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McEncroe: Musical Images for Piano: Reflections & Recollecti
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Details
- Composer
- MCENCROE, MARK JOHN
- Artist
- Van-Anh Nguyen
- Format
- CD
- Label
- Navona
- Released
- Sep 25, 2020
- Catalog #
- NV6307
- UPC
- 896931006071
About
MUSICAL IMAGES FOR PIANO: REFLECTIONS AND RECOLLECTIONS VOL. 3 is the latest continuation of composer Mark John McEncroe's REFLECTIONS AND RECOLLECTIONS series with Navona Records. Many of the pieces featured on this album are reductions of McEncroe's orchestral works, granting the listener fascinating insight into the mind of the composer. As devotees of McEncroe and his music will likely already know, he is a retired chef, and brings many of the aptitudes of that vocation into his work as a composer. In Volume 3, McEncroe presents the raw ingredients used to concoct some of his greatest orchestral pieces-this time, in their most raw, unmitigated forms. Movements In The Night and Echoes From A Haunted Past, for example, were both previously released on McEncroe's 2018 orchestral release, MY SYMPHONIC POEMS. Somehow, these pieces retain their towering grandeur despite now being performed on solo piano. As is so often the case with recordings of this caliber, the dynamic arrangements and superlative performances on all of the pieces on this album create cavernous spaces which free the listener's mind to hear the music beyond the piano itself. This album also features a movement from Natalie's Suite, a three-movement work for piano and orchestra originally performed by the Janácek Philharmonic for McEncroe's DARK CLOUDS IN LIFE. The music portrays the relationship between McEncroe and his daughter, Natalie. "Moving to the Light" is at once tumultuous and hopeful, a striking and beautiful representation of the complexities of the human experience. Performed by pianist Van-Anh Nguyen, REFLECTIONS AND RECOLLECTIONS VOL. 3 captures in high fidelity the stark power of McEncroe's compositions in their most naked, unadulterated forms.
Tracklist 10 tracks
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1 Images of Times Past 06:18
- Track
- 1
- Title
- Images of Times Past
- Duration
- 06:18
- Composer
- Mark John McEncroe
- Performer
- Van-Anh Nguyen
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2 Movements in the Night (version for piano) 08:51
- Track
- 2
- Title
- Movements in the Night (version for piano)
- Duration
- 08:51
- Composer
- Mark John McEncroe
- Performer
- Van-Anh Nguyen
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3 Echoes from a Haunted Past (version for piano) 08:45
- Track
- 3
- Title
- Echoes from a Haunted Past (version for piano)
- Duration
- 08:45
- Composer
- Mark John McEncroe
- Performer
- Van-Anh Nguyen
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4 The Pendulum No. 2 05:12
- Track
- 4
- Title
- The Pendulum No. 2
- Duration
- 05:12
- Composer
- Mark John McEncroe
- Performer
- Van-Anh Nguyen
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5 Natalie's Suite, "3 Faces of Addiction": III. Moving Into the Light (version for piano) 05:00
- Track
- 5
- Title
- Natalie's Suite, "3 Faces of Addiction": III. Moving Into the Light (version for piano)
- Duration
- 05:00
- Composer
- Mark John McEncroe
- Performer
- Van-Anh Nguyen
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6 A Celtic Pagan's Pilgrimage 06:37
- Track
- 6
- Title
- A Celtic Pagan's Pilgrimage
- Duration
- 06:37
- Composer
- Mark John McEncroe
- Performer
- Van-Anh Nguyen
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7 A Parting of Ways 07:59
- Track
- 7
- Title
- A Parting of Ways
- Duration
- 07:59
- Composer
- Mark John McEncroe
- Performer
- Van-Anh Nguyen
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8 Storm Clouds Approaching 06:17
- Track
- 8
- Title
- Storm Clouds Approaching
- Duration
- 06:17
- Composer
- Mark John McEncroe
- Performer
- Van-Anh Nguyen
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9 Natalie's Dilemma (version for piano) 11:26
- Track
- 9
- Title
- Natalie's Dilemma (version for piano)
- Duration
- 11:26
- Composer
- Mark John McEncroe
- Performer
- Van-Anh Nguyen
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10 Balmy Summer Nights 05:10
- Track
- 10
- Title
- Balmy Summer Nights
- Duration
- 05:10
- Composer
- Mark John McEncroe
- Performer
- Van-Anh Nguyen