive critics rejecting it as “derivative,” but I never understood what was wrong with derivative.  I think we need MORE music that sounds like Bruckner, Mahler, and Barber.”

Donald R. Vroon, Editor in Chief, AMERICAN RECORD GUIDE, July/August, 2000

"...blazing emotion…Careful – you might bet burned!”

Bill Stibor, Nebraska Public Radio, WET PAINT, CD of the Month, June, 2000

“Ian Krouse is a thoroughgoing Romantic… really lovely…”

John Story, FANFARE, July/August, 2000 

“Ian Krouse writes in an eclectic yet approachable style, a grab-bag of rhapsodic Romanticism and ethnic-spiced melodies and rhythms. That inspiration was certainly palpable in the impressive programme of his music released on Koch last year…Highly recommended for the works of Ian Krouse, one of the most communicative and intriguing young composers on the music scene today.”

Lawrence A. Johnson, GRAMOPHONE, Awards Issue 2001

“…you’ll be swept away in these resplendent works and performances. What a wonderful surprise this is!  Just when you fall back into thinking that all the good music is old music, the spirit falls on an unexpected candidate living in – of all places – Los Angeles.”

Donald R. Vroon, Editor in Chief, AMERICAN RECORD GUIDE, July/August, 2000

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“Wild Mountain Thyme,” Scott Tennant, guitarist, with James Walker, flutist, DELOS,
DE 3207 March, 1998.                                    

Contains:         

AIR (for guitar) DA CHARA (for flute and guitar)

“Two Friends” begins with the guitar in rapid arpeggiated repeated notes imitating a dulcimer, evolving into a short march and ending with an energetic dance.”

Lily Afshar, AMERICAN RECORD GUIDE, July, 1998

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THYME

“Romancing the Rose,” Gordon O’Brien, guitarist, UNTAPPED RECORDS, Released 1997.                 

Contains:           

VARIATIONS ON A MOLDAVIAN HORA (for guitar)  

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“Laureate Series,” “Guitar Recital,” Jason Vieaux, guitarist, NAXOS 8.553449, released December, 1996.             

Contains: 

VARIATIONS ON A MOLDAVIAN HORA (for guitar)

"Variations On A Moldavian Hora has rightfully earned its way into the repertoire beyond its role as the 1992 Guitar Foundation of America set piece.  Vieaux calls this piece one of the most challenging pieces he has ever performed, yet here these challenges are never evident, as the music flows with grace and fluidity."


William Clements, GFA SOUNDBOARD, Summer, 1998

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Vieux
“Vistas,” Randall Avers, guitarist, P.I.M.A. Productions, RA40174 released August 20, 1996.              

Contains:           

VARIATIONS ON A MOLDAVIAN HORA (for guitar)  
          

“This CD contains a collection of mid to late twentieth-century compositions by composers of the Americas.  Though most of the compositions are well-known guitar staples…some spice is thrown in, as in Ian Krouse’s Variations on a Moldavian Hora.  Those of us in college and playing competitions in the early 90’s will remember this piece well, but it’s well worth another listen.  The piece is difficult, but the fine playing allows one to see that behind this mask is a well-designed, interesting piece.”


Andrew Hill, GUITARRA MAGAZINE, Spring, 2007

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 Vistas

 “La Rosa, ‘A Passion for Guitar,’ Harold Micay, guitarist, Equinox 10070, released Summer 1996

 

Contains:

VARIATIONS ON A MOLDAVIAN HORA (for guitar)

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 “Labyrinth,” Los Angeles Guitar Quartet, DELOS, DE 3163, released May, 1995.  

Contains:         

 LABYRINTH (ON A THEME OF LED ZEPPELIN), (Guitar Quartet No. 5)    
 

 “For once, here’s an adventurous highly crafted work that insults neither high nor low musical camps.  Bravo!"

 

AMERICAN RECORD GUIDE, November/December, 1995

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“The Sound of Delos - 20th Anniversary Celebration,” Los Angeles Guitar Quartet, DELOSDE 3509, released Winter, 1994.  

 Contains:  
  

FOLIAS, (Guitar Quartet No. 4), excerpt  

 

“…Folías, a heated contemporary piece by guitarist Ian Krouse…begins where Boccherini’s flamenco strums end.  Boisterous rasgueado jump starts the 15-minute set of variations which travel back in time as each new treatment of the theme gets closer in language to the original Spanish Renaissance dance; by the fade-out finish, the players have exited one by one, as in Haydn’s Farewell Symphony, giving Folías a ghostly ending that sweeps away the music like so much desert sand and collective memory"

AMERICAN RECORD GUIDE, September/October, 1994

 

 

 
Delos

 
“Evening in Granada,” Los Angeles Guitar Quartet, DELOS DE 3144, released July, 1993.               

Contains:  
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FOLIAS, (Guitar Quartet No. 4)  

“The epic length “Folías” is one of the most fascinating pieces on this disc.  Composed by the contemporary composer Ian Krouse for the quartet, it blends a range of styles and is called a “time travel’ by the composer – starting with a pulsating, lightning fast chorus of plucking and developing to the main theme midway, moving to a fascinating modern sound and then back to its theme, slowing and quietly tapering to its conclusion.  Its diverse sound, from Flamenco to Baroque to modern, creates a piece that sounds both classical and contemporary, its composition much like the group itself.”

“Ian Krouse is a composer whose works the [LAGQ] has played for many years, here a work whose theme is a Spanish dance.  The traditional theme is played after the half-way point, revolving through versions made famous by Sanz and Guererra.  Krouse understands this traditional pattern very well and how to distance himself from it, bringing it to life with a new meaning.”           

