Thao Nguyen - We Brave Bee Stings and All - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

WE THE COMMON, the third album from Thao & the Get Down Stay Down was recorded at Tiny Telephone in San Francisco with John Congleton [St. Vincent, Bill Callahan, Explosions in the Sky] and features a duet w/ Joanna Newsom. Album Tracks 1. We the Common 2. City 3. We Don't Call 4. The Feeling Kind 5. Holy Roller 6. Kindness Be Conceived 7. The Day Long 8. Every Body 9. Move 10. Clouds for Brains 11. Human Heart 12. Age of Ice

The music of Nimrod Borenstein (b. 1969) is becoming increasingly popular on concert stages worldwide and on record, with a series of high-profile commissions and performances in recent years. The two sets of Études featured on this album are inspired by the model of Chopin. Tra Nguyen is a British-Vietnamese pianist whose career has taken her to prestigious venues worldwide. Her six-volume edition of Raff's piano music is available on Grand Piano (GP728X). Album Tracks 1. No. 1. Ostinato Étude, Op. 66, No. 1 [03 09] 2. No. 2. Half Moon Étude, Op. 66, No. 2 [03 29] 3. No. 3. Tango Étude, Op. 66, No. 3 [02 14] 4. No. 4. Arpeggio Étude, Op. 66, No. 4 [02 13] 5. No. 5. Kangding Qingge Étude, Op. 66, No. 5 [02 58] 6. No. 6. Méphisto Étude, Op. 66, No. 6 [05 41] 7. No. 7. Staccato/Legato Étude, Op. 86, No. 1 [01 54] 8. No. 8. Chords Étude, Op. 86, No. 2 [04 10] 9. No. 9. Hidden Melodies Étude, Op. 86, No. 3 [02 41] 10. No. 10. Brazilian Étude, Op. 86, No. 4 [01 50] 11. No. 11. Toccata Étude, Op. 86, No. 5 [02 49] 12. No. 12. Japanese Gardens Étude, Op. 86, No. 6 [03 47] 13. No. 1. Lucilla's Beehive [04 13] 14. No. 2. Uchti-Tuchti [02 05] 15. No. 3. the Melancholic Mobile [04 57] 16. Water Droplets in Venice, Op. 75, No. 2 [02 41] 17. Lullaby, Op. 81A [04 47

The three works on this second volume of Raff's piano works come from the very pinnacle of his career. The 1871 Fantasie Sonata is a fascinating and richly imaginative hybrid, whilst the Variations on an Original Theme is marked by fertility of invention. The Four Piano Pieces exemplifies Raff's gift for lyricism and characterization. Album Tracks 1. Allegro Patetico 2. Largo 3. Allegro Molto 4. Andante 5. Theme 6. Variation 1 L'istesso Tempo 7. Variation 2 L'istesso Tempo 8. Variation 3 Allegro Assai 9. Variation 4 L'istesso Tempo 10. Variation 5 Meno Mosso 11. Variation 6 L'istesso Tempo 12. Variation 7 L'istesso Tempo 13. Variation 8 Tranquillo 14. Variation 9 L'istesso Tempo 15. Variation 10 Veloce Leggiero 16. Variation 11 L'istesso Tempo 17. Variation 12 Piu Mosso 18. Variation 13 Moderato 19. Variation 14 Moderato 20. Variation 15 Allegro Molto 21. Variation 16 L'istesso Tempo 22. Variation 17 L'istesso Tempo 23. Variation 18 Adagio 24. Variation 19 Doppio Movimento 25. Variation 20 Doppio Movimento 26. Finale Moderato Maestoso 27. Im Schilf 28. Berceuse 29. Novelette 30. Impromptu