Bolcom: Piano Music / Finehouse, Olevsky, Oppens, Taylor

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Label
Naxos
Release Date
December 1, 2017
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      BOLCOM, WILLIAM
    • PERFORMER
      Oppens, Taylor, Finehouse, Olevsky
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      December 01, 2017
    • UPC
      636943983225
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      8559832-34
    • LABEL
      Naxos
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      3
    • GENRE
      Chamber Music & Recitals
    Works ⌄

    1. New York Lights, Concert Paraphrase

      Composer: William Bolcom

      Performer: Ursula Oppens

    2. I. Maestoso, ma non largo

      Composer: William Bolcom

      Performer: Christopher Taylor

    3. II. Burlesque: Allegro, very rhythmic

      Composer: William Bolcom

      Performer: Christopher Taylor

    4. III. Andante, cantando ed un poco misterioso - Variations - Andante

      Composer: William Bolcom

      Performer: Christopher Taylor

    5. IV. Finale: Burlesqued Variations and coda

      Composer: William Bolcom

      Performer: Christopher Taylor

    6. No. 1. The Dead Moth Tango

      Composer: William Bolcom

      Performer: Ursula Oppens

    7. No. 2. Knock-Stück

      Composer: William Bolcom

      Performer: Ursula Oppens

    8. No. 3. Abbacadabra

      Composer: William Bolcom

      Performer: Ursula Oppens

    9. No. 1. Lively

      Composer: William Bolcom

      Performer: Constantine Finehouse

    10. No. 2. Slow and contemplative

      Composer: William Bolcom

      Performer: Constantine Finehouse

    11. No. 3. Clowns: Fast and with humor

      Composer: William Bolcom

      Performer: Constantine Finehouse

    12. No. 4. Cantabile

      Composer: William Bolcom

      Performer: Constantine Finehouse

    13. Book 1: No. 1. Slowly, mysteriously

      Composer: William Bolcom

      Performer: Christopher Taylor

    14. Book 1: No. 2. Flowing, underground

      Composer: William Bolcom

      Performer: Christopher Taylor

    15. Book 1: No. 3. Sonorously, moderato

      Composer: William Bolcom

      Performer: Christopher Taylor

    16. Book 1: No. 4. With constrained expression

      Composer: William Bolcom

      Performer: Christopher Taylor

    17. Book 2: No. 5. Tranquil, mystic

      Composer: William Bolcom

      Performer: Christopher Taylor

    18. Book 2: No. 6. Scherzino - Variations

      Composer: William Bolcom

      Performer: Christopher Taylor

    19. Book 2: No. 7. Fast and declamatory; Ferociously; Scherzando

      Composer: William Bolcom

      Performer: Christopher Taylor

    20. Book 2: No. 8. Softly, very slowly

      Composer: William Bolcom

      Performer: Christopher Taylor

    21. Book 3: No. 9. Tremolando

      Composer: William Bolcom

      Performer: Christopher Taylor

    22. Book 3: No. 10. Gestures

      Composer: William Bolcom

      Performer: Christopher Taylor

    23. Book 3: No. 11. Very rhythmic, light

      Composer: William Bolcom

      Performer: Christopher Taylor

    24. Book 3: No. 12. Apotheosis: Slowly, with majesty

      Composer: William Bolcom

      Performer: Christopher Taylor

    25. No. 1. Andante

      Composer: William Bolcom

      Performer: Ursula Oppens

    26. No. 2. quarter note = 86

      Composer: William Bolcom

      Performer: Ursula Oppens

    27. No. 3. Sostenuto

      Composer: William Bolcom

      Performer: Ursula Oppens

    28. No. 4. quarter note = 92

      Composer: William Bolcom

      Performer: Ursula Oppens

    29. No. 5. Largo

      Composer: William Bolcom

      Performer: Ursula Oppens

    30. No. 1. Molto allegro

      Composer: William Bolcom

      Performer: Constantine Finehouse

    31. No. 2. Moderato, comodo

      Composer: William Bolcom

      Performer: Constantine Finehouse

    32. No. 3. Presto

      Composer: William Bolcom

      Performer: Constantine Finehouse

    33. No. 4. Andantino. Più lento

      Composer: William Bolcom

      Performer: Constantine Finehouse

    34. No. 5. Allegro risoluto

      Composer: William Bolcom

