Daan Vandewalle - Frederic Rzewski: Nanosonatas (2025) [Hi-Res]
Artist: Daan Vandewalle
Title: Frederic Rzewski: Nanosonatas
Year Of Release: 2025
Label: Passacaille
Genre: Classical
Quality: FLAC (tracks) / 24bit-88.2kHz FLAC (tracks)
Total Time: 02:23:47
Total Size: 383 MB / 2.06 GB
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Tracklist:Title: Frederic Rzewski: Nanosonatas
Year Of Release: 2025
Label: Passacaille
Genre: Classical
Quality: FLAC (tracks) / 24bit-88.2kHz FLAC (tracks)
Total Time: 02:23:47
Total Size: 383 MB / 2.06 GB
WebSite: Album Preview
CD1
1. Nanosonatas, Book 1: Nanosonata No. 1 (2:35)
2. Nanosonatas, Book 1: Nanosonata No. 2 (2:52)
3. Nanosonatas, Book 1: Nanosonata No. 3 (2:55)
4. Nanosonatas, Book 1: Nanosonata No. 4 (2:37)
5. Nanosonatas, Book 1: Nanosonata No. 5 (2:50)
6. Nanosonatas, Book 1: Nanosonata No. 6 (3:24)
7. Nanosonatas, Book 1: Nanosonata No. 7 (2:50)
8. Nanosonatas, Book 2: Nanosonata No. 8, To Igor Levit (3:27)
9. Nanosonatas, Book 2: Nanosonata No. 9, To Igor Levit (3:55)
10. Nanosonatas, Book 2: Nanosonata No. 10, To Igor Levit (2:30)
11. Nanosonatas, Book 2: Nanosonata No. 11, To Igor Levit (3:57)
12. Nanosonatas, Book 2: Nanosonata No. 12, To Igor Levit (2:32)
13. Nanosonatas, Book 2: Nanosonata No. 13, To Igor Levit (3:13)
14. Nanosonatas, Book 2: Nanosonata No. 14, To Igor Levit (2:57)
15. Nanosonatas, Book 3: Nanosonata No. 15 (1:21)
16. Nanosonatas, Book 3: Nanosonata No. 16 (2:06)
17. Nanosonatas, Book 3: Nanosonata No. 17 (1:42)
18. Nanosonatas, Book 3: Nanosonata No. 18 (2:19)
19. Nanosonatas, Book 3: Nanosonata No. 19 (1:52)
20. Nanosonatas, Book 3: Nanosonata No. 20 (2:11)
21. Nanosonatas, Book 3: Nanosonata No. 21 (1:33)
22. Nanosonatas, Book 4, Peace Dances: Nanosonata No. 22, To Sarah Cahill (1:52)
23. Nanosonatas, Book 4, Peace Dances: Nanosonata No. 23 (1:14)
24. Nanosonatas, Book 4, Peace Dances: Nanosonata No. 24 (1:23)
25. Nanosonatas, Book 4, Peace Dances: Nanosonata No. 25 (1:29)
26. Nanosonatas, Book 4, Peace Dances: Nanosonata No. 26 (1:12)
27. Nanosonatas, Book 4, Peace Dances: Nanosonata No. 27 (5:26)
28. Nanosonatas, Book 4, Peace Dances: Nanosonata No. 28, "It Can Be Done!" (2:33)
CD2
1. Nanosonatas, Book 5: Nanosonata No. 29 (2:55)
2. Nanosonatas, Book 5: Nanosonata No. 30 (2:02)
3. Nanosonatas, Book 5: Nanosonata No. 31 (2:25)
4. Nanosonatas, Book 5: Nanosonata No. 32 (2:46)
5. Nanosonatas, Book 5: Nanosonata No. 33 (2:30)
6. Nanosonatas, Book 5: Nanosonata No. 34 (2:44)
7. Nanosonatas, Book 5: Nanosonata No. 35 (2:29)
8. Nanosonatas, Book 6: Nanosonata No. 36, “To a Young Man” (To Noam Rzewski) (2:28)
9. Nanosonatas, Book 6: Nanosonata No. 37, “To a Young Woman” (To Noemi) (2:54)
10. Nanosonatas, Book 6: Nanosonata No. 38, “To a Great Guy” (To Jan) (2:12)
11. Nanosonatas, Book 6: Nanosonata No. 39, “To a Runner” (To Alexis) (2:33)
12. Nanosonatas, Book 6: Nanosonata No. 40, “To a Dead Infant” (To Nicolas) (2:53)
13. Nanosonatas, Book 6: Nanosonata No. 4, “To a Sweet Guy” (2:53)
14. Nanosonatas, Book 6: Nanosonata No. F'42, “To a Girl” (To Esther Rzewski) (2:37)
15. Nanosonatas, Book 7: Nanosonata No. 43 (2:15)
16. Nanosonatas, Book 7: Nanosonata No. 44 (2:30)
17. Nanosonatas, Book 7: Nanosonata No. 45 (2:29)
18. Nanosonatas, Book 7: Nanosonata No. 46 (2:21)
19. Nanosonatas, Book 7: Nanosonata No. 47 (3:18)
20. Nanosonatas, Book 7: Nanosonata No. 48 (3:13)
21. Nanosonatas, Book 7: Nanosonata No. 49 (2:41)
22. Nanosonatas, Book 8: Nanosonata No. 50 (2:31)
23. Nanosonatas, Book 8: Nanosonata No. 51 (2:49)
24. Nanosonatas, Book 8: Nanosonata No. 52 (2:53)
25. Nanosonatas, Book 8: Nanosonata No. 53 (3:08)
26. Nanosonatas, Book 8: Nanosonata No. 54 (2:11)
27. Nanosonatas, Book 8: Nanosonata No. 55 (2:17)
28. Nanosonatas, Book 8: Nanosonata No. 56 (2:30)
Composed between 2006 and 2010, Frederic Rzewski’s Nanosonatas are a cycle of 56 brief piano pieces, structured into eight books. Conceived after his vast work The Road, these sonatas focus instead on concision, restraint, and the poetics of incompletion. Each nanosonata offers a fleeting glimpse—suggesting larger ideas, then stopping abruptly, like a character in Tolstoy evoked in just a few lines.
Despite their brevity, the Nanosonatas contain striking variety: echoes of Scarlatti, Schumann, Shostakovich, folk tunes, protest songs, and even boxing gestures all contribute to a vivid and unpredictable sound world. Deeply personal and philosophical, the cycle embraces imperfection as an aesthetic, resisting closure while reflecting on time, memory, and fragility.
Rzewski saw these works as part of a living keyboard tradition—from Frescobaldi to the present—and a continuation of the composer-performer lineage. Pianist Daan Vandewalle’s performance, shaped by years of artistic dialogue with Rzewski, captures both the intimate nuance and radical spirit of this masterful late work.
Despite their brevity, the Nanosonatas contain striking variety: echoes of Scarlatti, Schumann, Shostakovich, folk tunes, protest songs, and even boxing gestures all contribute to a vivid and unpredictable sound world. Deeply personal and philosophical, the cycle embraces imperfection as an aesthetic, resisting closure while reflecting on time, memory, and fragility.
Rzewski saw these works as part of a living keyboard tradition—from Frescobaldi to the present—and a continuation of the composer-performer lineage. Pianist Daan Vandewalle’s performance, shaped by years of artistic dialogue with Rzewski, captures both the intimate nuance and radical spirit of this masterful late work.
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