Windows / Levingston

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Label
Sono Luminus
Release Date
January 26, 2018
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      BRUCE MATHESON SCHUMANN
    • PERFORMER
      Bruce Levingston
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      January 26, 2018
    • UPC
      053479221827
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      DSL-92218
    • LABEL
      Sono Luminus
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Classical
    Works ⌄

    1. I. —

      Composer: David Bruce

      Performer: Bruce Levingston

    2. II. —

      Composer: David Bruce

      Performer: Bruce Levingston

    3. No. 1. Von fremden Ländern und Menschen (Of Foreign Lands and People)

      Composer: Robert Schumann

      Performer: Bruce Levingston

    4. No. 2. Curiose Geschichte (A Strange Story)

      Composer: Robert Schumann

      Performer: Bruce Levingston

    5. No. 3. Hasche-Mann (Catch-as-catch-can)

      Composer: Robert Schumann

      Performer: Bruce Levingston

    6. No. 4. Bittendes Kind (Pleading Child)

      Composer: Robert Schumann

      Performer: Bruce Levingston

    7. No. 5. Glückes genug (Happy Enough)

      Composer: Robert Schumann

      Performer: Bruce Levingston

    8. No. 6. Wichtige Begebenheit (An Important Event)

      Composer: Robert Schumann

      Performer: Bruce Levingston

    9. No. 7. Träumerei (Dreaming)

      Composer: Robert Schumann

      Performer: Bruce Levingston

    10. No. 8. Am Camin (By the Fire-side)

      Composer: Robert Schumann

      Performer: Bruce Levingston

    11. No. 9. Ritter vom Steckenpferd (Knight of the Hobby-horse)

      Composer: Robert Schumann

      Performer: Bruce Levingston

    12. No. 10. Fast zu ernst (Almost Too Serious)

      Composer: Robert Schumann

      Performer: Bruce Levingston

    13. No. 11. Fürchtenmachen (Frightening)

      Composer: Robert Schumann

      Performer: Bruce Levingston

    14. No. 12. Kind im Einschlummern (Child Falling Asleep)

      Composer: Robert Schumann

      Performer: Bruce Levingston

    15. No. 13. Der Dichter spricht (The Poet Speaks)

      Composer: Robert Schumann

      Performer: Bruce Levingston

    16. Arabeske in C Major, Op. 18

      Composer: Robert Schumann

      Performer: Bruce Levingston

    17. Jeremiah

      Composer: James Matheson

      Performer: Bruce Levingston

    18. Isaiah

      Composer: James Matheson

      Performer: Bruce Levingston

    19. Crucifixion

      Composer: James Matheson

      Performer: Bruce Levingston

    20. The Good Samaritan

      Composer: James Matheson

      Performer: Bruce Levingston

    21. The Rose

      Composer: James Matheson

      Performer: Bruce Levingston


Bruce Levingston is one of today’s celebrated figures in contemporary classical music. The New Yorker has called him “a force for new music” with “a gift for innovative and glamorous programming.” The title of pianist Bruce Levingston’s haunting new album is taken from the beautiful suite by acclaimed American composer James Matheson, heard here in its world premiere recording. This evocative, richly-colored work depicts the exquisite stained glass windows of Marc Chagall and Henri Matisse inspired by ancient imagery and scripture. These works, which reflect a myriad of overlapping artistic influences, led Levingston, an artist known for his cutting-edge programming, to seek out other composers who have been inspired by multiple art forms. Robert Schumann was an immediate choice. His intimate Kinderszenen, a series of distilled little jewels that offer fleeting glimpses of childhood, is paired with the urbane, elegant Arabeske.

Distinguished British-American composer David Bruce is also heard here in the premiere recording of his touching work, The Shadow of the Blackbird, inspired by the music of Schumann as well as the moving poetry of Wallace Stevens. It seemed fitting for Levingston to program these three inspired, and inspiring, composers together. Their works, old and new, represent aural windows through which their extraordinary visions may be heard, sensed and felt.

REVIEW:

The label's resonantly ample engineering particularly lends itself to Matheson’s vibrant writing and Levingston’s compelling, colorful pianism.

– Gramophone