内容紹介
[1.トッカータ/2-7.6つの装飾的な練習曲/8-10.3つの前奏曲/11.ソナタ・ブレーヴ/12-14.オデッセイ]
1924年生まれのベンジャミン・リースは現代アメリカ作曲家の重鎮の一人。このCDに収録された作品は彼の60年間における作曲活動の集大成です。一貫した作風、ユーモアと現実、気分を引き立てる音の躍動的な動き、など新古典派の影響も感じられます。
Product Description
A long overdue disc dedicated to the piano music of Benjamin Lees! For the many listeners new to Lees' music, be prepared to discover a unique, individual compositional voice. Lees' music charts a course that has avoided all "isms" (serialism, folklorism, Americanism, or minimalism). Instead, it focuses on a creative vision that equally embraces superb craftmanship and a deep expressiveness.
The works on this CD span almost 60 years of compositional activity but are unified by a number of consistent stylistic features: a wiry and muscular athleticism with distant roots in Prokofiev and Bartk, a quasi-Impressionist awareness of piano sonority, no-nonsense sense of humor, and exhilarating onward drive. A 36-page booklet includes a profile of Benjamin Lees by Martin Anderson, the composer's own commentary on the music, and an essay by pianist Mirian Conti.