Ravel - Works for Solo Piano - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

Album Tracks 1. Das Wohltemperirte Clavier No 1 in C Major Prelude 2. Das Wohltemperirte Clavier No 1 in C Major Fugue 3. Das Wohltemperirte Clavier No 2 in C minor Prelude 4. Das Wohltemperirte Clavier No 2 in C minor Fugue 5. Das Wohltemperirte Clavier No 3 in C Sharp Major Prelude 6. Das Wohltemperirte Clavier No 3 in C Sharp Major Fugue 7. Das Wohltemperirte Clavier No 4 in C Sharp minor Prelude 8. Das Wohltemperirte Clavier No 4 in C Sharp minor Fugue 9. Das Wohltemperirte Clavier No 5 in D Major Prelude 10. Das Wohltemperirte Clavier No 5 in D Major Fugue 11. Das Wohltemperirte Clavier No 6 in D minor Prelude 12. Das Wohltemperirte Clavier No 6 in D minor Fugue 13. Das Wohltemperirte Clavier No 7 in E Flat Major Prelude 14. Das Wohltemperirte Clavier No 7 in E Flat Major Fugue 15. Das Wohltemperirte Clavier No 8 in D Sharp minor Prelude 16. Das Wohltemperirte Clavier No 8 in D Sharp minor Fugue 17. Das Wohltemperirte Clavier No 9 in E Major Prelude 18. Das Wohltemperirte Clavier No 9 in E Major Fugue 19. Das Wohltemperirte Clavier No 10 in E minor Prelude 20. Das Wohltemperirte Clavier No 10 in E minor Fugue 21. Das Wohltemperirte Clavier No 11 in F Major Prelude 22. Das Wohltemperirte Clavier No 11 in F Major Fugue 23. Das Wohltemperirte Clavier No 12 in F minor Prelude 24. Das Wohltemperirte Clavier No 12 in F minor Fugue 1. Das Wohltemperirte Clavier No 13 in F Sharp Major Prelude 2. Das Wohltemperirte Clavier No 13 in F Sharp Major Fugue 3. Das Wohltemperirte Clavier No 14 in F Sharp minor Prelude 4. Das Wohltemperirte Clavier No 14 in F Sharp minor Fugue 5. Das Wohltemperirte Clavier No 15 in G Major Prelude 6. Das Wohltemperirte Clavier No 15 in G Major Fugue 7. Das Wohltemperirte Clavier No 16 in G minor Prelude 8. Das Wohltemperirte Clavier No 16 in G min

Mary Hellmann presents a program of works by Beethoven, Scarlatti, Christopher Cook, Thomas Harrison, and James Paul Sain. Mary Hellmann studied first at the University of Louisville before receiving Masters degrees from the University of Illinois and her DMA from the University of Alabama. Is Chair of the Department of Music at Chowan University. In addition to this role, she teaches various piano courses and maintains an impressive performing and recording schedule. The title track, Firebreak by James Paul Sain, was written specifically for Mary Hellmann. Album Tracks 1. Firebreak 2. Sonata K. 146 G Major 3. Sonata K. 466 F Minor 4. Dreamscape 5. Metropolis 6. Sonata No. 23 in F minor, InchAppassionataInch, Op. 57~Allegro assai 7. Sonata No. 23 in F minor, InchAppassionataInch, Op. 57~Andante con moto 8. Sonata No. 23 in F minor, InchAppassionataInch, Op. 57~Allegro ma non troppo 9. Nursery Variations 10. Night of the Lights

This selection of pieces showcases Glass’s music for solo piano, with each of the works baring the hallmarks of minimalism. Among the pieces featured in the collection is Metamorphosis, a set of five variations that evolve over the course of the entire work to create a stirring final movement. Also present are extracts from the soundtrack of Stephen Daldry’s film The Hours, as well as ‘Truman Sleeps’ from The Truman Show (which earned Glass a Golden Globe award for ‘Best Original Score’). The collection ends with the ‘Trilogy’ Sonata, containing piano transcriptions of Glass’s three ‘portrait’ operas Einstein on the Beach, Satyagraha and Akhnaten. Recorded 23–28 October 2006, Barbara Church, Culemborg, The Netherlands. A new compilation of the music for piano solo by Philip Glass, icon of minimalism. In his piano music, Glass presents structures of repeated patterns which slowly and gradually, seemingly unconsciously, change in rhythm, speed or form, creating a fascinating sound landscape of slowly shifting colours and patterns. Dutch pianist Jeroen van Veen is a champion of the minimalist piano school. His earlier set of minimalist piano works won rave reviews in the international press. Album Tracks 1. Glassworks - Opening (Arr. Jeroen Van Veen) 2. Metamorphosis No.1 3. Metamorphosis No.2 4. Metamorphosis No.3 5. Metamorphosis No.4 6. Metamorphosis No.5 7. Mad Rush 8. Wichita Vortex Sutra 9. Glassworks - Opening 1. The Hours The Poet Acts 2. The Hours Morning Passages 3. The Hours Something She Has to Do 4. The Hours I'm Going to Make a Cake 5. The Hours An Unwelcome Friend 6. The Hours Dead Things 7. The Hours Why Does Someone Have to Die? 8. The Hours Tearing Herself Away 9. The Hours Escape! 10. The Hours Choosing Life 11. The Hours The Hours 12. 'Truman Sleeps' from the Truman Show 13. Glassworks -