VA - George Oakley: Wanderer (2018) [Hi-Res]

Tracklist
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01. Toccata
02. Sonata for Cello & Piano: I. Quasi rubato andante
03. Sonata for Cello & Piano: II. Prayer. Adagio molto e cantabile
04. Sonata for Cello & Piano: III. Allegro ma non troppo
05. 4 Songs Based on Shakespeare's Sonnets: Sonnet 101
06. 4 Songs Based on Shakespeare's Sonnets: Sonnet 111
07. 4 Songs Based on Shakespeare's Sonnets: Sonnet 116
08. 4 Songs Based on Shakespeare's Sonnets: Sonnet 56
09. Remembrance
10. Sonata-Fantasia

George Oakley is a Georgian-born American composer and a prize-winning concert pianist. The solo piano pieces on this recording, Toccata and Sonata-Fantasia, are technically demanding works which exhibit a range of styles from jazz to classical and Georgian folk music. Oakley’s Sonata for Cello and Piano takes us from an initial state of struggle and doubt to a cheerful and victorious conclusion. For his Four Songs on Shakespeare Sonnets, Oakley “drew inspiration… from the musical language of Shakespeare’s era, so that each song would somehow become a bridge connecting the Renaissance with modernity.” His mentor and friend Richard Danielpour has written that “George Oakley’s music is always highly expressive, inevitable without ever being predictable, and speaks to the heart as well as the mind.”

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