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GEORGE CRUMB: Works for Amplified Piano(s)
Catalogue No.:
0022012KAI
EAN Code:
9120010286124
Label:
KAIROS
Recording Date:
Feb 2020, Feb 2022, Aug 2022
Recording Venue:
various
Release:
October 2023
With this album, Yoshiko Shimizu presents a second outstanding recording of works for amplified piano(s) by American composer George Crumb, being the only pianist who has created ‘solo’ realizations of his compositions Celestial Mechanics (Makrokosmos IV), Zeitgeist and Otherworldly Resonances. George Crumb praised her superb 2018 KAIROS release (0015029KAI), declaring, “I consider her to be one of my very finest interpreters. Bravissima!”
George Crumb
Celestial Mechanics (Makrokosmos IV) (1979/2012) Cosmic Dances for Amplified Piano, Four Hands (and Six Hands)
1.
Alpha Centauri
04:01
2.
Beta Cygni
04:22
3.
Gamma Draconis
06:03
4.
Delta Orionis
07:55
Zeitgeist (1988) Six Tableaux for Two Amplified Pianos, Book I
5.
Portent
07:22
6.
Two Harlequins
04:10
7.
Monochord
04:27
8.
Day of the Comet
03:04
9.
The Realm of Morpheus
03:09
10.
Reverberations
05:28
Otherworldly Resonances (2005) (Tableaux, Book II) for Two Amplified Pianos
11.
Double Helix
08:14
12.
Celebration and Ritual
07:19
13.
Palimpsest
03:48
Total Time:
01:09:42