Partch Ensemble - Partch: The Wayward - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

Harry PARTCH (1901-1974), one of the greatest and most individualistic composers of all time, who created dozens of incredible instruments for the performance of his music, created one of the most amazing bodies of sensually alluring and emotionally powerful music of the 20th century. Closely connected with his name is NEWBAND, an ensemble founded by Dean Drummond, which received custodianship of the original Harry PARTCH Instrument Collection in 1990 and has since been involved with resurrecting PARTCH's great works. Album Tracks 1. Barstow 2. San Francisco 3. The Letter 4. U.S. Highball

Album Tracks 1. First Invocation 2. City Awakening 3. City Central Park Promenade and Conclusion 4. Second Invocation 5. Hopes and Dreams Introduction 6. Hopes and Dreams Main Section and Conclusion 7. Bqe 8. Third Invocation 9. Brooklyn Lullaby 10. Barrio 11. Final Invocation (Towers of Light)

Schumann was twenty-eight years old when he composed in 1838 a cycle of eight pieces for piano, the Novelletten (Novelettes) op.21. This impressive, highly virtuosic set was dedicated to the pianist Adolf von Henselt, whose spectacular playing and technique were often compared to those of Liszt. Presented by the composer as 'long, bizarre tales', the Novelletten were written around the same time as the Kinderszenen, two years before his marriage to Clara, to whom he confided 'I have written a frightful amount of music for you in the last three weeks - light-hearted pieces, Egmont stories, family scenes with fathers, a wedding, in short, the most amiable things.' Martin Helmchen has taken up this cycle (with the addition of Robert's Gesänge der Frühe and three excerpts from Clara's Soirées musicales) with all the passion and virtuosity for which he is famed. He was determined to record this program on a Bechstein pianoforte, in order to capture as many of the colours of this flamboyant musical kaleidoscope as possible. Album Tracks 1. Acht Novelletten, Op.21 2. Soirées Musicales, Op.6 3. Gesänge Der Frühe, Op.133