Francesco Tristano - On Early Music - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

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The acclaimed pianist and composer Francesco Tristano, returns to his first love -early music for his new studio album 'On Early Music'. The album presents Renaissance and early-Baroque works with five of his own Baroque-inspired piano pieces. Interspersed with these are works by some of early music's greatest English composers and organists -Orlando Gibbons, John Bull, and Peter Philips-and one of Tristano's greatest inspirations, Italian composer Girolamo Frescobaldi. Yet On Early Music is not merely a fitting homage to this repertoire; the works are given a fresh, contemporary twist thanks to Tristano's production skills, studio mastery, and keen eye for detail. All the works featured are tonally and melodically complimentary, and while some have been faithfully reproduced, others have been re-worked and reinterpreted. InchI wanted to bring something new to them,Inch he says. InchSomething original.Inch That led him to works that reflected another of the album's main themes, and something he wanted to focus on and bring to the fore -the gentle majesty of sunrise. InchEarly music has a reparative power, just like an early sunrise,Inch he says, Inchand these works give me an uplifting feeling. There's something really primitive about them, but something rejuvenating too.Inch For Tristano, this repertoire remains as joyful and inspiring as when it was composed over 500 years ago, and is thoroughly deserving of a contemporary audience. Album Tracks 1. Toccata 2. On John Bull Galliard in D 3. Fantasy in D minor 4. Serpentina 5. Laet Ons Met Herten Reijne 6. On Girolamo Frescobaldi Quattro Correnti 7. Partita Sopra L'aria Di Follia 8. Ritornello 9. On Cristóbal de Morales Circumdederunt Me 10. Pavan 11. Air & Alman 12. Italian Ground 13. Ground 14. Ciaccona Seconda 15. Cento Partite Sopra Passacagli 16. Aria for RS

Francesco Tristano

On Early Music

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