Michelangelo Carbonara - Piano Sonatas 157 - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

?The British-based Naresh Sohal, born in Punjab in 1939, was the first person of Indian origin to make his mark as a composer of western classical music, writing works that displayed an usual kind of fusion - but not stylistic his compositions often use the language of western modernism to explore the ideas of Hindu philosophy. The handful of piano pieces that he wrote between 1974 and his death in 2018 use musical analogies to address issues of perception, even existence itself, in a language that employs Xenakis-like extremes of dynamics and virtuosity, of clarity and density and of energy and calm. Album Tracks 1. A Mirage (1974) 2. Chakra (1979) 3. Prayer (2006) 4. Tsunami (2007) 5. Piano Trio (1988)

Shall We Gather responds to the darkness of the pandemic and social distancing with the simple question of it's title. Through fifteen art songs by and about a broad swath of people from the United States, Lucas and Irina Meachem offer a vision of Americanness centred around the things that call on us to gather and that we gather to call upon. Those things, they say, are rooted in an act of hope in the promise of resilience that underlies our national character. By channelling the feelings of those gatherings we are missing, we can, perhaps, conjure a greater sense of togetherness, of commonality. Shall we Gather is an emotional and heartfelt plea for a better, more tolerant world, a world that one hopes will emerge a better place after the trauma of the pandemic. Album Tracks 1. Scheer American Anthem 2. Farwell Song of the Deathless Voice 3. Grant Grief 4. Weill Beat! Beat! Drums! 5. Kusto Litany 6. Hageman The Rich Man 7. Price Night 8. Heggie That Moment on 9. Jacob-Bonds A Perfect Day Composed By Carrie 10. Oh, Shenandoah (Traditional) 11. Ives In the Mornin' 12. Gordon We Will Always Walk Together 13. Foster Hard Times Come Again No More 14. Copland The Boatman's Dance 15. Copland At the River

Album Tracks 1. 1 2. the Dinosaurs Roamed the Planes in Herds 3. 3 4. Adagio 5. Andantino 6. Adagio 7. [Part 1] 8. [Part 2]