Heavy Sleep / Bruce Levingston

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Label
Sono Luminus
Release Date
January 27, 2015
Format
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      ANDRES BACH FAIROUZ
    • PERFORMER
      Bruce Levingston
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      January 27, 2015
    • UPC
      053479218322
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      DSL-92183
    • LABEL
      Sono Luminus
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Instrumental
    Works ⌄

    1. Heavy Sleep

      Composer: Timo Andres

      Performer: Bruce Levingston

    2. Herzlich tut mich verlangen, BWV 727 (arr. M. Reger for piano)

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Bruce Levingston

    3. Prelude in B Minor, BWV 544 (arr. A. Siloti for piano)

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Bruce Levingston

    4. Prelude No. 24 in B Minor, BWV 869

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Bruce Levingston

    5. Fugue No. 24 in B Minor, BWV 869

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Bruce Levingston

    6. Fantasia

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Bruce Levingston

    7. Fugue

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Bruce Levingston

    8. Gottes Zeit ist die allerbeste Zeit, BWV 106 (arr. G. Kurtag for piano)

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Bruce Levingston

    9. I. God, full of mercy

      Composer: Mohammed Fairouz

      Performer: Bruce Levingston

    10. II. I, who pluck flowers from the hilltop

      Composer: Mohammed Fairouz

      Performer: Bruce Levingston

    11. III. I, who brought corpses from the mountains

      Composer: Mohammed Fairouz

      Performer: Bruce Levingston

    12. IV. I, who use but a tiny portion of the words in the dictionary

      Composer: Mohammed Fairouz

      Performer: Bruce Levingston

    13. V. I, who am forced to decipher riddles

      Composer: Mohammed Fairouz

      Performer: Bruce Levingston


The title “Heavy Sleep” is meant to reference not only this album’s eponymous opening work but also to note the phrase’s allusion to death and eternal sleep. + Voices of other composers or allusions to their own or others’ works are found throughout, often appearing as subtle homage to past composers. + Pianist Bruce Levingston is one of today’s leading contemporary music figures. + Many of the world’s most important composers having written works for him, his NYC world premiere performances of their works having won notable critical acclaim. + “One of today’s most adventurous musicians.” (NYTimes)