Marcantonio Barone - George Crumb: Metamorphoses, Book I (2020) [Hi-Res]
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BAND/ARTIST: Marcantonio Barone
- Title: George Crumb: Metamorphoses, Book I
- Year Of Release: 2020
- Label: Bridge Records
- Genre: Classical
- Quality: flac lossless / flac 24bits - 96.0kHz
- Total Time: 00:37:26
- Total Size: 123 / 579 mb
- WebSite: Album Preview
Tracklist
01. Metamorphoses, Book I: I. Black Prince by Paul Klee
02. Metamorphoses, Book I: II. Goldfish by Paul Klee
03. Metamorphoses, Book I: III. Crows Over the Wheatfield by Vincent van Gogh
04. Metamorphoses, Book I: IV. The Fiddler by Marc Chagall
05. Metamorphoses, Book I: V. Nocturne. Blue and Gold by Southampton Water by James McNeill Whistler
06. Metamorphoses, Book I: VI. Perilous Night by Jasper Johns
07. Metamorphoses, Book I: VII. Clowns at Night by Marc Chagall
08. Metamorphoses, Book I: VIII. Contes barbares by Paul Gauguin
09. Metamorphoses, Book I: IX. The Persistence of Memory by Salvador Dalí
10. Metamorphoses, Book I: X. The Blue Rider by Wassily Kandinsky
Crumb subtitles his Metamorphoses (Book 1) “Ten Fantasy-Pieces (after celebrated paintings),” and if that sounds like fun, it is. The paintings are by Klee, van Gogh, Chagall, Whistler, Jasper Johns, Gaugin, Dali and Kandinsky. It’s a great lineup, and in realizing this updated “Pictures at an Exhibition,” Crumb returns to his own personal medium: amplified piano–aided and abetted by a few additional contraptions. All kinds of “stuff” makes these evocative sounds, from the pianist’s fingers on the strings, to sticks and mallets of various types, to assorted percussion, and even (in reimagining Chagall’s “Clowns at Night”) an additional toy piano.
Typically for Crumb, much of the expressive ambience is spooky (Whistler’s “Nocturne: Blue and Gold”) or dreamlike (Dali’s “The Persistence of Memory” aka “The Dripping Clocks”). Musical materials incorporate everything from a touch of jazz, to tone clusters, to glissandos on the strings, to bits of Jewish folk music (Chagall’s “The Fiddler”). Crumb’s textures are haunting, consistently captivating, and you’d never believe that all these sounds come from the two hands and ten fingers of a single person. That person, in this case, is Marcantonio Barone, a masterful exponent of Crumb’s unique sonic canvases who could not possibly be more impressively involved in realizing the composer’s vision.
The booklet photo features a picture of Crumb listening to the recording sessions, and we can only assume that he was very pleased with the result. At least, he should have been, not just with the superb playing, but also with Bridge’s first-class engineering. A lovely disc from a true modern master.
01. Metamorphoses, Book I: I. Black Prince by Paul Klee
02. Metamorphoses, Book I: II. Goldfish by Paul Klee
03. Metamorphoses, Book I: III. Crows Over the Wheatfield by Vincent van Gogh
04. Metamorphoses, Book I: IV. The Fiddler by Marc Chagall
05. Metamorphoses, Book I: V. Nocturne. Blue and Gold by Southampton Water by James McNeill Whistler
06. Metamorphoses, Book I: VI. Perilous Night by Jasper Johns
07. Metamorphoses, Book I: VII. Clowns at Night by Marc Chagall
08. Metamorphoses, Book I: VIII. Contes barbares by Paul Gauguin
09. Metamorphoses, Book I: IX. The Persistence of Memory by Salvador Dalí
10. Metamorphoses, Book I: X. The Blue Rider by Wassily Kandinsky
Crumb subtitles his Metamorphoses (Book 1) “Ten Fantasy-Pieces (after celebrated paintings),” and if that sounds like fun, it is. The paintings are by Klee, van Gogh, Chagall, Whistler, Jasper Johns, Gaugin, Dali and Kandinsky. It’s a great lineup, and in realizing this updated “Pictures at an Exhibition,” Crumb returns to his own personal medium: amplified piano–aided and abetted by a few additional contraptions. All kinds of “stuff” makes these evocative sounds, from the pianist’s fingers on the strings, to sticks and mallets of various types, to assorted percussion, and even (in reimagining Chagall’s “Clowns at Night”) an additional toy piano.
Typically for Crumb, much of the expressive ambience is spooky (Whistler’s “Nocturne: Blue and Gold”) or dreamlike (Dali’s “The Persistence of Memory” aka “The Dripping Clocks”). Musical materials incorporate everything from a touch of jazz, to tone clusters, to glissandos on the strings, to bits of Jewish folk music (Chagall’s “The Fiddler”). Crumb’s textures are haunting, consistently captivating, and you’d never believe that all these sounds come from the two hands and ten fingers of a single person. That person, in this case, is Marcantonio Barone, a masterful exponent of Crumb’s unique sonic canvases who could not possibly be more impressively involved in realizing the composer’s vision.
The booklet photo features a picture of Crumb listening to the recording sessions, and we can only assume that he was very pleased with the result. At least, he should have been, not just with the superb playing, but also with Bridge’s first-class engineering. A lovely disc from a true modern master.
Year 2020 | Classical | FLAC / APE | HD & Vinyl
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