At first glance, the musical worlds of Frédéric Chopin and William Bolcom would seem strange bedfellows. But on his solo debut recording, Israeli American pianist Ran Dank makes a convincing case for pairing the two composers.The former, Poland’s national composer, is synonymous with pianistic panache. The latter, a leading American, possesses one of contemporary music’s most bold and inventive voices. Juxtaposing the works of these two pianist-composers reveals their common affinity for the keyboard and ear for sound and sense of structure.William Bolcom’s Twelve New Etudes won the Pulitzer Prize in 1988. Wonderfully eclectic, they move effortlessly between one musical idiom to another with endless ingenuity, exhibiting all the traits of Bolcom’s compositional craft. Chopin equally excelled with his Etudes, but Dank turns to his plentiful Polonaises, Mazurkas and Waltzes which range in style from heroic, to dark and brooding, haunting and beautiful.
Track List:
01. Polonaise in C Minor, Op. 40 No. 2 (9:32)
02. 12 New Etudes for Piano, Book I- I. Fast, Furious (0:53)
03. 12 New Etudes for Piano, Book I- II. Récitatif (4:26)
04. 12 New Etudes for Piano, Book I- III. Mirrors (1:55)
05. Mazurka in C Major, Op. 68 No. 1 (1:49)
06. Mazurka in G Minor, Op. 67 No. 2 (2:14)
07. Mazurka in A Minor, “Emile Gaillard” (3:01)
08. 12 New Etudes for Piano, Book II- IV. Scène d’oper (2:39)
09. 12 New Etudes for Piano, Book II- V. Butterflies, (2:23)
10. 12 New Etudes for Piano, Book II- VI. Nocturne (2:30)
11. Waltz in B Minor, Op. 69 No. 2 (3:56)
12. Waltz in A-Flat Major, Op. 42 (4:00)
13. 12 New Etudes for Piano, Book III- VII. Premonitio (3:03)
14. 12 New Etudes for Piano, Book III- VIII. Rag Infer (2:22)
15. 12 New Etudes for Piano, Book III- IX. Invention (3:11)
16. Polonaise in A-Flat Major, Op. 53 (7:33)
17. 12 New Etudes for Piano, Book IV- X. Vers Le Silen (7:16)
18. 12 New Etudes for Piano, Book IV- XI. Hi-jinks (2:07)
19. 12 New Etudes for Piano, Book IV- XII. Hymne à l’ (6:20)
20. Mazurka in F Minor, Op. 68 No. 4 (2:13)
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