Ursula Oppens - Bolcom: Music for Solo Piano (2017) [Hi-Res]

Tracklist
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CD1
01. New York Lights - Ursula Oppens
02. Fantasy-Sonata: I. Maestoso, ma non largo - Christopher Taylor
03. Fantasy-Sonata: II. Burlesque. Allegro, Very Rhythmic - Christopher Taylor
04. Fantasy-Sonata: III. Andante, cantando ed un poco misterioso-Variations-Andante - Christopher Taylor
05. Fantasy-Sonata: IV. Finale. Burlesqued Variations and Coda - Christopher Taylor
06. 3 Dance Portraits: No. 1, The Dead Moth Tango - Ursula Oppens
07. 3 Dance Portraits: No. 2, Knock-Stück - Ursula Oppens
08. 3 Dance Portraits: No. 3, Abbacadabra - Ursula Oppens
09. Spring Dances: No. 1, Lively - Constantine Finehouse
10. Spring Dances: No. 2, Slow and Contemplative - Constantine Finehouse
11. Spring Dances: No. 3, Clowns. Fast and with Humor - Constantine Finehouse
12. Spring Dances: No. 4, Cantabile - Constantine Finehouse

CD2
01. 12 Piano Études, Book 1: No. 1, Slowly, Mysteriously - Christopher Taylor
02. 12 Piano Études, Book 1: No. 2, Flowing, Underground - Christopher Taylor
03. 12 Piano Études, Book 1: No. 3, Sonorously, moderato - Christopher Taylor
04. 12 Piano Études, Book 1: No. 4, With Constrained Expression - Christopher Taylor
05. 12 Piano Études, Book 2: No. 5, Tranquil, Mystic - Christopher Taylor
06. 12 Piano Études, Book 2: No. 6, Scherzino-Variations - Christopher Taylor
07. 12 Piano Études, Book 2: No. 7, Fast and Declamatory; Ferociously; Scherzando - Christopher Taylor
08. 12 Piano Études, Book 2: No. 8, Softly, Very Slowly - Christopher Taylor
09. 12 Piano Études, Book 3: No. 9, Tremolando - Christopher Taylor
10. 12 Piano Études, Book 3: No. 10, Gestures - Christopher Taylor
11. 12 Piano Études, Book 3: No. 11, Very Rhythmic, Light - Christopher Taylor
12. 12 Piano Études, Book 3: No. 12, Apotheosis. Slowly, with Majesty - Christopher Taylor
13. Night Pieces: No. 1, Andante - Ursula Oppens
14. Night Pieces: No. 2, Quarter Note = 86 - Ursula Oppens
15. Night Pieces: No. 3, Sostenuto - Ursula Oppens
16. Night Pieces: No. 4, Quarter Note = 92 - Ursula Oppens
17. Night Pieces: No. 5, Largo - Ursula Oppens
18. Conversations with Andre: No. 1, Molto allegro - Constantine Finehouse
19. Conversations with Andre: No. 2, Moderato, comodo - Constantine Finehouse
20. Conversations with Andre: No. 3, Presto - Constantine Finehouse
21. Conversations with Andre: No. 4, Andantino, più lento - Constantine Finehouse
22. Conversations with Andre: No. 5, Allegro risoluto - Constantine Finehouse
23. Conversations with Andre: No. 6, Andante maestoso - Constantine Finehouse
24. Estela (Rag Latino) - Estela Olevsky
25. Night Meditations: No. 1, Moderato - Constantine Finehouse
26. Night Meditations: No. 2, Cantabile - Constantine Finehouse
27. Night Meditations: No. 3, Lively-Misterioso - Constantine Finehouse
28. Night Meditations: No. 4, Calmo, moderato - Constantine Finehouse

CD3
01. Romantic Pieces: No. 1, Andantino - Constantine Finehouse
02. Romantic Pieces: No. 2, Allegro grazioso - Constantine Finehouse
03. Romantic Pieces: No. 3, Lento sostenuto - Constantine Finehouse
04. Romantic Pieces: No. 4, Presto ma non troppo - Constantine Finehouse
05. Romantic Pieces: No. 5, Andante grazioso e piacevole - Constantine Finehouse
06. Romantic Pieces: No. 6, Chorale - Constantine Finehouse
07. Romantic Pieces: No. 7, Allegretto - Constantine Finehouse
08. The Brooklyn Dodge - Christopher Taylor
09. Variations on a Theme by George Rochberg - Constantine Finehouse
10. Dream Music No. 1 - Christopher Taylor
11. Ballade - Ursula Oppens


William Bolcom was awarded the 1988 Pulitzer Prize in Music for his 12 New Etudes for piano, and his music has always revolved around works for the instrument on which he still performs as a soloist and accompanist. This collection of mostly premiere recordings reveals student pieces that negotiate 20th-century musical battles between the avant-garde influences of Boulez and Messiaen and Bolcom’s love of Schumann, as well as later work that embraces the 1960s ragtime revival and draws inspiration from friends and colleagues in every phase of his distinguished six-decade career. Elegantly performed by friends of the composer, this wide-ranging program is summed up by Bolcom as ‘cleaning house’ in the Charles Ives tradition.

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