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| GM 2001 |
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Leona
Di Domenica:
Piano Music of Robert Di Domenica |
 In
what is surely a unique collaboration, the renowned
composer’s wife, Leona Di Domenica, plays his major
works for piano in live premiere performances dating
from 1959-1978.
Robert Di Domenica’s works flow out of a
fundamental love for line, harmony and sonority, and
showcase his comprehensive approach to 20th Century
compositional technique.
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“In
every way a remarkable record.
A truly outstanding achievement.”
—Milton Babbitt |
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| PERFORMERS |
| Leona Di
Domenica, piano |
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| PROGRAM |
| Disk
1 |
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Sonata after Essays
for Piano (1977) |
30:22 |
| 1. |
I. |
Prologue |
4:58 |
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| 2. |
II. |
Emerson |
4:02 |
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| 3. |
III. |
Hawthorne |
7:55 |
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| 4. |
IV. |
“The
Alcotts” |
3:39 |
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| 5. |
V. |
Thoreau |
4:39 |
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| 6. |
VI. |
Epilogue |
4:53 |
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Improvisations (1974) |
12:59 |
| 7. |
I. |
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3:22 |
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| 8. |
II. |
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1:54 |
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| 9. |
III. |
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2:28 |
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| 10. |
IV. |
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5:10 |
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| 11. |
Eleven Short
Pieces (1973) |
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| Disk 2 |
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Four
Movements for Piano (1959) |
8:47 |
| 1. |
I. |
Allegro
vivo |
2:27 |
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| 2. |
II. |
Lento |
1:42 |
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| 3. |
III. |
Presto |
1:15 |
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| 4. |
IV. |
Fuga |
3:08 |
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Sonatina for
Piano (1958) |
8:15 |
| 5. |
I. |
Allegro
molto |
2:41 |
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| 6. |
II. |
Andante |
1:46 |
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| 7. |
III. |
Presto |
3:42 |
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The Art of
the Row (1989) |
35:15 |
| 8. |
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Part I. |
11:48 |
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| 9. |
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Part II. |
13:48 |
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| 10. |
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Part III. |
9:33 |
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| Recorded on (I: #1-6) 20 November 1978 and
(I: #7-11) 18 March 1975 at Jordan Hall at the New
England Conservatory of Music in Boston,
Massachusetts; (II: #1-7) on 19 December 1959 at
the Donnell Library in New York City; and (II: #8-10) 12
December 1990 at Williams Hall at the New England
Conservatory of Music in Boston, Massachusetts. |
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| Producer: Gunther Schuller |
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