Perfect Moods: Contemplative, Contemporary Piano Miniatures

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This six album boxed set comprises Tanya Ekanayaka’s Twelve Piano Prisms performed by the composer (GP785); works by Valentin Silvestrov performed by Elisaveta Blumina (GP639); Philip Glass’ piano music played by Nicholas Horvath (GP692); and Haro Stepanian’s Preludes (GP760) and Baal HaSulam’s Melodies of the Upper Worlds (GP808) performed by Mikael Ayrapetyan, alongside the pianist’s own A Whole in 12 (GP809). These contemplative contemporary piano miniatures have been expertly curated from the Grand Piano discography, and are sure to leave listeners and critics alike extremely satisfied.

Past praise for previously released volumes included in this set:

Stepanian: 26 Preludes for Piano / Ayrapetyan

Haro Stepanian was a fellow student of Aram Khachaturian. Stepanian himself was certainly a fine composer, based on this collection of preludes written between 1947 and 1965. There are three sets of eight here, completed in 1947, 1948, and 1956, plus two individual preludes written near the end of his life. His style is consistently folk derived, nothing one could call revelatory, but simply well-crafted work across a broad spectrum of emotional expression. The young Armenian pianist Mikael Ayrapetyan is a very fine advocate for this decidedly obscure music.

-- Fanfare

Ekanayaka: 12 Piano Prisms

Tanya Ekanayaka certainly hits her musical mark with these piano pieces. At times contemplative, sometimes raucous, these works have been injected generously with beauty and Rachmaninoff-like technique and drama. These works are certainly recommended to pianists to program for recitals: not only do they take the audience on a lovely, dark journey through the music of different cultures via the lens of a classically-trained pianist, but they sound enjoyable to play.

-- American Record Guide

Silvestrov: Piano Works / Blumina

Silvestrov seems well served by pianist Elisaveta Blumina. All is played and recorded with close and calmingly fervent engagement. Silvestrov’s surprising but pleasing commitment is to a vocabulary chronologically distant from the predominance of the twentieth century, let alone the twenty-first. If he occasionally sounds briefly like Einaudi it is only to remind us that once we listen for more than a couple of minutes Silvestrov is not a minimalist. In this context he is just a composer, one strand of whose creativity is inextricably in thrall to a style that, while familiar, serves his expressive needs better than any other. It is one dimension of the man.

-- MusicWeb International



Product Description:

  • Release Date: September 09, 2022


  • Catalog Number: GP898X


  • UPC: 747313989829


  • Label: Grand Piano


  • Number of Discs: 6


  • Period: Contemporary


  • Composer: Various


  • Performer: Mikael Ayrapetyan, Tanya Ekanayaka, Elisaveta Blumina, Nicolas Horvath



Works:

  1. Krivu li (Draw Close to Me)

    Composer: Baal HaSulam

    Performer: Mikael Ayrapetyan (Piano)


  2. Ki Chilattzta Nafshi (You Saved My Soul)

    Composer: Baal HaSulam

    Performer: Mikael Ayrapetyan (Piano)


  3. Hamol Al Masecha (Have Pity on Your Deeds)

    Composer: Baal HaSulam

    Performer: Mikael Ayrapetyan (Piano)


  4. Nigun (Melody)

    Composer: Baal HaSulam

    Performer: Mikael Ayrapetyan (Piano)


  5. Bnei Heichala (The Sons of King's Palace)

    Composer: Baal HaSulam

    Performer: Mikael Ayrapetyan (Piano)


  6. Chasal Seder Pesach (Passover Meal)

    Composer: Baal HaSulam

    Performer: Mikael Ayrapetyan (Piano)


  7. Kel Mistater (The Creator Hides in Secrecy)

    Composer: Baal HaSulam

    Performer: Mikael Ayrapetyan (Piano)


  8. March

    Composer: Baal HaSulam

    Performer: Mikael Ayrapetyan (Piano)


  9. Ia'ale Tachanuneinu (Accept Our Prayers)

    Composer: Baal HaSulam

    Performer: Mikael Ayrapetyan (Piano)


  10. Hiney ke Homer (Like Matter in His Hands)

    Composer: Baal HaSulam

    Performer: Mikael Ayrapetyan (Piano)


  11. Misod Chachamim (The Assembly of Sages)

    Composer: Baal HaSulam

    Performer: Mikael Ayrapetyan (Piano)


