Anthony Romaniuk - Perpetuum (2023) [Hi-Res]

Tracklist

01. China Gates
02. Pièces froides: II. Danses de travers: No. 1, En y regardant à deux fois
03. Suite in E Major, BWV 1006a: I. Prélude (Arr. for Piano by Anthony Romaniuk)
04. Perpetuum Mobile (Arr. for Piano by Anthony Romaniuk)
05. Etude No. 4 "Fanfares"
06. 4 Impromptus, D. 899: No. 3, Andante in G-Flat Major
07. Shadings
08. A New Ground in E Minor, ZT 682
09. Pièces froides: II. Danses de travers: No. 2, Passer
10. Parabola
11. Piano Sonata, K043: I. Quarter note = 112
12. Toccata in E Minor, BWV 914
13. Etude No. 2
14. Faschingsschwank aus Wien, Op. 26: No. 4, Intermezzo
15. Le tombeau de Couperin, M. 68: I. Prélude. Vif
16. Uppon La Mi Re
17. 24 Preludes and Fugues, Op. 87: Prelude No. 2 in A Minor
18. Improvisation upon 'Uppon La Mi Re'
19. Piano Sonata No. 17 in D Minor, Op. 31 No. 2: III. Finale. Allegretto
20. Pièces froides: II. Danses de travers: No. 3, Encore
21. Toccata Arpeggiata



Anthony Romaniuk, multi-keyboardist, alchemist of pianos, or ‘musical polyglot’ as some people call him, presents his new album as follows: ‘I remember very clearly the occasions in my childhood when I would be at a concert and a magical feeling would overtake both the audience and the performers. It was as though everyone in the room was part of the performance and we were all experiencing a kind of collective bliss. As an adult I have tried to understand this phenomenon of communal concentration. It seems to me that a certain kind of musical work will naturally induce this state, works in which the rhythm is hypnotic, trance-like and ongoing. For this album I wanted to find music embodying this quality, pieces in perpetual motion.’ As if in some fascinating portrait gallery, we meet music by Kapsberger, Scarlatti, Purcell, Bach, Beethoven, Schubert, Schumann, Shostakovich, Stravinsky, Ravel, Satie, Ligeti, Adams, and improvisations, played on a Fazioli concert piano, a Graf fortepiano from 1835, a Flemish muselar, a seventeenth-century harpsichord, a Yamaha CP80 electro-acoustic piano and a Prophet Rev2 synthesiser.

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