Ted Nash - Holidays - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

Transformation is the new recording by Grammy Award-winning musician and composer Ted Nash in partnership with Emmy and Tony Award-winning actress Glenn Close. This star-studded, multidisciplinary masterwork explores the complex theme of transformation. Close curated the literary material and spoken word performances, adding her voice to selections with her signature gravitas and acuity. She draws from a wealth of experience; both her own and that of her courageous and fiercely talented guests. In co-imagining Transformation, Nash is the quintessential partner - his compositional prowess assimilates and morphs almost any concept into unforgettable music. The palpitating and melodically sweeping music of Transformation brings us to the heights of catharsis and accompanies us through the lowest reaches of the psyche with sounds both exhilarating and poignant. Nash embraces the full range of voices in the orchestra as well as the full spectrum of emotions they inspire. Special guests Wayne Brady, Amy Irving, Matthew Stevenson, Eli Nash, Wynton Marsalis & Members of the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra. Album Tracks 1. Creation, Part I 2. Creation, Part II 3. Dear Dad/Letter 4. Dear Dad/Response 5. Preludes for Memnon 6. One Among Many 7. Rising Out of Hatred 8. A Piece By the Angriest Black Man in America (Or, How I Learned to Forgive Myself for Being a Black Man in America) 9. Forgiveness 10. Wisdom of the Humanities 11. Reaching the Tropopause

Pianist performs solo versions of 20 Christmas favorites, inc. 2 takes of InchGod Rest Ye, Merry GentlemenInch, InchAuld Lang SyneInch, InchHarlem Sleigh RideInch +. Album Tracks 1. Christmas Night in Harlem 2. Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer 3. (I'm Dreaming of a) White Christmas 4. O' Tannenbaum 5. Santa Claus Blues 6. At the Christmas Ball 7. It Came Upon a Midnight Clear 8. Let It Snow, Let It Snow, Let It Snow 9. Silent Night 10. It Looks Like Reindeer 11. Jingle Bells 12. God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen #1 13. God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen #2 14. Here Comes Santa Claus 15. Between You and Me and the Mistletoe 16. Harlem Sleigh Ride 17. The Christmas Song 18. Santa Claus Is Coming to Town 19. Blue Christmas 20. Auld Lang Style

This recording brings together two late masterworks by Brahms the Op. 120 Clarinet Sonatas and the Op. 117 Intermezzi for piano, written in the tranquil setting of Bad Ischl. The sonatas, full of tenderness and quiet intensity, were composed for clarinetist Richard Muhlfeld, whose warm, lyrical playing reignited Brahms's desire to compose after a period of silence. This is music of dialogue, not declaration. Nicola Boud and Anthony Romaniuk perform on instruments close to those Brahms and Muhlfeld would have known a replica of Muhlfeld's 19th-century boxwoodclarinet and an 1875 Steinway piano. These choices bring a soft, transparent quality to the sound, inviting a more intimate listening experience. Expressive tools of 19th-century performance rubato, flexibility, arpeggiation, are used not as effects, but as natural extensions of the music's emotional landscape.Brahms once called the Op. 117 Intermezzi Inchthree lullabies of my grief.Inch These restrained yet luminous pieces distil his late style into elegiac monologues, offering quiet spaces where time feels suspended. Together, these warm, reflective and deeply emotional works offer a glimpse into Brahms' final years. Album Tracks 1. Clarinet Sonata No. 2, Op. 120 No. 2~Allegro amabile 2. Clarinet Sonata No. 2, Op. 120 No. 2~Allegro appassionato 3. Clarinet Sonata No. 2, Op. 120 No. 2~Andante con moto - Allegro 4. Three Intermezzi, Op. 117~Andante moderato 5. Three Intermezzi, Op. 117~Andante non troppe e con molto espressione 6. Three Intermezzi, Op. 117~Andante con moto 7. Clarinet Sonata No. 1, Op. 120 No. 1~Allegro appassionato 8. Clarinet Sonata No. 1, Op. 120 No. 1~Andante un poco adagio 9. Clarinet Sonata No. 1, Op. 120 No. 1~Allegretto grazioso 10. Clarinet Sonata No. 1, Op. 120 No. 1~Vivace 11. Wie Melodien zieht es mir, Op. 105 No. 1