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Peter Serkin: The Ocean that has No West and No East (2000)
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peachfuzz
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31 Aug 2009 08:16:27
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Peter Serkin - The Ocean that has No West and No East (2000)
Classical | EAC (APE, CUE & LOG) | 237 MB
Classical | EAC (APE, CUE & LOG) | 237 MB
| “ | Classical Net Peter Serkin recorded these works over the course of more than three years, between 1994 and 1997. In spite of its long gestation time, and the diversity of composers and compositional styles, this CD holds together very well. From the opening Webern Variations for Piano, a seminal piece of 12-tone writing from 1936, to the explosion of color and light in Lieberson's Piano Fantasy (1974-5), it is hard to believe that one pianist is responsible for all these sounds. Serkin's technique allows him to negotiate dense thickets of notes and impossibly tangled rhythms without audible strain. He is slightly less convincing when he moves to the other extreme and is asked to spellbind the listener with almost imperceptibly small and slow musical changes. What is most impressive about Serkin, however, is his dedication to this repertoire. There are not many pianists who would stick their necks out for music that doesn't receive the sympathy usually reserved for Mozart, Beethoven, Chopin, Debussy, and the like. Prove me wrong and hear this CD. | ” |
- Tracklist
Anton von Webern: Variations Op. 27
Stefan Wolpe:
• Toccata
• Pastorale
• Rag-Caprice
• Form #4: Broken Sequences
Olivier Messiaen: Cantéyodjayâ
Toru Takemitsu:
• Rain Tree Sketch
• Rain Tree Sketch II
Oliver Knussen: Prayer Bell Sketch, Op. 29 (In Loving Memory of Toru Takemitsu)
Peter Lieberson:
• The Ocean has No East and No West
• Fantasie
Charles Wuorinen: Bagatelle
Peter Serkin, piano
Koch International Classics 3-7450-2H1
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i heard serkin in recital a couple of years ago, and got to have a coaching with him while he was in town. incredible musicality and intellect. everything he played on his program [an arrangement of a renaissance choral piece, bach capriccio, a short carter piece (maybe intermittences? can't recall), takemitsu's for away and rain tree sketch I, and hammerklavier] was absolutely illuminated/illuminating. one of my favorite pianists.
Thanks, peachfuzz!