Margaret Leng Tan - The Art of the Toy Piano (1997)

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Title: The Art of the Toy Piano
Year Of Release: 1997
Label: Point Music
Genre: Classical
Quality: FLAC (tracks)
Total Time: 48:03
Total Size: 277 Mb
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Tracklist:

Mirabella (a Tarantella) (Stephen Montague)
1 Montague: Mirabella (a Tarantella) 03:05
Eleanor Rigby (John Lennon)
2 Lennon, McCartney: Eleanor Rigby 02:29
Satie Blues (Toby Twining)
3 Twining: Satie Blues - arr. for toy piano and piano by the composer 06:05
Three Landscapes for Peter Wyer (Jed Distler)
4 Distler: Three Landscapes for Peter Wyer 05:48
Modern Love Waltz (Philip Glass)
5 Glass: Modern Love Waltz - transcribed for 2 toy pianos by Margaret Leng Tan 03:31
Miracle Ear (David Lang)
6 Lang: Miracle Ear 03:58
Nightmare Rag (Toby Twining)
7 Twining: Nightmare Rag - arr. for toy piano and piano by the composer 03:51
East Broadway (Julia Wolfe)
8 Wolfe: East Broadway 03:31
Piano Sonata No. 14 in C sharp minor, Op. 27 No. 2 -"Moonlight" - transcribed for 2 toy piano's by Margaret Leng Tan (Ludwig van Beethoven)
9 1. Adagio sostenuto 04:39
Sweet Chinoiserie (Guy Klucevsek)
10 Klucevsek: Sweet Chinoiserie - arr. for 2 toy piano's, toy accordion, melodica, toy drums and rattles, glasses, dishes and cans by the composer 07:16
Star-Spangled Etude #3 ('Furling Banner') (Raphaël Mostel)
11 Mostel: Star-Spangled Etude #3 ("Furling Banner") 01:19
Gymnopédie n° 3 (Erik Satie)
12 Satie: Gymnopédie No. 3 - transcribed for toy piano and piano by Margaret Leng Tan 02:31

Performers:
Piano – Margaret Leng Tan

For her first full-length exploration of the toy piano's slightly out-of-tune and whimsically off-kilter, percussive sound, Margaret Leng Tan covers a wide variety of material, cobbling together a surprisingly coherent, entertaining effort. The Art of the Toy Piano looks at first like it might be one of those sub-Kronos hipster records, sticking as it does Erik Satie next to Ralph Mostel, John Lennon next to Stephen Montague, and Guy Klucevsek next to Beethoven. But Tan not only has the sensitivity and control to mix these works without mashing them but also celebrates the odd, clunky musicality of the instrument. In addition to "real" piano, there's a smattering of funky kids' instruments, from a distorted drum machine to whistles, melodica, and toy accordion. -- Mike McGonigal