Joncas / Haas / Haugen - With Gratitude - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

Pianist Mabel Kwan releases the premiere recording of Georg Friedrich Haas' Trois Hommages, a beguiling work for two pianos tuned a quarter tone apart and played by one performer. Dedicated to Steve Reich, Gyorgy Ligeti, and Josef Matthias Hauer, Haas' expansive work deconstructs stylistic elements of prominent modern compositional aesthetics as well as the central association the piano has with equal temperament and it's impact on music history. Chicago-based, Austin-born pianist Mabel Kwan performs with the new music collective Ensemble Dal Niente, the improvising group Restroy, and as one half of the synth duo Mega Laverne and Shirley. She has commissioned and premiered new works for piano and clavichord which can be heard on her solo albums. She has performed nationally and internationally, including concerts at Ravinia, Millennium Park, the Library of Congress, and the Darmstadt Summer Courses for New Music. Mabel is a 2017 3Arts awardee.

Album Tracks 1. Four in One (Arr. J. Henson) 2. Shades of Blue 3. Take Five (Arr. J. Roberts) 4. With Gratitude 5. A Shade of Jade (Arr. M. Niess) 6. Spiderman (Arr. J. Roberts) 7. Mexican Hayride I Love You (Arr. J. Henson) 8. Ornetti 9. Shenandoah 10. Better Git Hit in Your Soul (Arr. C. Fraedrich)

Album Tracks 1. Son in B, Op.27 Allegro 2. Son in B, Op.27 Adaio Molto 3. Son in B, Op.27 Allegro Energico, Poco Pesante 4. Hostballader, Op.15 (Autumn Ballads) No.1 in B Molto Agitato 5. Hostballader, Op.15 (Autumn Ballads) No.2 in C Adagio 6. Valse Monotone in C 7. Rondeau Retrospectif, Op.26 (Motto Spectator) 8. Trio Concertante in G/C, Op.57