Streetwise (album)

*Streetwise*
Streetwise
Studio album by Richard Kastle
Released	1991
Recorded	Minnesota Public Radio, Studio M, St. Paul, MN
Genre	Classical
Length	45:13
Label	Virgin
Producer	Steve Barnett
Richard Kastle chronology

Streetwise is the debut studio album by American classical pianist Richard Kastle, released on March 5, 1991 by Virgin Records. The album has a warning label that reads: "Parental Advisory: This album contains classical music, no lyrics whatsoever." The musicians debut album was also a part of a larger scheme by Virgin Records to seek out and develop a new and younger audience for classical music.^[1] Record companies, in the early 1990s, used innovative and hip marketing techniques in an effort to attract younger audiences to classical music.^[2]

Inception of the album

Kastle did not want to record an album of short works, mostly for the piano. He insisted that his first album feature the 25 minute "Royce Concerto" with an orchestra. The record company maintained that Kastle's first album needed to break even, at least, and offered to guarantee a second release if he recorded shorter works for the first album, split evenly between classics and newer Kastle compositions.^[1]

Track listing

Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2 - Franz Liszt
Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring - Johann Sebastian Bach
Batcave at Dusk - Richard Kastle
Piano Concerto No. 4, ii - Richard Kastle
Fantasy in F# - Richard Kastle
Sonata in A - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Sonata Pathetique ii - Ludwig van Beethoven
Rhapsody in Blue - George Gershwin
Atlantis - Richard Kastle

Credits

Executive Producer: Roger Holdredge
Produced by Steve Barnett
Engineered by Preston Smith
Orchestrated by Richard Kastle
Conducted by Steve Barnett
Art Direction: Melanie Nissen
Design: Steve J. Gerdes
Photography: Daniel Peebles

String Players: Romuald Teco (Concert Master), Julie Ayer, Carolyn Daws, Henley Daws, Roger Frisch, Thomas Kornacker
(Principal Second Violin), Frank Lee, Carl Nashan, John Tartaglia (Principal Viola), Tamas Strasser, Peter Howard (Principal Cello),
Joshua Koestenbaum.

References

^ ^a ^b Appleford, Steve (March 24, 1991). "Spike-Haired Pianist Shows How You Can't Judge an Album by His Jacket". Los Angeles Times. ...a warning label that reads, 'Parental Advisory: This album contains classical music, no lyrics whatsoever.' ...Kastle insisted that his first album feature a 45-piece orchestra to record the 25 minute "Royce Concerto." The record company maintained that Kastle's first album needed to break even, at least, and offered to guarantee a second release if he recorded shorter works for the album. "So I kind of considered the first album like hors d'oeuvers." he said..
^ Duncan, Scott (September 1, 1991). "Classical music woos a younger audience". Kansas City Star. ..Streetwise by pianist Richard Kastle, who dresses in leather biker vests and has a purple "V" razored in the back of his..

External links

[jeans-1] Appleford, Steve (March 24, 1991). "Spike-Haired Pianist Shows How You Can't Judge an Album by His Jacket". Los Angeles Times. ...a warning label that reads, 'Parental Advisory: This album contains classical music, no lyrics whatsoever.' ...Kastle insisted that his first album feature a 45-piece orchestra to record the 25 minute "Royce Concerto." The record company maintained that Kastle's first album needed to break even, at least, and offered to guarantee a second release if he recorded shorter works for the album. "So I kind of considered the first album like hors d'oeuvers." he said..

[2] Duncan, Scott (September 1, 1991). "Classical music woos a younger audience". Kansas City Star. ..Streetwise by pianist Richard Kastle, who dresses in leather biker vests and has a purple "V" razored in the back of his..

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