Release Date: 24 March 2014
Label: Avie
Packaging Type: Jewel Case
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 822252226126
Genres: Classical Solo Instrumental
Description
On 'Wild Dreams', pianist Joyce Yang weaves together a sequence of dream-inspired pieces by Rachmaninov, Hindemith, Schumann and transcriptions by Earl Wild, with nocturnal works by Bartok and Schumann.
Pianist Joyce Yang follows her critically acclaimed AVIE debut, 'Collage', with the equally imaginative 'Wild Dreams', inspired by a musical dream sequence. Joyce explains, "In our dreams, remote parts of our psyches come forth to create their own worlds and realities. Improbable scenarios intertwine. Characters normally divided by time and space mingle in our imaginations. In this subconscious world there are no boundaries or rules, and spontaneity trumps logic. Each piece on Wild Dreams defies gravity, and the sense of time and space is redefined in the spontaneity of performance."
Joyce interweaves dream-inspired pieces such as Earl Wild's transcription of Rachmaninov's Dreams, Hindemith's In Einer Nacht and Schumann's Traumes Wirren, with the nocturnal Night Music by Bartók and Schumann's In der Nacht. The climax of the programme is Rachmaninov's passionate Second Piano Sonata, performed with bravado.
Personnel: Joyce Yang (piano)
"The opening Des Abends depicted dreamy colours, reminiscent of a slowly rotating kaleidoscope, and was followed by a passionate and exuberant reading of Aufschwung...Combined with her masterfully dexterous fingers, inner textures were brought out clearly." - San Francisco Classical Voice
Tracklisting
Danbi Um; Juho Pohjonen
Christopher Tyler Nickel, Sarah Jackson
Choir of Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford
Bruce Wolosoff
Charles Owen
Proteus Ensemble; Stephen Shellard
Benjamin Hochman
Apollo's Fire; Jeannette Sorrell
Joyce Yang