      Performer: Constantine Finehouse

    35. No. 6. Andante maestoso

      Composer: William Bolcom

      Performer: Constantine Finehouse

    36. Estela: Rag Latino

      Composer: William Bolcom

      Performer: Estela Olevsky

    37. No. 1. Moderato

      Composer: William Bolcom

      Performer: Constantine Finehouse

    38. No. 2. Cantabile

      Composer: William Bolcom

      Performer: Constantine Finehouse

    39. No. 3. Lively - Misterioso

      Composer: William Bolcom

      Performer: Constantine Finehouse

    40. No. 4. Calmo, moderato

      Composer: William Bolcom

      Performer: Constantine Finehouse

    41. No. 1. Andantino

      Composer: William Bolcom

      Performer: Constantine Finehouse

    42. No. 2. Allegro grazioso

      Composer: William Bolcom

      Performer: Constantine Finehouse

    43. No. 3. Lento sostenuto

      Composer: William Bolcom

      Performer: Constantine Finehouse

    44. No. 4. Presto ma non troppo

      Composer: William Bolcom

      Performer: Constantine Finehouse

    45. No. 5. Andante grazioso e piacevole

      Composer: William Bolcom

      Performer: Constantine Finehouse

    46. No. 6. Chorale

      Composer: William Bolcom

      Performer: Constantine Finehouse

    47. No. 7. Allegretto

      Composer: William Bolcom

      Performer: Constantine Finehouse

    48. The Brooklyn Dodge

      Composer: William Bolcom

      Performer: Christopher Taylor

    49. Variations on a Theme by George Rochberg

      Composer: William Bolcom

      Performer: Constantine Finehouse

    50. Dream Music No. 1

      Composer: William Bolcom

      Performer: Christopher Taylor

    51. Ballade

      Composer: William Bolcom

      Performer: Ursula Oppens


William Bolcom was awarded the 1988 Pulitzer Prize in Music for his 12 New Etudes for piano, and his music has always revolved around works for the instrument on which he still performs as a soloist and accompanist. This collection of mostly premiere recordings reveals student pieces that negotiate twentieth century musical battles between the avant-garde influences of Boulez and Messiaen and Bolcom’s love of Schumann, as well as later work that embraces the 1960s ragtime revival and draws inspiration from friends and colleagues in every phase of his distinguished six-decade career. Elegantly performed by friends of the composer, this wide-ranging program is summed up by Bolcom as ‘cleaning house’ in the Charles Ives tradition.

REVIEW:

Anyone suitably provoked should accordingly investigate this set, each of whose discs is well planned as a standalone sequence. Piano tone is clear but never clinical and Bolcom’s own notes, informative and laconic, complement his music unerringly.

-- Gramophone

This extremely useful set gathers together all of Bolcom’s piano music that you don’t already have in your collection. There are many delights here, and some fascinating revelations about the development of this most versatile pianist-composer who has always resolutely refused to respect musical genre boundaries. …There are two delicious rags, separated by almost forty years, student pieces that show the composer coming to terms with the avant-garde polemics of the 1950s and 60s, and a concert paraphrase of an operatic aria in the popular ‘Neapolitan Song’ style.

-- Records International

What was originally mooted, by Klaus Heymann of Naxos, as a complete retrospective of the piano music of William Bolcom, eventually materialized as this 3-CD collection of works not easily available elsewhere. The compositions span 1956-2012, with music from his teen years to the present day, so you get a good overview of works from all periods of his career. Four pianists were engaged for the task, all with connections to the composer. Most of the recordings were set down in New York in 2014.

The music has been beautifully recorded with an attractively clear piano sound in each case. The excellent accompanying liner notes provide personal reflections and background to the pieces played, by the composer himself. On my first encounter with Bolcom’s music, I would offer a warm recommendation for this most enjoyable release.

-- MusicWeb International