Composer: Roger Smalley
Performer: Daniel Herscovitch, Taryn Fiebig, Scott Davie, James Cuddeford, Darryl Poulsen, Roger Smalley
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Toccata
Release: 2019
Size: 595 MB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
01. Albumblatt for piano
Nine Lives – A Song-Cycle about Cats
02. No. 1, With Slow & Confidential Pace
03. No. 2, In a Dim Corner of My Room
04. No. 3, A Cat Tinkles Discord on a Piano
05. No. 4, Of a Noble Race She Came
06. No. 5, I Am the Cat of Cats
07. No. 6, One of the Clock, and Silence Deep
08. No. 7, The Cat Has a Nervous Ear
09. No. 8, I Shall Go into a Cat
10. No. 9, Observe the Cat upon This Page
11. Capriccio No. 1
12. Barcarolle
13. Morceau de Concours
Piano Pieces I–V
14. Piano Pieces I – V: No. 1
15. Piano Pieces I – V: No. 2
16. Piano Pieces I – V: No. 3
17. Piano Pieces I – V: No. 4
18. Piano Pieces I – V: No. 5
Three Studies in Black and White
19. No. 1, Gamelan
20. No. 2, Moto perpetuo
21. No. 3, Dialogue
22. Lament for the Victims of Natural Disasters
Roger Smalley (1943-2015) made his mark, first in his native Britain and then in Australia, as composer, pianist, conductor, writer, academic and teacher. Although as performer and commentator he was at the forefront of musical modernism, he was also very fond of nineteenth-century Romanticism, and much of his music bridges the gap between old and new, retaining its roots in the past while reflecting the concerns of his own time, as the works on this album demonstrate.