Conlon.Nancarrow--Studies-(1993)-diss

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2009-11-27

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      a r t i s t : Conlon Nancarrow
        t i t l e : Studies
          d a t e : 1993
        l a b e l : RCA Victor
        g e n r e : Classical
  r l s.  d a t e : Feb/2003
      t r a c k s : 19
    b i t r a t e : 192kbps
          s i z e : 100,3 MB

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     Nancarrow's innovative player piano studies were written from
     the late 1940s to the early '80s and were intended, among other
     things, to explore ideas that were beyond the capacity of human
     performance. As electronic music was in its infancy when he
     began these studies, the player piano was Nancarrow's only
     outlet for these experiments. Unfortunately, their rhythmic
     complexities and furious tempos, as well as the unconventional
     instrument for which they were created, have limited their
     exposure. Nancarrow's audience in the US is still woefully
     small.

     This recording by the Ensemble Modern does Nancarrow a
     remarkable service. They've taken pieces long believed to be
     too difficult for live performance, and play them with the
     exhileration of a great jazz band. The arrangements, prepared
     mostly for brass, woodwinds, piano, harpsicord, and percussion,
     are bright and beautifully played. This music is constantly
     inventive and enormously entertaining (Nancarrow is serious
     music's greatest humorist since Charles Ives). Included with
     the dozen arrangements of player piano pieces are selections
     that Nancarrow wrote for convential instruments.




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      01-Conlon Nancarrow-Study for Player Piano No 5           [03:11]
      02-Conlon Nancarrow-Study for Player Piano No 2           [03:27]
      03-Conlon Nancarrow-Study for Player Piano No 1           [03:18]
      04-Conlon Nancarrow-Study for Player Piano No 6           [03:56]
      05-Conlon Nancarrow-Study for Player Piano No 7           [09:54]
      06-Conlon Nancarrow-Study for Player Piano No 3c          [02:57]
      07-Conlon Nancarrow-Study for Player Piano No 9           [04:13]
      08-Conlon Nancarrow-Study for Player Piano No 14          [02:04]
      09-Conlon Nancarrow-Study for Player Piano No 12          [08:06]
      10-Conlon Nancarrow-Study for Player Piano No 18          [03:06]
      11-Conlon Nancarrow-Study for Player Piano No 19          [01:20]
      12-Conlon Nancarrow-Tango                                 [03:03]
      13-Conlon Nancarrow-Toccata                               [01:42]
      14-Conlon Nancarrow-Piece No 2 for Small Orchestra        [10:44]
      15-Conlon Nancarrow-Trio - Presto                         [02:25]
      16-Conlon Nancarrow-Trio - Andantino                      [01:48]
      17-Conlon Nancarrow-Trio - Allegro molto                  [02:45]
      18-Conlon Nancarrow-Sarabande & Schertzo - Sarabande      [01:58]
      19-Conlon Nancarrow-Sarabande & Schertzo - Schertzo       [02:58]
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                                                                 72:55 min
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