GUITAR AND LUTE, 1996

“Folias” even has some vague acoustic echoes of contemporary pop guitarists like Robbie Kreiger of the Doors…”

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Granada

 

“Echoes of the Old World,” William Kanengiser, guitarist, GUITAR SOLO PUBLICATIONS, GSP CD 1006, released Spring, 1993.              

Contains:        

DROR YIKRO, (Chassidic Song for Guitar)  

"…he achieves a great depth of emotion and wonderful sonorities with his ersatz cantorial keening, based on a 10th century Hassidic song."

John Schneider, GFA SOUNDBOARD, Winter, 1995

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Echoes

 

 

“Recital”, Los Angeles Guitar Quartet, LA GUITARE D’HIER ET D’AUJOURD’HUI,
GHA 126.016, released Winter, 1992.  

Contains:         


BULERÍAS, (Guitar Quartet No. 3)  

“…absorbing, brutal, beautiful, and harsh, all at the same time."

GFA SOUNDBOARD, Winter, 1989-90

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Recital

 

 

  "El Amor Brujo," The Los Angeles Guitar Quartet, EL AMOR BRUO, GHA CD 126.001, July, 1987

 

ANTIQUE SUITE, (after Neusidler)

 

"Ian Krouse’s ‘Antique Suite after Neusidler’ is based on pieces by 16th century lutenist Hans Neusidler, and is a dynamic, often unsettling, fusion of 20th  century and Renaissance musical languages."


GUITAR PLAYER, April, 1990

 

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B. Arrangements:          

 

 

 

“La Luna,” Canadian Guitar Trio, SKYLARK, SKY 9802, released 1998.  

Contains:           

EINE KLEINE NACHTMUSIK (Mozart arr. Krouse)  

 

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“Evening in Granada,” Los Angeles Guitar Quartet, DELOS DE 3144, released July, 1994.  

Contains:           

DANZA RITUEL DEL FUEGO, (Falla - arr. Krouse) (1984)  

 

“The epic length “Folías” is one of the most fascinating pieces on this disc.  Composed by the contemporary composer Ian Krouse for the quartet, it blends a range of styles and is called a “time travel’ by the composer – starting with a pulsating, lightning fast chorus of plucking and developing to the main theme midway, moving to a fascinating modern sound and then back to its theme, slowing and quietly tapering to its conclusion.  Its diverse sound, from Flamenco to Baroque to modern, creates a piece that sounds both classical and contemporary, its composition much like the group itself.”

“Ian Krouse is a composer whose works the [LAGQ] has played for many years, here a work whose theme is a Spanish dance.  The traditional theme is played after the half-way point, revolving through versions made famous by Sanz and Guererra.  Krouse understands this traditional pattern very well and how to distance himself from it, bringing it to life with a new meaning.” 

GUITAR AND LUTE, 1996

“Folias” even has some vague acoustic echoes of contemporary pop guitarists like Robbie Kreiger of the Doors…”

 

 

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Granada

 

 

“The Los Angeles Guitar Quartet,” Los Angeles Guitar Quartet, LA GUITARE D’HIER ET D’AUJOURD’HUI, GHA CD 126.001, released Winter, 1987.     

Contains:           

DANZA RITUEL DEL FUEGO, (Falla - arr. Krouse) (1984)  

 

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amorbrujo

 

“3 Guitars 3,” Sharon Isbin, Laurindo Almeida and Larry Coryell, guitarists, PRO ARTE RECORDS, PAD 235, released 1986.   

Contains:           

MILLER’S DANCE, (Falla - arr. Krouse) (1980)

 

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3GUITARS

 

 

 “Music for Three Guitars,” de Falla Trio, CONCORD CONCERTO, CC3011, released 1986.
 
Contains:         

FANDANGO (Soler -arr. Krouse
ARAGON (Albeniz - arr. Krouse),
SUITE FROM ‘EL AMOR BRUJO’ (Falla - arr. Krouse)  

                                             

 

3guitars

 

 

 “The Los Angeles Guitar Quartet,” Los Angeles Guitar Quartet, ORFARION OR 2501, released 1984.                         

Contains:         

DANZA RITUEL DEL FUEGO (Falla - arr. Krouse) (1984)  

 

 

lAguitar

 

 

"Virtuoso Music for Three Guitars,” de Falla Guitar Trio, CONCORD CONCERTO, CC 2007, released 1984.  
Contains:           

CONCERTO IN D (Bach/Ernst - arr. Krouse)
EINE KLEINE NACHTMUSIK (Mozart - arr. Krouse)
LA VIDA BREVE (Falla - arr. Krouse)
THREE CORNERED HAT SUITE (Falla - arr. Krouse)

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C. Performances:  

 

 

 


"Labyrinth," guest artist with Los Angeles Guitar Quartet, DELOS, 1995.  
          
Performed on                

LABYRINTH               
 

 “For once, here’s an adventurous highly crafted work that insults neither high nor low musical camps.  Bravo!"

 

AMERICAN RECORD GUIDE, November/December, 1995

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 Labyrinth

 

 
"Virtuoso Music for Three Guitars," Falla Guitar Trio, CONCORD CONCERTO, CC 2007, released 1984.
 
Performed on  

CONCERTO IN D (Bach/Ernst - arr. Krouse)
EINE KLEINE NACHTMUSIK (Mozart - arr. Krouse)
LA VIDA BREVE (Falla - arr. Krouse)
THREE CORNERED HAT SUITE (Falla - arr. Krouse)   

 

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