Kevin Gorman - V2: Piano Sonatas - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

William Bland's cycle of 24 piano sonatas, one in each of the major and minor keys, was composed between the years 1998 and 2014. The cycle is the West Virginia-born composer's magnum opus, and is a summation of an extraordinarily wide range of cultural influences. The musical content of the sonatas merges strains of the simple and complex, popular and classical, romantic and modernist. American pianist Kevin Gorman, in his debut recording writes Inchthe essence of these sonatas is passion, which beckons me as a pianist to reciprocate the intensity with which these originally had been composed.Inch

The previous volumes of William Bland's piano sonata cycle have met with ecstatic praise from the international press. American critic Ken Meltzer writes InchCompelling music, superbly performed. A marvelous presentation of the Romantic piano in full flight.Inch And from British critic Colin Clarke InchThe range of expressive tools is vast. It's grand music, with grand playing from Kevin Gorman. It is fervently to be hoped that this series continues.Inch The Atlanta Audio Society wrote of Vol. 2 InchIn the last analysis, this is one of the best new piano recordings of the year.Inch The brilliant 30-year old American pianist Kevin Gorman's new recording presents premieres of two sonatas No. 6 in c minor, Bestiary - con Amore (2001) and No. 15 in e-flat minor (2004).

Berman - Piano Sonatas 1 [COMPACT DISCS] date 08/19/2013