Eldon Rathburn, calliope, Jew's harps ; Stéphane Lemelin, piano ; Atlantic Brass Quintet: (Joseph D, Foley, Jeffrey Luke, trumpets ; Seth Orgel, horn ; John Faieta, trombone ; John Manning, tuba) ; Eric Weissberg, banjo ; Billy Keith, banjo ; Julian Armour, cello ; Ross Edwards, clarinet. Recorded between 1980-June 1993. Compact disc. Booklet with program notes in English ([7] pages) inserted in container.
Contents:
Three calliope pieces. The St. Lawrence Tubular Bridge mazurka polka (1:40) ; Stravinsky on the Delta Queen (1:30) ; Honky-tonks (City of gold) (1:09) -- Junction (6:19) -- The rise and fall of the steam railroad (16:23) -- Ghost train (4:58) -- Six railroad preludes. A great little train of Wales (1:11) ; Tiddles of Paddington (1:29) ; Spiral Tunnel boogie (1:17) ; In memoriam : Jumbo (1:50) ; Thoreau's train (1:35) ; Amtrak (:38) -- The Iron Horse of Delson (4:00) -- Schoenberg vs. Gershwin (2:00) -- Dorion Crossing (7:23) -- Two railoramas. Dvorak at 155th Street (1:41) ; Hindemith rides the Merchants Limited (2:01) -- The Nomadic Five (5:54) -- Turbo (5:41).
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