Lynn Raley - Maëlstrom: Contemporary American Piano Music (2018)

Four American composers, all pianists, all prizewinners at the height of their powers. It is not surprising that the works collected here are idiomatic to the instrument and gratify ing to play. Augusta Read Thomas explores the piano’s natural resonance and beauty. Wayne Peterson’s expressive, sweeping virtuosic lines reflect his past as a jazz pianist. Charles Wuorinen’s bracing rhythms leap across the instrument in a modernist romp that echoes the wit and humor of his opera. Eric Moe’s Afro-bebop encore rounds out the program.

Tracklist:
6 Piano Etudes 00:17:00
1 No. 1. Orbital Beacons (homage to Berio) 00:03:34 Raley, Lynn
2 No. 2. Fire Waltz (homage to Bartok) 00:02:00 Raley, Lynn
3 No. 3. Cathedral Waterfall (homage to Olivier Mess 00:03:46 Raley, Lynn
4 No. 4. On Twilight (homage to Pierre Boulez) 00:02:22 Raley, Lynn
5 No. 5. Rain At Funeral (homage to Morton Feldman) 00:03:42 Raley, Lynn
6 No. 6. Twitter - Machines (homage to David Rakowsk 00:01:48 Raley, Lynn

Eurythmy Etudes 00:06:00
7 I. Motion Detector 00:03:29 Raley, Lynn
8 II. Still Life 00:02:32 Raley, Lynn

4 Preludes 00:14:00
9 No. 1. Maëlstrom 00:03:49 Raley, Lynn
10 No. 2. Fading Embers 00:04:12 Raley, Lynn
11 No. 3. Valse Subliminale 00:03:13 Raley, Lynn
12 No. 4. Caccia 00:03:34 Raley, Lynn

The Haroun Piano Book 00:12:00
13 I. Zembla, Senda, Xanadu 00:01:47 Raley, Lynn
14 II. Haroun 00:01:10 Raley, Lynn
15 III. Mr. Sengupta 00:00:32 Raley, Lynn
16 IV. Rashid (a) 00:02:40 Raley, Lynn
17 V. Rashid (b) 00:01:46 Raley, Lynn
18 VI. Finale 00:03:54 Raley, Lynn

Dance of the Honey Monkey 00:05:00
19 Dance of the Honey Monkey 00:04:32 Raley, Lynn