Mikhail Dubov - Joel Feigin: Piano and Chamber Music, Vol. 1 - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

Over the past century or so, composers have tended to see themselves as either traditionalists or modernists. The music of Joel Feigin (born in New York in 1951) bridges both worlds, combining the resources of tonality and atonality with equal relish, naturally extending the styles of the recent past. It's freewheeling energy is often tempered by an elegant restraint, sometimes revealing the warm, humanist impulse behind his sound-world. This first volume of his piano and chamber music follows a lusty piano trio and a moving tribute to a much-missed teacher with four sets of variations, three by Feigin and one an arrangement of Bach, the composer who Feigin says is the root of all his music. Album Tracks 1. Mountain and Rivers Trio for Violin, Cello and Piano~I. Sostenuto e misterioso - 2. Mountain and Rivers Trio for Violin, Cello and Piano~II. Allegretto grazioso - 3. Mountain and Rivers Trio for Violin, Cello and Piano~III. Adagio 4. Mountain and Rivers Trio for Violin, Cello and Piano~IV. Vivace 5. Elegy in memoriam Renée Longy for Piano~Adagio molto rubato - 6. Elegy in memoriam Renée Longy for Piano~Grave, quasi recitative 7. Variations on Empty Space for Piano 8. Veränderungen for Violin and Piano 9. Variations on a Theme of Arnold Schoenberg~Theme. Sehr langsam - 10. Variations on a Theme of Arnold Schoenberg~Var. 1 11. Variations on a Theme of Arnold Schoenberg~Var. 2 Allegro - 12. Variations on a Theme of Arnold Schoenberg~Var. 3 Andante 13. Variations on a Theme of Arnold Schoenberg~Var. 4 Allegro - 14. Variations on a Theme of Arnold Schoenberg~Var. 5 L’istesso tempo - 15. Variations on a Theme of Arnold Schoenberg~Var. 6 Presto - 16. Variations on a Theme of Arnold Schoenberg~Var. 7 Drammatico, quasi recitative 17. Variations on a Theme of Arnold Schoenberg~Var. 8 Adagio (Tempo primo) 18. Variations on a Them