Bruce Levingston - Still Sound [CD]

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The final album in Bruce Levingston's three-part series, Still Sound contains intimate works featuring world premiere recordings of Pulitzer Prize-winner William Bolcom'sNew York Lights' written for Bruce Levingston, and Augusta Gross' new works inspired by Satie and Part. Reflecting on this album, Levingston writes,'As I first listened to this collection of intimate, gentle music, I kept thinking how much it evokes a feeling of timelessness and stillness. From the minimal sounds of Arvo Part and Erik Satie to the reflective pieces of Augusta Gross and William Bolcom, each work, their harmonic and rhythmic movement notwithstanding, suggests a kind of spiritual stasis. Even the Romantic works of Schubert and Chopin, with their moments of surging emotion, possess magical, hypnotic qualities that lull the listener into a state of calm. The consistent impression of tranquility and serenity in these beautiful works led me to call this album Still Sound.' Bruce Levingston is one of the leading figures on the contemporary music scene. Many of the country's most important composers have written works for him and his Carnegie Hall and Lincoln Center world premiere performances of their works have won notable critical acclaim. The New York Times calls him'[one] of'today's most adventurous musicians' and describes his performances as'graceful,''dreamy' and'hauntingly serene'; The New Yorker describes him as'a poetic pianist who has a gift for inventive'and glamorous' programming.' Following a recent performance in the historic Coolidge Auditorium at The Library of Congress, The Washington Post praised his' wonderfully even touch' and'transparency and timeless reverie, which Levingston projected beautifully.' Levingston's first CD for Sono Luminus, Heart Shadow (DSL-92137), was comprised of three major piano works inspired by literature of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. It received high critical acclaim and was named'Album of the Week' by New York City's WQXR. Zachery Lewis of The Cleveland Pain Dealer called Levingston's account of Schumann's'Kreisleriana''vivid and richly expressive, a notable reading' and Levingston's world premiere recording of Bielawa and Wuorinen'a gripping, dynamic performance'. The second album in this triptych, Nightbreak (DSL-92144), contains Mr. Levingston's signature creative programming with elegant and poetic interpretations of nocturnes and waltzes by Liszt, Brahms and Wolfgang Rihm. In addition, he has recorded Liszt's magnificent, impressionistic'Les jeux d'eaux a la Villa d'Este', a tour de force of color and chiaroscuro in sound.'

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Variationen zur gesundung von Arinuschka Arvo P\xc3\x83\xc2\xa4rt

Gymnop\xc3\x83\xc2\xa9die No. 2 Erik Satie

Venturing Forth Anew 1 Augusta Gross

Venturing Forth Anew 2 Augusta Gross

Impromptu in A-flat major, Op. 90, No. 4 Franz Schubert

Nocturne in B-flat minor, Op. 9, no. 1 Frederic Chopin

New York Lights William Bolcom

Gnossienne No. 2 Erik Satie

Dance of the Spirits Augusta Gross

Changes Augusta Gross

Reflections on Air Augusta Gross

Gymnop\xc3\x83\xc2\xa9die No. 3 Erik Satie