Osman Tack - Mirage (2024) [Hi-Res]

Tracklist

01. 8 Fanciful Pieces: No. 1, A Leaf in the River
02. 8 Fanciful Pieces: No. 2, Shrovetide Procession
03. 8 Fanciful Pieces: No. 3, Il Zoppo
04. 8 Fanciful Pieces: No. 4, The Storm Comes and Passes
05. 8 Fanciful Pieces: No. 5, Crazy Kate
06. 8 Fanciful Pieces: No. 6, Mirage
07. 8 Fanciful Pieces: No. 7, Dancers
08. 8 Fanciful Pieces: No. 8, When All Is Quiet
09. 4 Moods of the Wind: No. 1, Molto moderato
10. 4 Moods of the Wind: No. 2, Agitato
11. 4 Moods of the Wind: No. 3, Flessibile e drammatico
12. 4 Moods of the Wind: No. 4, Poco allegro
13. 3 Impromptus: No. 1, Allegro
14. 3 Impromptus: No. 2, Andante semplice
15. 3 Impromptus: No. 3, Allegretto
16. Piano Sonata No. 7: I. Allegro moderato
17. Piano Sonata No. 7: II. Poco adagio
18. Piano Sonata No. 7: III. Allegro vivace
19. 6 Bagatelles: No. 1, Highly Expressive but Gentile
20. 6 Bagatelles: No. 2, Lazy Pace. Undulating and Songful
21. 6 Bagatelles: No. 3, Cryptic and Playful
22. 6 Bagatelles: No. 4, Erratic in Motion. Melodramatic
23. 6 Bagatelles: No. 5, Hollow and Stealthy
24. 6 Bagatelles: No. 6, Molto perpetuo. Airy and Sparkling
25. Rondo in A-Flat Major

SOMM Recordings is pleased to announce the release of Mirage, a recital of piano music by Stephen Dodgson performed by Osman Tack in his impressive label debut. Featuring 24 first recordings, Mirage is the third volume in a series marking the 10th anniversary of Dodgson’s death in 2013, and celebrates a composer of “urbane and civilised” music, as Robert Matthew-Walker describes it in informative booklet notes. The recital spans seven decades from 1956’s Eight Fanciful Preludes – “a judiciously varied suite… bound by the directness of utterance that so distinguished Dodgson’s music” – to the Six Bagatelles composed between 1998 and 2005 when “his inspiration burned brightly in his eighties”. Also included are the “vastly impressive” Piano Sonata No.7 (Dodgson’s last) from 2003; the “significant” Three Impromptus (1962, revised 1985), and the varied, impressionistic Four Moods of the Wind Suite (1968). A bonus track, the Rondo in A flat from 1953, will be available for downloading on digital platforms. Osman Tack is a former Chandos Young Musician of the Year who has performed throughout the UK and internationally as a soloist, accompanist and chamber musician (having won the Pro-Corda Festival competition).

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