Myron Silberstein: Piano Music, 2016-2022
Myron Silberstein, Brooklyn-born (in 1974) and a long-term resident of Chicago, belongs to that centuries-old tradition of the composer-pianist. But here the distant roots are not so much in Mozart and Beethoven as in Copland and Barber. Silberstein’s language echoes the tradition of earlier American composers like Creston, Mennin and Persichetti, and his tonal harmony may remind some listeners of mid-twentieth-century jazz, especially in its sense of improvisatory freedom. Like much of American culture more generally, it is open, outgoing and often positive in spirit.
Myron Silberstein, piano
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Four Impromptus (2022) (7:48)
- No. 1, Warm (1:53)
- No. 2, Lamenting (2:31)
- No. 3, Contemplative (1:42)
- No. 4, Vigorous (1:42)
Piano Sonata No. 1 (2016) (7:37)
- I. Light (2:34)
- II. Quiet (2:12)
- III. Bold (2:51)
Piano Sonata No. 2 (2018) (13:33)
- I. Declamatory (5:19)
- II. Reflective (4:42)
- III. Tumultuous (3:32)
Four Winter Landscapes (2022) (5:53)
- No. 1, Sunlight on Snow (1:19)
- No. 2, Bare Trees (1:45)
- No. 3, Afternoon Shadows (1:16)
- No. 4, The Frozen Lake (1:33)
Piano Sonata No. 3 (2019) (12:15)
- I. Lively (4:23)
- II. Gentle (4:21)
- III. Brilliant (3:31)
Prelude and Fugue (2018) (4:11)
- Prelude (2:58)
- Fugue (1:13)
Piano Sonata No. 4 (2019) (11:41)
- I. Graceful (4:52)
- II. Calm (3:06)
- III. Vigorous (3:43)
- Transformations (2021) (6:42)
- Piano Sonata No. 5 (2020) (7:31)
- Jortunioca (2020) (1:38)
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