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The piano music of American composer Phillip Ramey (b. 1939) has its roots in the motoric athleticism of Prokofiev and Bartók, refracted through the wiry and elegant polyphony of his teacher, Alexander Tcherepnin. To these early influences Ramey has brought the tangy dissonance of mainstream modernism and a Lisztian enjoyment of the grand Romantic gesture. The works on this CD range in mood from tranquil introspection by way of sober lyricism to thunderous explosions of demonic energy expressed in high-octane piano-writing that pushes virtuosity to the limit.
Phillip Ramey: Colour Etudes
No. 1. Purple: Andante liturgico
No. 2. Green: Allegro moderato
No. 3. Maroon: Adagio
No. 4. Orange: Allegro moderato
No. 5. Red: Moderato
No. 6. Gold: Allegro
No. 7. Blue: Larghetto - Scherzando
No. 8. Silver: Allegro scherzando
No. 9. Black: Allegro
Phillip Ramey: Memorial (In Memoriam Alexander Tcherepnin)
Memorial (In Memoriam Alexander Tcherepnin)
Phillip Ramey: Chromatic Waltz
Chromatic Waltz
Phillip Ramey: Piano Sonata No. 1
I. Allegro marcato
II. Adagio
III. Allegro vivace
Phillip Ramey: Piano Sonata No. 2
I. Moderato
II. Largo
II. Allegro con brio - Lento
Phillip Ramey: Piano Sonata No. 5 for the Left Hand
Piano Sonata No. 5 for the Left Hand
Phillip Ramey: Piano Fantasy
Piano Fantasy
Phillip Ramey: 4 Tangier Portraits
No. 1. Paul Bowles: At Eighty
No. 2. Cherie Nutting: Elf in Kasbah
No. 3. Philip Krone: Plotting a Strategy
No. 4. Phillip Ramey: Dire Thoughts Beneath the Sweltering Sky
Phillip Ramey: Toccata No. 2
Toccata No. 2
“Stephen Gosling is a strong executant of all these works. It’s a harrowing assignment given the stringent technical demands. He plays the quite pieces with majestic serenity and wallops the hell out of the more extroverted ones, such as the final toccata”
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“a composer with the strongest of identities and a consistency throughout his career”
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