William McNally - Chickens N Kittens: A Ragtime Coup - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

William McNally performed for the first time in Carnegie Hall shortly after his ninth birthday and has since played there two more times. A multifaceted musician, Mr. McNally is a widely recognized ragtime pianist and composer. He has twice won the World Championship Old-Time Piano Playing Contest's New Rag Competition (2008 and 2009), and follows his particular interest in the modern and classically trained ragtime composers. 17 tracks recorded in 2008 including such seldom-heard gems as Doucet's InchChicken PieInch and Godowsky's InchA Little Tango RagInch alongside favorites such as Scott Joplin's InchSolaceInch and William Bolcom's InchGraceful Ghost RagInch and premiere recordings of Andrew Barrett's InchHumanitaur RagInch and Mr. McNally's own prize-winning InchBlue Donkey Rag.Inch Album Tracks 1. Chicken Pie 2. Sedalia Queen 3. Rialto Ripples 4. African Suite High Hattin' 5. African Suite Kinda Careless 6. African Suite Mississippi Shivers 7. Solace 8. Fox-Trot 9. Rag Infernal Syncopes Apocalyptiques 10. Kitten on the Keys 11. Toccata Sur la Shimmy InchKitten on the KeysInch 12. Blue Donkey Rag 13. Carnival Music V. Toccata-Rag 14. Graceful Ghost Rag 15. Humanitaur Rag 16. Rag-Tango 17. A Little Tango Rag