Henry Cowell - Piano Music (Smithsonian/Folkways)
Henry Cowell: Piano Music (1993)
Classical | EAC (APE & CUE) | 248 MB
Classical | EAC (APE & CUE) | 248 MB
The deceptively simple title notwithstanding, this disc can be described as anything but. Cowell’s signing with Mose Asch’s Folkways label makes perfect sense since both viewed sounds of any stripe and sort as potential conveyers of musical and cultural information. He regularly looked to the natural and industrial worlds as sources of inspiration, rigorously eschewing conventional structures and patterns in his piano works. He also pioneered elements of atonality and "extended techniques" such as venturing into the innards of his instrument to maneuver the strings directly. The nineteen pieces collected here are mainly representative of his early works, which made groundbreaking use of tonal clusters amongst other innovations.
- Tracklist
1 The Tides Of Manaunaun (2:26)
2 Exultation (1:48)
3 Harp Of Life (4:18)
4 Lilt Of The Reel (1:58)
5 Advertisement (Third Encore To Dynamic Motion) (1:08)
6 Antinomy (Fourth Encore To Dynamic Motion) (3:02)
7 Aeolian Harp And Sinister Resonance (3:41)
8 Anger Dance (1:52)
9 The Banshee (2:31)
10 Fabric (1:22)
11 What's This (First Encore To Dynamic Motion) (0:57)
12 Amiable Conversation (Second Encore To Dynamic Motion) (0:52)
13 Fairy Answer (2:51)
14 Jig (2:10)
15 Snows Of Fujiyama (2:20)
16 Voice Of Lir (3:06)
17 Dynamic Motion (3:13)
18 The Trumpet Of Angus Og (3:24)
19 Tiger (3:28)
20 Henry Cowell's Comments (13:18)
Henry Cowell, piano
