Alessandro Simonetto - Joplin, Hayden & Others: Piano Works (2019) [Hi-Res]
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BAND/ARTIST: Alessandro Simonetto
- Title: Joplin, Hayden & Others: Piano Works
- Year Of Release: 2019
- Label: onClassical
- Genre: Classical
- Quality: flac lossless / flac 24bits - 88.2kHz
- Total Time: 03:43:20
- Total Size: 774 / 3426 mb
- WebSite: Album Preview
Tracklist
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CD1
01. Great Crush Collision
02. Original Rags
03. Harmony Club Waltz
04. Combination March
05. Maple Leaf Rag
06. Sunflower Slow Drag
07. Augustan Club Waltz
08. Swipesy Cakewalk
09. Peacherine Rag
10. The Easy Winners
11. Cleopha
12. The Strenuous Life
13. A Breeze from Alabama
14. Elite Syncopations
15. The Entertainer
16. March Majestic
17. Felicity Rag
18. Something Doing
CD2
01. Weeping Willow
02. Palm Leaf Rag
03. The Sycamore
04. The Chrysanthemum
05. The Ragtime Dance
06. The Favorite
07. The Cascades
08. Bethena
09. Leola
10. Binks' Waltz
11. Rosebud
12. Eugenia
13. Antoinette
14. Kismet Rag
15. The Nonpareil (None to Equal)
16. Searchlight Rag
17. Gladiolus Rag
18. Rose Leaf Rag
CD3
01. Heliotrope Bouquet
02. Lily Queen
03. School of Ragtime
04. Reflection Rag (Syncopated Musings)
05. Fig Leaf Rag
06. Sugar Cane
07. Sensation (Arr. S. Joplin)
08. Pine Apple Rag
09. Wall Street Rag
10. Country Club
11. Solace
12. Euphonic Sounds
13. Pleasant Moments
14. Paragon Rag
15. Stoptime Rag
16. Scott Joplin's New Rag
17. Silver Swan Rag
18. Magnetic Rag
CD4
01. Treemonisha: A Real Slow Drag (Arr. for Solo Piano)
It is difficult not to be won over by the rhythm and unmistakable thematic creativity of Scott Joplin's compositions. Born in 1867 or ’68 (the exact date is not known), and gifted with a natural talent, Joplin began to play as a self-taught pianist in the wealthy homes at which his mother worked as a maid. Later, he took piano lessons and learned the craft as a composer, a fact that is evident in the beautiful balance we identify in his works. Before turning thirty, Joplin was already known in the saloons, particularly thanks to Maple Leaf Rag, a piece that marks the evolution of a genre, and that makes him known to the wide public as “The King of Ragtime.”
This set contains all of Joplin’s piano compositions: 42 Ragtimes (including the slightly syncopated "Cleopha" and "The School of Ragtime"), 5 Marches, 5 Waltzes, 1 Tango, 1 "Afro-American Intermezzo".
The compositions are ordered more or less chronologically, which helps the listener gather a sense of the composer’s evolution of both form and style. What emerges is a portrait of Joplin as a composer who is everything but “monothematic.” Quite the contrary: the many tunes found in his work for piano are rarely repetitive, and reveal the unlimited inspiration of a composer who is always ready to find new solutions and occasionally even experiment with new genres such as the foxtrot (the trio section from “Peacherine Rag") and the blues (the trios of “Wall Street Rag” and “Pine Apple Rag”). Sometimes, Joplin even seems to borrow from the Classical Style (“Euphonic Sounds”) and the Romantic Style (the trio from “Magnetic Rag,” in which we might hear glimses of Chopin).
Collaborations with friends such as Arthur Marshall (“Swipesy,” “Lily Queen”), Scott Hayden (“Sunflower Slow Drag,” “Something Doing,” “Felicity Rag,” “Kismet Rag”), and Louis Chauvin (“Heliotrope Bouquet”) further enrich the creative material from which Joplin never declined to draw inspiration.
Some of the pieces, especially those written between 1906 and 1909, in which we find great clarity of writing and structure, can be considered masterpieces in the genre of ragtime for their quality, balance, and refinement.
The performance of polymath Alessandro Simonetto, neither predictable nor limited by philological notions, emphasizes the coloristic and rhythmic nature of the music. In it, we identify great attention to the nuances present in Joplin’s harmonic ideas and rhythmic patterns, so often commonly undermined and mistreated.
