Paul Creston: Piano Music

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Catalogue No: TOCC0674
EAN/UPC: 5060113446749
Release Date: 02.06.2023
Composer: Paul Creston
Artists: Myron Silberstein

For some decades in the middle of the twentieth century, Paul Creston (1906–85) was one of the most frequently performed of American composers, though his music has sunk from prominence in recent years. He was himself a fearsome pianist, and his Three Narratives are Lisztian concert essays that require freewheeling virtuosity. Rhythmicon is a ten-volume collection of 123 brief studies that examine various aspects of rhythm. Their difficulty grows as the series progresses, reaching its zenith in Volumes 7–10, where Creston presents 25 studies that range in mood from serious to light-hearted, from hymn-like introspection and calm to jagged, Bartokian energy.

Myron Silbertstein, piano

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    Three Narratives, Op. 79 (1962)

  1. Narrative No. 1
  2. Narrative No. 2
  3. Narrative No. 3
  4. Rhythmicon
    Volume 7
    (1971)

  5. No. 99 Affirmation
  6. No. 100 A Jest
  7. No. 101 Offertory
  8. No. 102 Mirror Etude
  9. No. 103 Interlude
  10. No. 104 Salve Regina
  11. No. 105 Child’s Play
  12. No. 106 Quasi-Barbaro
  13. Volume 8 (c. 1973)

  14. No. 107 Hemiola
  15. No. 108 Barcarolle
  16. No. 109 Badinage
  17. No. 110 Secret Game
  18. No. 111 La Fontanella
  19. No. 112 Pastorale
  20. No. 113 Morning Song
  21. No. 114 Brief Encounter
  22. Volume 9 (c. 1974)

  23. No. 115 Hommage à César Franck
  24. No. 116 Jaunty James
  25. No. 117 Brief Argument
  26. No. 118 Psychedelic Waltz
  27. No. 119 Nocturne
  28. Volume 10 (1974)

  29. No. 120 Toccata
  30. No. 121 Meditation
  31. No. 122 Burlesk
  32. No. 123 Epitome
 

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