American Modern Ensemble - Powerhouse Pianists - COMPACT DISCS [CD]
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- Genre: Classical
- Description: Powerhouse Pianists is the American Modern Ensemble's first recording on the AMR tag and highlights two of it's members, pianists Blair McMillen and Stephen Gosling. Hailed by critics as 'Brilliant young stars... The dynamic duo of contemporary pianists' (The New York Times), this recording contains a selection of contemporary masterpieces by a few of America's greatest composers. Of special note on this recording is a work by Annie Gosfield in which Mr. McMillen plays the piano with a baseball mitt and baseballs. REVIEW FROM THE JUILLIARD JOURNAL An eclectic program... McMillen offers a rarity right off the bat, with Chester Biscardi's softly glittering Piano Sonata, then completely changes direction with Lee Hyla's stark Basic Training and Eric Moe's Where Branched Thoughts Murmur in the Wind, a brief, delicate essay. He ends with Brooklyn, October 5, 1941, Annie Gosfield's striking tribute to the Brooklyn Dodgers (played with baseballs and a mitt), in an unusual set delivered with tautness and finesse. Gosling begins with George Tsontakis's enigmatic Bagatelle, which at one point hovers over some very Brahmsian chords, followed by the darkly mysterious Episodes for Piano by Perry Townsend. Then Conlon Nancarrow bubbles into the mix with Tango?, brimming with wit. The cascade of notes continues with Joan Tower's Or Like a... an Engine, it's stammering title from a John Ashbery poem, and Gosling really floors the gas pedal for E-Machines, a hyperactive jolt by David Rakowski. Finally comes Five Études for Piano by Mischa Zupko, clearly influenced by Ligeti, and Gosling gives them a scientific accuracy, as if surveying their intricacies with a microscope. Engineer John Yannelli, capturing both pianists in the hall at Sarah Lawrence College, has given these dynamic artists a clear soundstage against which even the minutest details register in sharp focus. ••• The Amer
- Artist: American Modern Ensemble
- Title: Powerhouse Pianists
- Format: CD
- Label: American Modern Recs
- Release Date: 02/03/2008
- Genre: Classical
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- UPC: 616895058929
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Powerhouse Pianists is the American Modern Ensemble's first recording on the AMR tag and highlights two of it's members, pianists Blair McMillen and Stephen Gosling. Hailed by critics as 'Brilliant young stars... The dynamic duo of contemporary pianists' (The New York Times), this recording contains a selection of contemporary masterpieces by a few of America's greatest composers. Of special note on this recording is a work by Annie Gosfield in which Mr. McMillen plays the piano with a baseball mitt and baseballs. REVIEW FROM THE JUILLIARD JOURNAL An eclectic program... McMillen offers a rarity right off the bat, with Chester Biscardi's softly glittering Piano Sonata, then completely changes direction with Lee Hyla's stark Basic Training and Eric Moe's Where Branched Thoughts Murmur in the Wind, a brief, delicate essay. He ends with Brooklyn, October 5, 1941, Annie Gosfield's striking tribute to the Brooklyn Dodgers (played with baseballs and a mitt), in an unusual set delivered with tautness and finesse. Gosling begins with George Tsontakis's enigmatic Bagatelle, which at one point hovers over some very Brahmsian chords, followed by the darkly mysterious Episodes for Piano by Perry Townsend. Then Conlon Nancarrow bubbles into the mix with Tango?, brimming with wit. The cascade of notes continues with Joan Tower's Or Like a... an Engine, it's stammering title from a John Ashbery poem, and Gosling really floors the gas pedal for E-Machines, a hyperactive jolt by David Rakowski. Finally comes Five Études for Piano by Mischa Zupko, clearly influenced by Ligeti, and Gosling gives them a scientific accuracy, as if surveying their intricacies with a microscope. Engineer John Yannelli, capturing both pianists in the hall at Sarah Lawrence College, has given these dynamic artists a clear soundstage against which even the minutest details register in sharp focus. ••• The Amer
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