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Sculthorpe: Complete Piano Works

Tamara-Anna Cislowska

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Format: 2CD

Cat No: 4811181

Release Date:  29 January 2016

Label:  Australian Broadcasting Corporation / Australian Broadcasting Corp

Packaging Type:  Jewel Case

No of Units:  2

Barcode:  028948111817

Genres:  Classical  

Release Date:  05 July 2021

Label:  Abc Classic / Australian Broadcasting Corp

Packaging Type:  Jewel Case

No of Units:  2

Barcode:  0028948111817

Genres:  Classical  

  • Description

    ABC Classics is delighted to unveil a deeply important new recording: the complete solo piano music of Australia's most revered composer, Peter Sculthorpe, who died in August 2014.

    Sculthope is widely acknowledged as the first Australian composer to leave behind the traditions of Britain and Europe, and create a distinctively Australian music. His unique compositional voice was inspired by the land and the history of Australia, and by the cultures of our Pacific Basin neighbours.
    His solo piano music is prized for its rich elegance and beguiling simplicity, from the mesmerising beauty of Djilile, based on an Indigenous Arnhem Land melody, to the gentle nostalgia of Left Bank Waltz.

    This double-CD album begins with the exquisite Falling Leaves, written when Sculthorpe was just 16, and concludes with the vivid and ambitious Riverina, his final work for solo piano. With the tracklist compiled in collaboration with the composer, the recording includes every published piece as well as previously unpublished, unrecorded and even unperformed works.

    In addition to more famous pieces, there is a range of charming miniatures and a pair of works for prepared piano (Koto Music I and II), all of which confirm Sculthorpe's reputation as a composer of international repute whose music speaks to the heart of the Australian experience.

    Tamara-Anna Cislowska, a close friend of Sculthorpe since performing his piano concerto with the Sydney Symphony Orchestra at the age of 14, was the composer's own choice for this recording. The album, recorded in June 2014, is engineered and produced by the ARIA Award-winning Virginia Read.

    Description

    ABC Classics is delighted to unveil a deeply important new recording: the complete solo piano music of Australia's most revered composer, Peter Sculthorpe, who died in August 2014.

    Sculthope is widely acknowledged as the first Australian composer to leave behind the traditions of Britain and Europe, and create a distinctively Australian music. His unique compositional voice was inspired by the land and the history of Australia, and by the cultures of our Pacific Basin neighbours.
    His solo piano music is prized for its rich elegance and beguiling simplicity, from the mesmerising beauty of Djilile, based on an Indigenous Arnhem Land melody, to the gentle nostalgia of Left Bank Waltz.

    This double-CD album begins with the exquisite Falling Leaves, written when Sculthorpe was just 16, and concludes with the vivid and ambitious Riverina, his final work for solo piano. With the tracklist compiled in collaboration with the composer, the recording includes every published piece as well as previously unpublished, unrecorded and even unperformed works.

    In addition to more famous pieces, there is a range of charming miniatures and a pair of works for prepared piano (Koto Music I and II), all of which confirm Sculthorpe's reputation as a composer of international repute whose music speaks to the heart of the Australian experience.

    Tamara-Anna Cislowska, a close friend of Sculthorpe since performing his piano concerto with the Sydney Symphony Orchestra at the age of 14, was the composer's own choice for this recording. The album, recorded in June 2014, is engineered and produced by the ARIA Award-winning Virginia Read.

  • Tracklisting

    1. Falling Leaves
    2. Nocturne No. 1
    3. Short Piece for Pianoforte No. 1
    4. Short Piece for Pianoforte No. 2
    5. Prelude to a Puppet Show
    6. Evocation
    7. Epigram
    8. Siesta
    9. Slow Movement
    10. Aboriginal Legend - Sketch
    11. Untitled
    12. Nocturne, 'Seascape'
    13. Nocturne No. 5
    14. Slowly and Calmly
    15. Very Slowly, Remote
    16. Briskly, Hard and Percussive
    17. Very Slowly
    18. Rather Slowly - Briskly
    19. Haiku
    20. Sea Chant
    21. Left Bank Waltz
    22. Snow
    23. Moon
    24. Flowers
    25. Night
    26. Stars
    27. Landscape
    28. Koto Music I
    29. Koto Music II
    30. Mountains
    1. Djilile
    2. Callabonna
    3. Nocturnal
    4. Con Brio
    5. Allegretto
    6. Grazioso
    7. Moderato
    8. Con Brio
    9. Yu
    10. Wani
    11. Kamu
    12. Pota
    13. Yu
    14. Evening Star
    15. Koori Dreaming
    16. Morning Star
    17. Sun Singing
    18. Koori Dancing
    19. Singing Sun
    20. Harbour Dreaming
    21. Song for a Penny
    22. Sometimes When I'm Dreaming
    23. Little Passacaglia
    24. Looking Back
    25. The Wiradjuri Presence
    26. The Murrumbidgee
    27. Fitzmaurice Street
    28. Thanksgiving