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Quattro Mani: Kindred Spirits
John Novacek: Three Rags for Two Pianos (2005)
Stephen Jaffe: Cut-Time Shout (2004)
Paul Lansky: It All Adds Up (“Six Preludes for Two Pianos”) (2005)
William Bland: Kindred Spirits (2005)
Lance Hulme: Manic Music (“for two maniacal pianists”) (1995)
Jed Distler: Loose Changes (2005)
Quattro Mani:
Susan Grace & Alice Rybak, duo-pianists
BRIDGE 9260
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This disc presents premiere recordings of new duo-piano works, composed for the stellar Quattro Mani (Susan Grace & Alice Rybak, duo-pianists). John Novacek's Three Rags for Two Pianos opens the disc with a bang, offering a virtuoso updated-take on the traditional rag genre. Stephen Jaffe's Cut-Time Shout is a rhythmically taut palate cleanser before Paul Lansky's masterful It All Adds Up, the longest and most varied piece on this disc. William Bland's Kindred Spirits, the title work of the disc, is in two movements-- an intense concert waltz, and a wild set of variations based on a tune by the rock band “Limp Bizkit”. Lance Hulme's Manic Music is written in a hyper-intense quasi-minimalist style, and Jed Distler's Loose Changes concludes the disc with high-spirited eclecticism.
These Quattro Mani discs are available on Bridge:
Music of George Crumb: (BRIDGE 9105)
Music of Poul Ruders: (BRIDGE 9143)
Concertos by Poulenc, Bartok and Milhaud (BRIDGE 9224)
Music of Tania León (BRIDGE 9231) |
