Brad Mehldau - Seymour Reads the Constitution - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

Mehldau performs four preludes, from a thirty-seven-year span of Gabriel Fauré's career, as well as a reduction of an excerpt from the Adagio movement of his Piano Quartet in G Minor. Here Mehldau's four compositions that Fauré inspired are presented in a group, sandwiched between two sections featuring the French composer's works. Discussing the Après Fauré album in his note, Mehldau says InchIf the sublime foreshadows our mortality, this music might communicate the austerity of death-Fauré's as it approached him, but also the apprehension of our own. We find a kinship with the composer finally, in the form of a question that he tossed off into the future, to us. I have composed four pieces to accompany Fauré's music here, to share the way I have engaged with Fauré's question, with you, the listener.InchThis is similar to my After Bach project,Inch he continues. InchThe connections are less overt, but Fauré's harmonic imprint is on all four. There is also a textural influence, in terms of how he presented his musical material pianistically-he exploited the instrument's sonority masterfully, as an expressive means. So, for example, in my first 'Prelude,' melody is welded to a continuous arpeggiation, both part of it and hovering above it; in my 'Nocturne,' it is possible to hear the harkening chordal approach in the opening of Fauré's No. 12.Inch Album Tracks 1. Nocturne No. 13 in B Minor, Op. 119 (1921) 2. Nocturne No. 4 in E-Flat Major, Op. 36 (C. 1884) 3. Nocturne No. 12 in E Minor, Op. 107 (1915) 4. Prelude 5. Caprice 6. Nocturne 7. Vision 8. Nocturne No. 7 in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 74 (1898) 9. Piano Quartet No. 2 in G Minor, Op. 45 (C. 1887) III. Adagio Non Troppo (Extract)

Since his groundbreaking 1973 debut, Tubular Bells, Oldfield has practically defined his own genre, selling more than 40 million albums worldwide in the process. His latest album expands his love of Celtic music over the course of 10 engaging instrumentals, marking a new stage in Mike's development as an artist. The self-produced set incorporates new versions of traditional songs and original compositions featuring acclaimed Irish musicians. 1st single/video InchWomen of Ireland.Inch Album Tracks 1. The Song of the Sun 2. Celtic Rain 3. The Hero 4. Woman of Ireland 5. The Voyager 6. She Moves Through the Fair 7. Dark Island 8. Wild Goose Flaps It's Wings 9. Flowers of the Forest 10. Mont St. Michel

2016 collaboration between saxophonist Joshua Redman and pianist Brad Mehldau. Nearness is a selection of duets recorded live during their recent European tour and the longtime friends' and collaborators' first duo album. Mehldau first came to prominence as a member Redman's quartet in the 1990s before becoming a bandleader himself. The pair first reunited in 2010 when Redman was featured on Mehldau's album Highway Rider. In 2013, Mehldau was featured as a performer and producer on Redman's Walking Shadows. Each artist has recorded extensively for Nonesuch, with a wide variety of collaborators. Album Tracks 1. Ornithology 8 40 2. Always August 10 57 3. In Walked Bud 9 58 4. Melancholy Mode 12 39 5. The Nearness of You 16 47 6. Old West 14 39