{"product_id":"682406","title":"Aki Takahashi - Peter Garland - The Birthday Party [CD]","description":"Brand New From Reputable UK Company With 30 Years Experience In Retail, Please Note Not All Our New Items Are Shrink Wrapped.\u003cbr\u003eAll items shipped within 3 working days of payment.\u003cbr\u003ePlease note that all our DVDs are Region 2.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePlease note that not all audio CDs are shrink-wrapped fom the factory.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOn 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 immediate\\u2014despite the unusual sound world and different sense of time that these pieces exhibit. \\r\u003cbr\u003e\\r\u003cbr\u003e'A lovely, fascinating record' International Piano\\r\u003cbr\u003e'Garland's music could hardly be better served.' Gramophone Magazine\\r\u003cbr\u003e\\r\u003cbr\u003eThe three pieces on this CD, The Birthday Party (2014), Blessingway (2011\\u201312) and Amulet (After Roberto Bola\\xf1o) 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 back\\u2014pensive, 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.'\\r\u003cbr\u003e\\r\u003cbr\u003eBlessingway 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.\\r\u003cbr\u003e\\r\u003cbr\u003eAmulet 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\u003cbr\u003e \\r\u003cbr\u003eOf related interest:\\r\u003cbr\u003e80716  Peter Garland\\u2014Waves Breaking on Rocks\u003cp\u003eThe Birthday Party: I. The Toasts (Remembrances)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Birthday Party: II. Erik Satie Shows Up (Again)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Birthday Party: III. The Birthday Cake\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Birthday Party: IV. Afterwards: Autumn Evening\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBlessingway: (night Song)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBlessingway: (daylight Song)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAmulet: I.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAmulet: II.  (in Memoriam Shafi Hakim)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAmulet: III. (march)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAmulet: IV.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAmulet: V. (Homage To Harold Budd)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAmulet: VI. (2nd March)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAmulet: VII. ('the Echo Of Nothingness...')\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Chalkys.com","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55159380640129,"sku":"682406","price":16.98,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0056\/8043\/1219\/files\/518EGa4mosL._SL1500.jpg?v=1767976210","url":"https:\/\/chalkys.com\/products\/682406","provider":"Chalkys.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}