The Venetian Concertos David Chesky & The 21st Century Symphony Orchestra

• David Chesky (b. 1956): Concerto No. 3:
• 1 Chesky: Concerto No. 3: Movement 1 05:27
• 2 Chesky: Concerto No. 3: Movement 2 04:36
• 3 Chesky: Concerto No. 3: Movement 3 03:42
• Concerto No. 1:
• 4 Chesky: Concerto No. 1: Movement 1 06:04
• 5 Chesky: Concerto No. 1: Movement 2 05:22
• 6 Chesky: Concerto No. 1: Movement 3 04:11
• Concerto No. 2:
• 7 Chesky: Concerto No. 2: Movement 1 06:33
• 8 Chesky: Concerto No. 2. Movement 2 06:17
• 9 Chesky: Concerto No. 2: Movement 3 03:59
• Concerto No. 4:
• 10 Chesky: Concerto No. 4: Movement 1 05:41
• 11 Chesky: Concerto No. 4: Movement 2 06:06
• 12 Chesky: Concerto No. 4: Movement 3 04:03
• Total Runtime 01:02:01

Info for The Venetian Concertos

David Chesky's newest radically original powerful compositions, The Venetian Concertos, are a tribute to the classic Italian Concerto Grosso form. Chesky uses his fondness for the Baroque as a starting point. However, influenced and inspired by Brazilian, Urban, and Latin music, he then replaces the Baroque line contour with dense chromatic polyphony. The collision of styles creates a powerful new definition of the Orchestral Concerto form, one which embraces a more contemporary and relevant approach to both counterpoint and energy.

"Breathes new life into the old forms." (Colin Clarke, Fanfare Magazine

"Check this one out - you will be surprised by the music and the stunning performances." (Classical CD Review)

"As for the performances, they are uniformly excellent: I could find virtually no information on the Orchestra of the 21st Century, but they play very well. No conductor is credited in the album information – might it be Chesky himself? The flutist, who plays brilliantly, is also unnamed. The sound reproduction is vivid and well balanced, fully state-of-the-art. I highly recommend this album to those looking for something quite new and bold, but very accessible as well." (Robert Cummings, classical.net)

"Each concerto in the set has a dramatic character of its own. The outer movements of ‘Concerto 3’ are brimful of revolutionary drive and the third movement sets the tone for all that is to follow. ‘Concerto 1’ to my mind is the souvenir d’occasion. ‘Concerto 2’ is impossible to listen to without being beckoned into a richer kaleidoscope of sound and tempi than you might have ever expected. And ‘Concerto 4’ with its slippery cellos and basses, so expertly structured, brings it all to a close evoking Venice as a place of decaying, sinister beauty, with allusions to Baroque concerti woven into the textures of its final movement. The Orchestra of the 21st Century performs these devastatingly beautiful works with outrageous skill and virtuosity. More’s the pity that their constituents remain nameless." (Raul da Gama, worldmusicreport.com)

David Chesky, piano, musical director
Orchestra of the 21st Century

David Chesky
is a GRAMMY-nominated American pianist, composer, producer, arranger, film maker, and co-founder of the independent, audiophile label Chesky Records.

Chesky is considered a technological innovator with his work in binarual and high resolution audio.

Chesky has won Independent Music Awards and received Grammy nominations for his jazz, classical, opera, and experimental rap music.

Three-time Grammy nominee David Chesky has earned great respect for his fresh and unique approach to musical compositions, which span the jazz and classical genres. Captivating audiences around the world, The New York Times raves, “Chesky combines a gritty sophistication with street-level energy and currents of exotic folkishness.” As a composer of orchestral works, operas and ballets, an author of children’s books, a jazz pianist and a world-renowned innovator of audio technologies, Chesky redefines the role of a modern-day renaissance man. Critics describe his music as “highly individualistic,” “memorable,” “dynamic” and “exotic.

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