Aaron Copland Copland: The Complete Music For Solo Piano
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CD Details
- Number of Discs: 2
- Released: August 23, 1994
- Originally Released: 1994
- Label: Sony Masterworks
Tracks on Disc 1:
- 1.Scherzo Humoristique: The Cat and the Mouse (1920)
- 2.Piano Variations (1930)
- 3.In Evening Air (1966)
- 4.Passacaglia (1922)
- 5.Piano Sonata (1939 - 1941): I. Molto moderato
- 6.Piano Sonata (1939 - 1941): Ii. Vivace
- 7.Piano Sonata (1939 - 1941): Iii. Andante sostenuto
- 8.Midday Thoughts (1944 - 1982)]
- 9.Proclamation (1973 - 1982)
- 10.Three Moods (1920 - 21): 1. embittered (November 14, 1920)
- 11.Three Moods (1920 - 21): 2. wistful (January 8, 1921)
- 12.Three Moods (1920 - 21): 3. jazzy (July 1921)
Tracks on Disc 2:
- 1.Petit Portrait (1921)
- 2.Sentimental Melody (1926)
- 3.Piano Fantasy (1926)
- 4.Four Piano Blues (1955 - 57): 1. Freely Poetic
- 5.Four Piano Blues (1955 - 57): 2. Soft and Languid
- 6.Four Piano Blues (1955 - 57): 3. Muted and Sensuous
- 7.Four Piano Blues (1955 - 57): 4. With Bounce
- 8.Midsummer Nocturne (1947)
- 9.The Young Pioneers (1935)]
- 10.Sunday Afternoon Music (1935)
- 11.Down a Country Lane (1962)
- 12.Night Thoughts (Hommage to Ives) (1972)
Product Description:
Most of this set was recorded for LP in 1978, but Leo Smit returned to the studios in 1993 to add some recently discovered short pieces. Smit, a friend of Copland and a composer himself, plays all of Copland's piano music with great comprehension. He sustains the flow throughout the difficult half-hour Piano Fantasy, though he doesn't create as much excitement in the Piano Variations as the composer did in 1935 on 78s (now on Pearl GEMM CD 9279). Much of Copland's piano music is occasional works or pieces for students, but the major works in the set make it well worth hearing. --Leslie Gerber
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