Karl Moyer - Organ Sonata - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

This music knows when to be gentle, when to be harsh; when to quiet down, when to erupt; it knows when to change, and it knows when to be still. A meticulously designed sonic organism that is living, breathing, and evolving. Makiko is listening. The keyboards take on many guises at times a percussion instrument, a harp, a banjo, or a guitar, and at times a bit-crushed, distorted electronic voice - all forming a virtual orchestra that speaks in many tongues. Transformations of instrumental color and harmonic space form a thread across the album, but, decidedly, not a goal-oriented narrative. There are rare precious moments where the composer pans an instrument from one ear to the other, very gradually. It is a beautiful sensation especially when listening with headphones. As I hear this, I imagine a clavichord and it's player floating in the air, across the horizon. This music celebrates the beauty of subtlety, of limitations, of focus and persistence - it celebrates the complex sound world and the range of expression that these magical instruments o er. It is a playful music, constructed with Makiko's original and genuine language. Album Tracks 1. Clavics-More 3 2. Clavics-More 4 3. Clavics-More 5 4. Carta-Marina More 1 5. Carta-Marina More 2 6. Carta-Marina More 3 7. Carta-Marina More 4

Album Tracks 1. Sonate F-Moll Op. 175 2. Sonate NR. 16 Gis-Moll Op. 175 3. Sonate A-Moll Op. 2 4. Passacaglia in B minor InchIn Memory of Josef RheinbergerInch 5. Celebration of Josef Rheinberger

Album Tracks 1. Ach Bleib Mit Deiner Gnade 2. I. the Soul of the Lake 3. II. Landscape in Mist 4. III. the Legend of the Mountain 5. IV. the Reed-Grown Waters 6. V. the Sun's Evensong 7. VI. the Mirrored Moon 8. VII. Hymn to the Stars 9. I. Introitus 10. II. Gagliarda 11. III. Melodia Monastica 12. IV. Aria Semplice 13. V. Appassionata 14. VI. Canzona Solenne 15. VII. Toccatina 16. VIII. Corale 17. I. Harmonies Du Soir 18. III. Clair de Lune 19. III. La Nuit 20. Passacaglia and Fugue on Bach