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Passages - Solo Piano Works Inspired by Opera & Song / Ditlow
Affetto Records

Passages - Solo Piano Works Inspired by Opera & Song / Ditlow

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Composer
Carl Czerny, George Gershwin, Pietro Mascagni, Richard Wagner, Franz Liszt, Robert Schumann, Ernesto
Artist
Kristin Ditlow
Format
CD
Label
Affetto Records
Released
Apr 21, 2023
Catalog #
AF2302
UPC
195269186067

About

Composers are often tasked with creating from a void, an emptiness. The blank page is an easel. The parts of a structure of a piece of music – melody, accompaniment, line, harmony, tension, and release – must take shape to reach the listener’s ear. Sometimes, instead of starting with an empty sheet of staff paper, a composer creates something which is pollinated by another source. Perhaps it is a folk song, a poem, a melody, or an even larger work, such as a full-length opera. New works are then realized. In the case of this two-cd set, an East South African folk tune receives new life as a romantic piano ballade. A sonnet of Petrarch resurfaces centuries later as a dramatic declaration of love, through a solo piano work. The repertoire on these discs traces Kristin Ditlow’s own growth as a pianist and musician. Each work marks a chapter of her development and artistry to the present. The song transcriptions are pieces that have been played countless times with vocal partners: the operatic works are works that she has coached or conducted. Her passionate pursuit of travel is also a thread which weaves throughout the discs: the Samuel Coleridge-Taylor spiritual arrangements are works that she became acquainted with as a high school choral accompanist: meeting her husband while on tour in China in 2012: the Mongolian Shepherd Song is her arrangement of a traditional folksong from the Chinese Mongolian community, a work introduced to her by her husband in China originally for erhu and pipa (traditional Chinese instruments) accompaniment but transcribed for violin and piano. Kristin Ditlow has spent five summers performing, teaching, and coaching in Hungary and the Bartók selections all harken back to those times in the Hungarian countryside. Pianist, coach and conductor Dr. Kristin Ditlow dedicates her musical career to collaboration and connection. She has been seen in concert throughout North America, Mainland China, and Western Europe as a soloist, collaborative pianist, and conductor. The set of music pieces in this album is representative of her “Passages” in her career.

