Composer: Aaron Copland, John Corigliano, George Tsontakis, Ben Weber
Performer: Stephen Hough
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Hyperion
Catalogue: CDA67005
Release: 1998
Size: 196 MB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
Corigliano: Etude Fantasy
01. Etude No 1. For the left hand alone
02. Etude No 2. Legato
03. Etude No 3. Fifths to thirds
04. Etude No 4. Ornaments
05. Etude No 5. Melody
06. Copland: Piano Variations
07. Weber: Fantasia (Variations)
Tsontakis: Ghost Variations
08. I. Ad libitum – Strictly – Languid – Tempo 1 – Mozart Variations
09. II. Scherzo 1
10. III. Scherzo 2
This recital consists of works by four New York-based composersall writing in their thirtieswhich stride across the century from 1930 to 1991. Although all four composers are probably better known for works using other instrumental combinations, these piano pieces were of crucial, even seminal importance in their development and show them at the height of their powerstheir voices fully ‘broken’. Although none of them professional pianists, they write for the instrument with consummate insight and invention. Notwithstanding their modernity, there is always a respect for the piano here: an understanding of its tradition, a love for its sonority.