LEVIT, IGOR
FOUR PIECES
Genre: Klassiek
Label: NAXOS
Releasedatum: 05-08-2014
Herkomst: NL
Item-nr: 3303097
EAN: 0636943975923
Levertijd: 6 a 10 werkdagen
Recensie
De Amerikaanse pianist en componist Anthony Rzewski (1938) studeerde onder andere bij Dallapiccola en Elliott Carter. Hij werkte samen met Stockhausen en doceerde lange tijd in Rome en Luik. Al eerder nam de Nederlandse pianist Ralph van Raat diens virtuoze The people united will never be defeated! op. De Four Pieces zijn een vervolg, al even gecompliceerd. Rzewski's politieke standpunten komen naar voren in Hard Cuts, onder andere gericht tegen de vele bezuinigingen op cultuur wereldwijd, terwijl de variaties van The Houswife's Lament gebaseerd zijn op Beethoven. Niet de meest toegankelijke muziek, maar zeker ritmisch zeer fascinerend.
Rzewski: 4 Pieces, Hard Cuts & The Housewife's Lament
Piano Pieces (4)
Hard Cuts
Lunapark, Arnold Marinissen
The Housewife's Lament
Ralph van Raat (piano)
Frederic Rzewski is most celebrated for his virtuosic variations for piano, The People United Will Never Be Defeated! (8559360). The Four Pieces began as a sequel to that breath-taking work, but whilst sharing certain similarities – Andean dance rhythms and tremendous drama – it occupies its own very distinct sound world, offering a compound of intense lyricism, shattering darkness, and hints of revolutionary fervour. The Housewife’s Lament is a set of variations on a 19th-century tune by an anonymous composer with strong influences of Beethoven. The punning title Hard Cuts refers to cuts both budgetary and musical, and Rzewski’s signature elements appear throughout: folk rhythms, pointillist clarity, minimalism, and unique craftsmanship.
Rzewski: 4 Pieces, Hard Cuts & The Housewife's Lament
Piano Pieces (4)
Hard Cuts
Lunapark, Arnold Marinissen
The Housewife's Lament
Ralph van Raat (piano)
Frederic Rzewski is most celebrated for his virtuosic variations for piano, The People United Will Never Be Defeated! (8559360). The Four Pieces began as a sequel to that breath-taking work, but whilst sharing certain similarities – Andean dance rhythms and tremendous drama – it occupies its own very distinct sound world, offering a compound of intense lyricism, shattering darkness, and hints of revolutionary fervour. The Housewife’s Lament is a set of variations on a 19th-century tune by an anonymous composer with strong influences of Beethoven. The punning title Hard Cuts refers to cuts both budgetary and musical, and Rzewski’s signature elements appear throughout: folk rhythms, pointillist clarity, minimalism, and unique craftsmanship.
Tracks
Disc 1
1. Nr. 1 (Ohne Satzbezeichnung)
2. Nr. 2 (Ohne Satzbezeichnung)
3. Nr. 3 (Ohne Satzbezeichnung)
4. Nr. 4 (Ohne Satzbezeichnung)
5. Nr. 1 (Ohne Satzbezeichnung)
6. Nr. 2 (Ohne Satzbezeichnung)
7. Nr. 3 Like Bees
8. The Housewife's Lament (1980)
