Aki Takahashi - Peter Garland - The Birthday Party [CD]

Please Note Not All Our New Items Are Shrink Wrapped.All items shipped within 3 working days of payment.On first hearing, the piano music of Peter Garland (b. 1952) creates a feeling of dislocation, then astonishment: It is so very different from the contemporary concert music we are familiar with. The composer's intent, his emotional directness is immediateu2014despite the unusual sound world and different sense of time that these pieces exhibit. rr'A lovely, fascinating record' International Pianor'Garland's music could hardly be better served.' Gramophone MagazinerrThe three pieces on this CD, The Birthday Party (2014), Blessingway (2011u201312) and Amulet (After Roberto Bolaxf1o) for 4 pianos (2010), are quite different in nature from much of Garland's previous writing for piano, more lyrical than dramatic in feeling. The Birthday Party in particular is the work of an artist looking backu2014pensive, even nostalgic, open to musical associations. The Birthday Party is explicitly a study in both memory and loss; in Garland's own words it is not just a 'toast' to Aki Takahashi, the dedicatee, on her birthday, but also to '. . . those who are still with us [and to] our friends and loved ones who are no longer alive.'rrBlessingway takes its title from a Navajo ceremony, but its use here must be seen as reflecting a purely personal association of some kind for Garland rather than any literary or musical connection to the ceremony in the piece.rrAmulet was written for Aki Takahashi. She herself consecutively recorded all four parts before they were mixed down. Garland's original concept, explained in his introduction to the piece, was '. . . that these are not four separate pianos; but rather they form one big piano, the sum of their parts.' Amulet is in large part a humorous work, albeit one with a dark side.r rOf related interest:r80716 Peter Garlandu2014Waves Breaking on Rocks

The Birthday Party: I. The Toasts (Remembrances)

The Birthday Party: II. Erik Satie Shows Up (Again)

The Birthday Party: III. The Birthday Cake

The Birthday Party: IV. Afterwards: Autumn Evening

Blessingway: (night Song)

Blessingway: (daylight Song)

Amulet: I.

Amulet: II. (in Memoriam Shafi Hakim)

Amulet: III. (march)

Amulet: IV.

Amulet: V. (Homage To Harold Budd)

Amulet: VI. (2nd March)

Amulet: VII. ('the Echo Of Nothingness...')

• Genre: Classical
• Product Type: AUDIO CD
• Barcode: 93228078821

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