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Piano Music by African American Composers

Piano Music by African American Composers
From Composers Recordings

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Track Listing

Disc 1:

  1. In the Bottoms, pieces for piano: 1. Prelude
  2. In the Bottoms, pieces for piano: 2. His Song
  3. In the Bottoms, pieces for piano: 3. Honey
  4. In the Bottoms, pieces for piano: 4. Barcarolle
  5. In the Bottoms, pieces for piano: 5. Dance
  6. Easter Monday Swagger, scherzino for piano
  7. Visions (3), for piano: 1. Dark Horseman
  8. Visions (3), for piano: 2. Summerland
  9. Visions (3), for piano: 3. Radiant Pinnacle
  10. Scuppernong, pieces for piano: 1. At A Certain Church
  11. Scuppernong, pieces for piano: 2. Ring Game
  12. Scuppernong, pieces for piano: 3. Visitor From Town

Disc 2:

  1. Piano Sonata No. 1: 1. Allegro Energico
  2. Piano Sonata No. 1: 2. Theme & Variations
  3. Piano Sonata No. 1: 3. Allegro Con Brio
  4. Engrams for piano
  5. Sound-Gone for piano
  6. Evocation for piano
  7. Piece for piano & electronic sound

Product Details

  • Amazon Sales Rank: #419546 in Music
  • Released on: 1993-09-28
  • Number of discs: 2

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com
Greeted with shock and amazement upon its original release in 1970, this two-CD collection featuring virtuoso Natalie Hinderas on piano is one of the best collections of music by African American composers of the 20th century. Hinderas's catholic approach to the century's music allows her to delight the Chopin-Ravel-Joplin continuum (wide though it is) of listeners with R. Nathaniel Dett's impressionistic, ragtimey "In the Bottoms." The nuanced jumpiness, replete with dissonant shades, of William Grant Still's "Three Visions" recalls Ives here and Ellington there. What's most challenging here is the works from 1953 to 1969, featuring Pulitzer Prize winner George Walker's study of harmonic intervals in his Sonata No. 1 and Talib Rasul-Hakim's shimmering "Sound-Gone." There are tone-row studies (Arthur Cunningham) and Stockhausen-esque electronics (Olly Wilson), but what stands out most is Hinderas's unflappable perfection regardless of the musical elements. Whether razor-sharp or dancingly playful, Hinderas executes with a largely vibrato-free touch, forcing the ear to focus on her solid chordal touch. --Andrew Bartlett