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Picker: Keys to the City - Works for Piano

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Composer
PICKER, TOBIAS
Artist
Oppens, Picker
Format
CD
Label
Wergo
Released
Jun 02, 2008
Catalog #
WER66952
UPC
4010228669527

About

New York City native Tobias Picker was described by the "Wall Street Journal" as "our finest composer for the lyric stage" and by BBC Music Magazine as "displaying a distinctively soulful style that is one of the glories of the current musical scene." The new WERGO recording with pianist Ursula Oppens traces an evolution in the composer's writing for piano from the virtuosic challenges of his "Four Etudes for Ursula" and the jazzy, urbane landscape of "Keys to the City" to the lyrical simplicity of "Old and Lost Rivers", "... when soft voices die...", or "The Blue Hula". Listeners will also have a rare opportunity to hear the composer performing in the two piano version of "Keys to the City". This CD with mostly first recordings will make an invaluable contribution to the discography of contemporary American music.

Tracklist 12 tracks

  1. 1 I. quarter note = 112 03:09
    Track
    1
    Title
    I. quarter note = 112
    Duration
    03:09
    Composer
    Tobias Picker
  2. 2 II. quarter note = 104 02:58
    Track
    2
    Title
    II. quarter note = 104
    Duration
    02:58
    Composer
    Tobias Picker
  3. 3 III. Legato espressivo 03:41
    Track
    3
    Title
    III. Legato espressivo
    Duration
    03:41
    Composer
    Tobias Picker
  4. 4 IV. quarter note = 96-100 05:06
    Track
    4
    Title
    IV. quarter note = 96-100
    Duration
    05:06
    Composer
    Tobias Picker
  5. 5 Old and Lost Rivers 05:05
    Track
    5
    Title
    Old and Lost Rivers
    Duration
    05:05
    Composer
    Tobias Picker
  6. 6 No. 1. Svelto 00:54
    Track
    6
    Title
    No. 1. Svelto
    Duration
    00:54
    Composer
    Tobias Picker
  7. 7 No. 2. Liberamente 07:28
    Track
    7
    Title
    No. 2. Liberamente
    Duration
    07:28
    Composer
    Tobias Picker
  8. 8 No. 3. Feroce 00:59
    Track
    8
    Title
    No. 3. Feroce
    Duration
    00:59
    Composer
    Tobias Picker
  9. 9 Where the Rivers Go 05:39
    Track
    9
    Title
    Where the Rivers Go
    Duration
    05:39
    Composer
    Tobias Picker
  10. 10 When Soft Voices Die 14:52
    Track
    10
    Title
    When Soft Voices Die
    Duration
    14:52
    Composer
    Tobias Picker
  11. 11 The Blue Hula (version for 2 pianos) 02:12
    Track
    11
    Title
    The Blue Hula (version for 2 pianos)
    Duration
    02:12
    Composer
    Tobias Picker
  12. 12 Keys to the City (version for 2 pianos) 19:09
    Track
    12
    Title
    Keys to the City (version for 2 pianos)
    Duration
    19:09
    Composer
    Tobias Picker