Cowell / Larsen / Lees / Kim - Journey to America: 20th Century American Piano Music - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

Various Artists - American Piano Music of Our Time 2 / Various [COMPACT DISCS] date 10/24/2006

Another in our ongoing series of American Piano Music played by the brilliant pianist, Cecile Licad. This volume, concentrating on music inspired by the American Landscape, features many piano pieces not available in a modern digital recording and is essential to all lovers of piano music. Cecile Licad's unique natural pianistic talent was recognized early. She began her piano studies at the age of 3 and made her debut as a soloist with the Philharmonic Orchestra of the Philippines in her native Manila at 7. When she was 12 she auditioned for Rudolf Serkin and was admitted to the Curtis Institute in Philadelphia. Ms. Licad's international career was launched in 1981 after she had been awarded the prestigious Leventritt Gold Medal. Since then, Ms. Licad has appeared throughout the world alongside the finest symphonies and in solo recitals. Album Tracks 1. Down a Country Lane 2. The Minstrel's March or the Road to Kentucky 3. Spoon River 4. Silver Spring, Op. 6 5. Woodland Sketches, Op. 51 6. Sourwood Mountain, Op. 78 No. 3 7. A Morning in the Woods. So 106 8. A Deserted Plantation 9. From Mesa and Plain, Op. 20 10. Streets of Laredo 11. From the Land of the Sky-Blue Water

Album Tracks 1. Gut Bucket Gus 2. Jane Shakes Her Hair 3. Betty and Harold Close Their Eyes 4. Jim Jives 5. Till Dawn Sunday 6. Dedication 7. Early Song 8. Composer's Holiday 9. Moderato 10. I. Variations on Movement One 11. II. Variations on Movement One 12. III. Variations on Movement One 13. IV. Variations on Movement One 14. V. Variations on Movement One 15. VI. Variations on Movement One 16. I. Nocturne 17. Andante 18. Adagio Ma Non Troppo 19. Allegretto Grazioso 20. Allegro 21. Tango 22. Bluefields, a West Hollywood Rumba for Arnold 23. Tango de Parque Central 24. Dazon de Etiqueta 25. Joropo Peligroso