a r t i s t : Lisa Moore
t i t l e : plays Frederick Rzewski Which Side Are You On?
d a t e : 2003
l a b e l : Cantaloupe Music
g e n r e : Classical
r l s. d a t e : Jun/2007
t r a c k s : 05
b i t r a t e : VBRkbps
s i z e : 69,2 MB
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The first woman to record Frederic Rzewski's setting of Oscar
Wilde's "De Profundis," Bang on a Can/Steve Reich pianist Lisa
Moore sheds powerful new light on Wilde's jailhouse meditation
on imprisonment, debasement, and the barriers that he faced as
a homosexual. Rzewski, a revolutionary American composer with
associations in both the modern classical and avant-jazz
worlds, has created an aggressively emotional soundtrack to
Wilde's moving prose. "De Profundis" breaks down the
boundaries between a piano recital and a theatrical
experience. Written for a virtuosic pianist who also sings,
shouts, and declaims; Rzewski's masterpiece is given a
gripping re-interpretation by Moore, who brings a new
character to the work through her passionate piano performance
and compelling voice. Using her expertise beyond the field of
classical music, Moore is one of the few pianists besides
Rzewski himself to dig into the improvisations of North
American Ballads, giving beautifully simple performances of
Rzewski's arrangements of American spirituals.
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01-De Profundis [28:07]
02-Dreadful Memories [04:07]
03-Which Side Are You On [11:54]
04-Down BY The Riverside [09:18]
05-Winnsboro Cotton Mill Blues [10:44]
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64:10 min