William Duckworth

A BALLAD IN TIME AND SPACE  tenor saxophone and piano
Fred Hemke
Brewster Records [BR 1204]


GAMBIT  solo percussion and 2-channel tape
William Youhass
CAPRA Records [CRS 1201]; reissued as [CRS 1210]


IMAGINARY DANCES  solo piano
Lois Svard With and Without Memory
Lovely Music Ltd [LCD 3051]

"My favorite piece, and the one that gave Svard the most emotional latitude, was William Duckworth's Imaginary Dances. The gentle, blues-tinged perpetual motion these nine dances set up offered even more goosebumps per movement than the same composer's famous Time Curve Preludes."
Kyle Gann, The Village Voice,1991


A MASS FOR THESE FORGOTTEN TIMES  SATB chorus
Univ. of Delaware Recording

PITT COUNTY EXCURSIONS  tenor saxophone and piano
Steve Mauk Tenor Excursions
Open Loop Records [019]


POLKING AROUND  solo accordion
Guy Klucevsek/Ain't Nothin' But A Polka Band
Polka Dots & Laser Beams
Wave/EVA, Tokyo [WWCX 2036]


REEL MUSIC  saxophone quartet
Chicago Saxophone Quartet
Brewster Records [BRS 184]


SLOW DANCING IN YUGOSLAVIA  solo accordion
Guy Klucevsek Transylvanian Softwear
John Marks Records [JMR 4]


SOUTHERN HARMONY  SSAATTBB chorus
The Gregg Smith Singers
Lovely Music Ltd [LCD 2033]

The Rooke Chapel Choir (selections)
Albany Records [TROY 098]

"William Duckworth has effected a small secular miracle...
Go for this one."
Fanfare, May/June 1994

"The overall effect os extraordinary...this is music of great beauty and substance."
Option, Sept./Oct. 1994


TANGO VOICES  solo piano
Yvar Mikhashoff Incitation to Desire
New Albion [NA073CD]


THIRTY-ONE DAYS  any solo woodwind
Michael Swartz, alto saxophone
Lovely Music Ltd [LCD 2032]

"Duckworth's composition asks a very pertinent question about the art of the improviser: whether familiarity opens the door to rampant cliches. The success of Duckworth's score is that it purposely engineers detachment....A Classic."
David Ilic, Wire Magazine (England), 1988


THE TIME CURVE PRELUDES  solo piano
Neely Bruce, piano
Lovely Music Ltd [LCD 2031]

"Whatever you choose to call it, it is something special."
Keyboard Magazine 1983

"The piece is moody. It is frenetic, then mantric, then lyrical, then chaotic, then silky."
Option Magazine 1984

"a work of captivating beauty. One has the impression of hearing a kaleidoscope."
Musical America 1986


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