Benjamin Lees: Piano Music, 1947-2005
Benjamin Lees (1924–2010) was one of the senior figures in American music, with a large catalogue of powerful and inventive music to his credit. The works on this CD span almost sixty years of compositional activity but are unified by a number of consistent stylistic features: a wiry and muscular athleticism with its distant roots in Prokofiev and Bartók, a quasi-Impressionist awareness of piano sonority, a tough, no-nonsense sense of humour and an exhilarating onward drive.
Mirian Conti, piano
Listen To This Recording:
- Toccata (1947)
- No. 1
- No. 2
- No. 3
- No. 4
- No. 5
- No. 6
- No. 1
- No. 2
- No. 3
- Sonata Breve (1956)
- No. 1
- No. 2
- No. 3
Six Ornamental Etudes (1957)
Three Preludes (1962)
Odyssey Nos 1–3 (1971, 1986, 2005)
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Rob Barnett :
“torrential power … Lees engages a dark and fantastic imagination” —Rob Barnett, MusicWeb International
Uncle Dave Lewis :
“…for those with an interest in this area, Toccata Classics’ Benjamin Lees: Piano Music 1947-2005 will prove essential. Conti’s performance is dedicated and authoritative, and Toccata Classics’ recording is stunningly realistic.” —Uncle Dave Lewis, AllMusic