The recording, made in three different periods, was made on a Steinway D-274 that was selected by the legendary pianist Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli in 1968, now owned by the performer.
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CD1
01. Great Crush Collision
02. Original Rags
03. Harmony Club Waltz
04. Combination March
05. Maple Leaf Rag
06. Sunflower Slow Drag
07. Augustan Club Waltz
08. Swipesy Cakewalk
09. Peacherine Rag
10. The Easy Winners
11. Cleopha
12. The Strenuous Life
13. A Breeze from Alabama
14. Elite Syncopations
15. The Entertainer
16. March Majestic
17. Felicity Rag
18. Something Doing
CD2
01. Weeping Willow
02. Palm Leaf Rag
03. The Sycamore
04. The Chrysanthemum
05. The Ragtime Dance
06. The Favorite
07. The Cascades
08. Bethena
09. Leola
10. Binks' Waltz
11. Rosebud
12. Eugenia
13. Antoinette
14. Kismet Rag
15. The Nonpareil (None to Equal)
16. Searchlight Rag
17. Gladiolus Rag
18. Rose Leaf Rag
CD3
01. Heliotrope Bouquet
02. Lily Queen
03. School of Ragtime
04. Reflection Rag (Syncopated Musings)
05. Fig Leaf Rag
06. Sugar Cane
07. Sensation (Arr. S. Joplin)
08. Pine Apple Rag
09. Wall Street Rag
10. Country Club
11. Solace
12. Euphonic Sounds
13. Pleasant Moments
14. Paragon Rag
15. Stoptime Rag
16. Scott Joplin's New Rag
17. Silver Swan Rag
18. Magnetic Rag
CD4
01. Treemonisha: A Real Slow Drag (Arr. for Solo Piano)
It is difficult not to be won over by the rhythm and unmistakable thematic creativity of Scott Joplin's compositions. Born in 1867 or ’68 (the exact date is not known), and gifted with a natural talent, Joplin began to play as a self-taught pianist in the wealthy homes at which his mother worked as a maid. Later, he took piano lessons and learned the craft as a composer, a fact that is evident in the beautiful balance we identify in his works. Before turning thirty, Joplin was already known in the saloons, particularly thanks to Maple Leaf Rag, a piece that marks the evolution of a genre, and that makes him known to the wide public as “The King of Ragtime.”
This set contains all of Joplin’s piano compositions: 42 Ragtimes (including the slightly syncopated "Cleopha" and "The School of Ragtime"), 5 Marches, 5 Waltzes, 1 Tango, 1 "Afro-American Intermezzo".
The compositions are ordered more or less chronologically, which helps the listener gather a sense of the composer’s evolution of both form and style. What emerges is a portrait of Joplin as a composer who is everything but “monothematic.” Quite the contrary: the many tunes found in his work for piano are rarely repetitive, and reveal the unlimited inspiration of a composer who is always ready to find new solutions and occasionally even experiment with new genres such as the foxtrot (the trio section from “Peacherine Rag") and the blues (the trios of “Wall Street Rag” and “Pine Apple Rag”). Sometimes, Joplin even seems to borrow from the Classical Style (“Euphonic Sounds”) and the Romantic Style (the trio from “Magnetic Rag,” in which we might hear glimses of Chopin).
Collaborations with friends such as Arthur Marshall (“Swipesy,” “Lily Queen”), Scott Hayden (“Sunflower Slow Drag,” “Something Doing,” “Felicity Rag,” “Kismet Rag”), and Louis Chauvin (“Heliotrope Bouquet”) further enrich the creative material from which Joplin never declined to draw inspiration.
Some of the pieces, especially those written between 1906 and 1909, in which we find great clarity of writing and structure, can be considered masterpieces in the genre of ragtime for their quality, balance, and refinement.
The performance of polymath Alessandro Simonetto, neither predictable nor limited by philological notions, emphasizes the coloristic and rhythmic nature of the music. In it, we identify great attention to the nuances present in Joplin’s harmonic ideas and rhythmic patterns, so often commonly undermined and mistreated.
The recording, made in three different periods, was made on a Steinway D-274 that was selected by the legendary pianist Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli in 1968, now owned by the performer.
Year 2019 | Classical | FLAC / APE | HD & Vinyl
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