Release Date: 01 December 2023
Label: Paladino Records
Packaging Type: Digipak
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 9120010286124
Genres: Classical Contemporary Classical
Composer/Series: George Crumb
Description
With this album, Yoshiko Shimizu presents a second outstanding recording of works for amplified piano(s) by American composer George Crumb. Shimizu is the only pianist to have recorded 'solo' realizations of Crumb's 'Celestial Mechanics' (Makrokosmos IV), 'Zeitgeist' and 'Otherworldly Resonances'.
George Crumb praised her superb 2018 Kairos release (KAI0015029), delcaring, "I consider her to be one of my very finest interpreters. Bravissima!"
"Yoshiko Shimizu's 'solo' recording of George Crumb's works for two pianists is a remarkable achievement [...]. Shimizu blends the varied timbres effortlessly – there's no indication of the pianistic acrobatics required from a score that involves the interior of the instrument as much as the keyboard." – BBC Music Magazine *****
Tracklisting
Helena Rasker, Niek de Groot, Francisco Anguas
Charlotte Seither
Yoshiko Shimizu
Dimitri Ashkenazy | Vladimir Ashkenazy | Czech Philharmonic Orchestra | Franziska van Ooyen |Otis K
Nadar Ensemble | Klangforum Wien | Bas Wiegers | Stephane Ginsburgh | Florian Bogner | Yaron Deutsc
Klangforum Wien, Schallfeld Ensemble, Arditti Quartet
Klangforum Wien
Hong Kong New Music Ensemble
Klangforum Wien, Schallfeld Ensemble, Arditti Quartet
Klangforum Wien
Perle: Piano Works
Decibel
Xenia Pestova-Bennett, Stephen Richardson, Claire Booth, Birmingham Contemporary Music Group, Sian
Zoe Martlew, Ben Goldscheider, Lucy Schaufer, Huw Watkins, Mark Simpson, Alessandro Fisher, Lana Bo
Matthew Schellhorn
Bruce Wolosoff
