Lynn Raley - Maëlstrom: Contemporary American Piano Music (2018)

Tracklist
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01. Six Etudes for Piano: I. Orbital Beacons
02. Six Etudes for Piano: II. Fire Waltz
03. Six Etudes for Piano: III. Cathedral Waterfall
04. Six Etudes for Piano: IV. On Twilight
05. Six Etudes for Piano: V. Rain at Funeral
06. Six Etudes for Piano: VI. Twitter Machines
07. Eurhythmy Etudes: I. Still Life
08. Eurhythmy Etudes: II. Motion Detector
09. Four Preludes for Piano: I. Maëlstrom
10. Four Preludes for Piano: II. Fading Embers
11. Four Preludes for Piano: III. Valse Subliminale
12. Four Preludes for Piano: IV. Caccia
13. The Haroun Piano Book: I. Zembla, Senda, Xanadu
14. The Haroun Piano Book: II. Haroun
15. The Haroun Piano Book: III. Mr. Sengupta
16. The Haroun Piano Book: IV. Rashid (a)
17. The Haroun Piano Book: V. Rashid (b)
18. The Haroun Piano Book: VI. Finale
19. Dance of the Honey Monkey

Composers
Moe, Eric (b.1954)
Peterson, Wayne (b.1927)
Thomas, Augusta Read (b.1964)
Wuorinen, Charles (b.1938)

Four American composers, all pianists, all prizewinners at the height of their powers. It is not surprising that the works collected here are idiomatic to the instrument and gratify ing to play. Augusta Read Thomas explores the piano’s natural resonance and beauty. Wayne Peterson’s expressive, sweeping virtuosic lines reflect his past as a jazz pianist. Charles Wuorinen’s bracing rhythms leap across the instrument in a modernist romp that echoes the wit and humor of his opera. Eric Moe’s Afro-bebop encore rounds out the program.