  12. Mizmor Le David (David's Song)

    Composer: Baal HaSulam

    Performer: Mikael Ayrapetyan (Piano)


  13. Leagid Baboker (To Proclaim in the Morning about Your Mercy)

    Composer: Baal HaSulam

    Performer: Mikael Ayrapetyan (Piano)


  14. Kadish (Сonsecration)

    Composer: Baal HaSulam

    Performer: Mikael Ayrapetyan (Piano)


  15. Tzadik (Saint)

    Composer: Baal HaSulam

    Performer: Mikael Ayrapetyan (Piano)


  16. Iadid Nefesh (Beloved of the Soul)

    Composer: Baal HaSulam

    Performer: Mikael Ayrapetyan (Piano)


  17. Preludes (8), Op. 47

    Composer: Haro Stepanian

    Performer: Mikael Ayrapetyan (Piano)


  18. Preludes (8), Op. 48

    Composer: Haro Stepanian

    Performer: Mikael Ayrapetyan (Piano)


  19. Preludes (8), Op. 63

    Composer: Haro Stepanian

    Performer: Mikael Ayrapetyan (Piano)


  20. Prelude in A Major

    Composer: Haro Stepanian

    Performer: Mikael Ayrapetyan (Piano)


  21. Prelude in F Minor

    Composer: Haro Stepanian

    Performer: Mikael Ayrapetyan (Piano)


  22. Naive Music

    Composer: Valentin Silvestrov

    Performer: Elisaveta Blumina (Piano)


  23. The Messenger

    Composer: Valentin Silvestrov

    Performer: Elisaveta Blumina (Piano)


  24. Waltzes (2), Op. 153

    Composer: Valentin Silvestrov

    Performer: Elisaveta Blumina (Piano)


  25. Pieces (4), Op. 2

    Composer: Valentin Silvestrov

    Performer: Elisaveta Blumina (Piano)


  26. Bagatelles (2), Op. 173

    Composer: Valentin Silvestrov

    Performer: Elisaveta Blumina (Piano)


  27. Kitsch-Musik

    Composer: Valentin Silvestrov

    Performer: Elisaveta Blumina (Piano)


  28. The Hours

    Composer: Philip Glass

    Performer: Nicolas Horvath (Piano)


  29. Modern Love Waltz

    Composer: Philip Glass

    Performer: Nicolas Horvath (Piano)


  30. Notes on a Scandal: The Harts - I Knew Her

    Composer: Philip Glass

    Performer: Nicolas Horvath (Piano)


  31. Music in Fifths

    Composer: Philip Glass

    Performer: Nicolas Horvath (Piano)


  32. Piano Prisms Nos. 1-12

    Composer: Tanya Ekanayaka

    Performer: Tanya Ekanayaka (Piano)


  33. Autumnal

    Composer: Mikael Ayrapetyan

    Performer: Mikael Ayrapetyan (Piano)


  34. The lady plays

    Composer: Mikael Ayrapetyan

    Performer: Mikael Ayrapetyan (Piano)


  35. Longing

    Composer: Mikael Ayrapetyan

    Performer: Mikael Ayrapetyan (Piano)


  36. Dilemma

    Composer: Mikael Ayrapetyan

    Performer: Mikael Ayrapetyan (Piano)


  37. Arousal

    Composer: Mikael Ayrapetyan

    Performer: Mikael Ayrapetyan (Piano)


  38. Prayer

    Composer: Mikael Ayrapetyan

    Performer: Mikael Ayrapetyan (Piano)


  39. Clouds

    Composer: Mikael Ayrapetyan

    Performer: Mikael Ayrapetyan (Piano)


  40. The First Snow

    Composer: Mikael Ayrapetyan

    Performer: Mikael Ayrapetyan (Piano)


  41. Christmas Eve

    Composer: Mikael Ayrapetyan

    Performer: Mikael Ayrapetyan (Piano)


  42. Totality

    Composer: Mikael Ayrapetyan

    Performer: Mikael Ayrapetyan (Piano)


  43. Rise and rendezvous

    Composer: Mikael Ayrapetyan

    Performer: Mikael Ayrapetyan (Piano)


  44. Finality

    Composer: Mikael Ayrapetyan

    Performer: Mikael Ayrapetyan (Piano)