David Berry - Spirit, Body and Soul: Concert Spirituals for Solo Piano (2026) Hi-Res

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Title: Spirit, Body and Soul: Concert Spirituals for Solo Piano
Year Of Release: 2026
Label: Navona
Genre: Classical
Quality: FLAC (tracks) / FLAC 24 Bit (96 KHz / tracks)
Total Time: 53:17 min
Total Size: 171 / 882 MB
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Tracklist:

01. Kommunikationen: I. Un poco allegretto
02. Kommunikationen: II. Vivace non troppo, sempre staccato
03. Kommunikationen: III. Adagio
04. Kommunikationen: IV. Giocoso
05. Lachen und Weinen zu jeglicher Stunde: I. Adagio - Allegretto non troppo
06. Lachen und Weinen zu jeglicher Stunde: IIa. Variazioni sopra un tema di Ricardo Wagner: Tema “mäßig langsam”
07. Lachen und Weinen zu jeglicher Stunde: IIb. Variazioni sopra un tema di Ricardo Wagner: Var. 1. Calmo - Vivace assai - Senza misur
08. Lachen und Weinen zu jeglicher Stunde: IIc. Variazioni sopra un tema di Ricardo Wagner: Var. 2. Quasi marcia “Isoldatesca”
09. Lachen und Weinen zu jeglicher Stunde: IId. Variazioni sopra un tema di Ricardo Wagner: Var. 3. Tempo di valse “Valse Trist-an-ess
10. Lachen und Weinen zu jeglicher Stunde: IIe. Variazioni sopra un tema di Ricardo Wagner: Var. 4. Adagio - Senza misura - Tempo prim
11. Lachen und Weinen zu jeglicher Stunde: III. Balcanesca. Allegro ruvido - Adagio - Senza misura, calmo - Lento, quasitempo di sirta
12. Lachen und Weinen zu jeglicher Stunde: IV. Epilogo. Lento, triste
13. Tres non faciunt collegium musicum: I. Adagio - Molto sfrenato
14. Tres non faciunt collegium musicum: II. Mesto
15. Tres non faciunt collegium musicum: III. Presto - Lugubre - Tempo primo, ma un poco più lento
16. Mobile musicale: I. Un poco allegro
17. Mobile musicale: II. Lento, senza misura
18. Mobile musicale: III. Allegretto - Tempo di gavotta. Molto grazioso
19. Cadenza senza Concerto: (Different details)
20. Sextett … ad aspra …: I. Lento - Moderato
21. Sextett … ad aspra …: II. Calmo - Allegro capriccioso

In SPIRIT, BODY AND SOUL, pianist and composer David Berry offers powerful and virtuosic compositions on African American Spirituals for solo piano. Ranging from intense virtuosity to deeply intimate reflection, the works on this album are imbued with the full gamut of human emotion that lives within the tradition of the spirituals. The album includes beloved favorites such as Joshua Fought the Battle of Jericho, Go Down Moses, Swing Low, Sweet Chariot, Nobody Knows the Trouble I’ve Seen, and closes with a very unique improvisation on Lift Every Voice and Sing.

Berry’s style, praised as “touchingly introspective” by Gramophone, blends the power, sweep, and virtuosity of the classical piano tradition descended from Liszt and Rachmaninoff, with the soul essence and elements of various Black music styles in a unique journey through these cherished spirituals.