Tracklist 25 tracks

  1. 1 24 Negro Melodies, Op. 59, No. 1: No. 10. Deep River 08:36
    Track
    1
    Title
    24 Negro Melodies, Op. 59, No. 1: No. 10. Deep River
    Duration
    08:36
    Composer
    Samuel Coleridge-Taylor
    Performer
    Kristin Ditlow
  2. 2 12 Lieder von Schubert, S558/R243: No. 2. Auf dem Wasser zu singen 05:13
    Track
    2
    Title
    12 Lieder von Schubert, S558/R243: No. 2. Auf dem Wasser zu singen
    Duration
    05:13
    Composer
    Franz Liszt
    Performer
    Kristin Ditlow
  3. 3 Orfeo ed Euridice: Melodie (arr. A. Chasins for piano) 03:58
    Track
    3
    Title
    Orfeo ed Euridice: Melodie (arr. A. Chasins for piano)
    Duration
    03:58
    Composer
    Christoph Willibald Gluck
    Performer
    Kristin Ditlow
  4. 4 Die schöne Müllerin, Op. 25, D. 795: No. 2. Wohin? (arr. S. Rachmaninov for piano) 04:11
    Track
    4
    Title
    Die schöne Müllerin, Op. 25, D. 795: No. 2. Wohin? (arr. S. Rachmaninov for piano)
    Duration
    04:11
    Composer
    Franz Schubert
    Performer
    Kristin Ditlow
  5. 5 Reminiscenses de Norma (arr. K. Ditlow for piano) 17:16
    Track
    5
    Title
    Reminiscenses de Norma (arr. K. Ditlow for piano)
    Duration
    17:16
    Composer
    Teresa Carreño
    Performer
    Kristin Ditlow
  6. 6 Mongolian Shepherd Song 05:01
    Track
    6
    Title
    Mongolian Shepherd Song
    Duration
    05:01
    Composer
    Kristin Ditlow
    Performer
    Kristin Ditlow
  7. 7 No. 1. Molto moderato 01:35
    Track
    7
    Title
    No. 1. Molto moderato
    Duration
    01:35
    Composer
    Béla Bartók
    Performer
    Kristin Ditlow
  8. 8 No. 2. Molto capriccioso 01:27
    Track
    8
    Title
    No. 2. Molto capriccioso
    Duration
    01:27
    Composer
    Béla Bartók
    Performer
    Kristin Ditlow
  9. 9 No. 3. Lento, rubato 04:30
    Track
    9
    Title
    No. 3. Lento, rubato
    Duration
    04:30
    Composer
    Béla Bartók
    Performer
    Kristin Ditlow
  10. 10 No. 4. Allegretto scherzando 01:12
    Track
    10
    Title
    No. 4. Allegretto scherzando
    Duration
    01:12
    Composer
    Béla Bartók
    Performer
    Kristin Ditlow
  11. 11 No. 5. Allegro molto 01:30
    Track
    11
    Title
    No. 5. Allegro molto
    Duration
    01:30
    Composer
    Béla Bartók
    Performer
    Kristin Ditlow
  12. 12 No. 6. Allegro moderato, molto capriccioso 02:24
    Track
    12
    Title
    No. 6. Allegro moderato, molto capriccioso
    Duration
    02:24
    Composer
    Béla Bartók
    Performer
    Kristin Ditlow
  13. 13 No. 7. Sostenuto, rubato (Le Tombeau de Claude Debussy: No. 5) 03:49
    Track
    13
    Title
    No. 7. Sostenuto, rubato (Le Tombeau de Claude Debussy: No. 5)
    Duration
    03:49
    Composer
    Béla Bartók
    Performer
    Kristin Ditlow
  14. 14 No. 8. Allegro 02:55
    Track
    14
    Title
    No. 8. Allegro
    Duration
    02:55
    Composer
    Béla Bartók
    Performer
    Kristin Ditlow
  15. 15 Andalucia, "Suite espagnola": VI. Malagueña (arr. K. Ditlow for piano) 05:12
    Track
    15
    Title
    Andalucia, "Suite espagnola": VI. Malagueña (arr. K. Ditlow for piano)
    Duration
    05:12
    Composer
    Ernesto Lecuona
    Performer
    Kristin Ditlow
  16. 16 No. 22. Sometimes I feel like a motherless child 06:06
    Track
    16
    Title
    No. 22. Sometimes I feel like a motherless child
    Duration
    06:06
    Composer
    Samuel Coleridge-Taylor
    Performer
    Kristin Ditlow
  17. 17 No. 4. They will not lend me a child 06:08
    Track
    17
    Title
    No. 4. They will not lend me a child
    Duration
    06:08
    Composer
    Samuel Coleridge-Taylor
    Performer
    Kristin Ditlow
  18. 18 Schumann - Liebeslied, S566/R253, "Widmung" 04:40
    Track
    18
    Title
    Schumann - Liebeslied, S566/R253, "Widmung"
    Duration
    04:40
    Composer
    Franz Liszt
    Performer
    Kristin Ditlow
  19. 19 Liederkreis, Op. 39: No. 5. Mondnacht (arr. C. Schumann for piano) 04:10
    Track
    19
    Title
    Liederkreis, Op. 39: No. 5. Mondnacht (arr. C. Schumann for piano)
    Duration
    04:10
    Composer
    Robert Schumann
    Performer
    Kristin Ditlow
  20. 20 Années de pèlerinage, 2nd year, Italy, S161/R10b: No. 5. Sonetto 104 del Petrarca (Sonnet 104 of Petrarch) 04:10
    Track
    20
    Title
    Années de pèlerinage, 2nd year, Italy, S161/R10b: No. 5. Sonetto 104 del Petrarca (Sonnet 104 of Petrarch)
    Duration
    04:10
    Composer
    Franz Liszt
    Performer
    Kristin Ditlow
  21. 21 Wagner - Spinnerlied aus dem Fliegenden Holländer, S440/R273 08:26
    Track
    21
    Title
    Wagner - Spinnerlied aus dem Fliegenden Holländer, S440/R273
    Duration
    08:26
    Composer
    Franz Liszt
    Performer
    Kristin Ditlow
  22. 22 Cavalleria rusticana: Intermezzo (arr. K. Ditlow for piano) 04:21
    Track
    22
    Title
    Cavalleria rusticana: Intermezzo (arr. K. Ditlow for piano)
    Duration
    04:21
    Composer
    Pietro Mascagni
    Performer
    Kristin Ditlow
  23. 23 Lady, be Good!: The Man I Love (arr. P. Grainger for piano) 04:26
    Track
    23
    Title
    Lady, be Good!: The Man I Love (arr. P. Grainger for piano)
    Duration
    04:26
    Composer
    George Gershwin
    Performer
    Kristin Ditlow
  24. 24 Fantaisie brillante on themes from the opera The Marriage of Figaro, Op. 493 14:40
    Track
    24
    Title
    Fantaisie brillante on themes from the opera The Marriage of Figaro, Op. 493
    Duration
    14:40
    Composer
    Carl Czerny
    Performer
    Kristin Ditlow
  25. 25 24 Negro Melodies, Op. 59, No. 1: No. 23. Steal away 06:15
    Track
    25
    Title
    24 Negro Melodies, Op. 59, No. 1: No. 23. Steal away
    Duration
    06:15
    Composer
    Samuel Coleridge-Taylor
    Performer
    Kristin Ditlow