Alexandre Dossin - Bernstein: Piano Music (2015) [Hi-Res]

Tracklist

01. Piano Sonata: I. —
02. Piano Sonata: II. —
03. 7 Anniversaries: No. 1, For Aaron Copland
04. 7 Anniversaries: No. 2, For My Sister, Shirley
05. 7 Anniversaries: No. 3, In Memoriam. Alfred Eisner
06. 7 Anniversaries: No. 4, For Paul Bowles
07. 7 Anniversaries: No. 5, In Memoriam. Nathalie Koussevitzky
08. 7 Anniversaries: No. 6, For Sergei Koussevitzky
09. 7 Anniversaries: No. 7, For William Schuman
10. 13 Anniversaries: No. 1, For Shirley Gabis Rhoads Perle
11. 13 Anniversaries: No. 2, In Memoriam. William Kapell
12. 13 Anniversaries: No. 3, For Stephen Sondheim
13. 13 Anniversaries: No. 4, For Craig Urquhart
14. 13 Anniversaries: No. 5, For Leo Smit
15. 13 Anniversaries: No. 6, For My Daughter, Nina
16. 13 Anniversaries: No. 7, In Memoriam. Helen Coates
17. 13 Anniversaries: No. 8, In Memoriam. Goddard Lieberson
18. 13 Anniversaries: No. 9, For Jessica Fleischmann
19. 13 Anniversaries: No. 10, In Memoriam. Constance Hope
20. 13 Anniversaries: No. 11, For Felicia, on Our 28th Birthday (And Her 52nd)
21. 13 Anniversaries: No. 12, For Aaron Stern
22. 13 Anniversaries: No. 13, In Memoriam. Ellen Goetz
23. Music for the Dance No. 2: I. —
24. Music for the Dance No. 2: II. —
25. Music for the Dance No. 2: III. —
26. Non troppo presto

Known for his large-scale compositions, Leonard Bernstein also wrote for his own instrument, the piano. The sequence of four Anniversaries, published between 1944 and 1989, are brief, deftly evocative vignettes written to celebrate his many friends, colleagues and family members. The early Piano Sonata is imbued with youthful self-confidence, and explores certain compositional techniques to which he was to return in more mature works. The rhythmically incisive Music for the Dance No. II is another important early work.

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