Word: pianistics
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Robert D. Levin '68, pianist and musicologist, has completed a double concerto movement for piano, violin and orchestra in D Major and the first movement of a quintet for clarinet and strings in B Flat. Both pieces were extant only as incomplete manuscripts before Levin's work...
...direction are wizard apprentices, sorcerers in their own right. Tenorman Wayne Shorter composed four tunes on the album, notably the tense and shadowy Prince of Darkness. Drummer Tony Williams contributes a mysterious ballad as well as his inspired, erratic drum effects. Bassist Ron Carter lays the undertone for Pianist Herbie Hancock's inimitable brush strokes of color, while Miles quavers the quintessential, kaleidoscopic themes...
BOBBY HUTCHERSON: STICKUP! (Blue Note). West Coast Vibraphonist Hutcherson gets right in the swing with a tasteful crowd of young modernists. Featuring the flexible tenor inventions of Joe Henderson and the thoughtful suspensions of Pianist McCoy Tyner, the quintet favors an ambiance of melodic continuity set to disciplined rhythmics. The finest chapter of their musical book is in Verse, a rubato theme that moves into a flowing waltz tempo. Edging into the avant-garde on 8-4 Beat and Black Circle, the instrumentalists whirl gracefully around some unexpected chords. On the quiet ballad Summer Nights, vibes and piano trace shimmering...
Everywhere, however, his latest batch of recordings-five, all told-were pouring forth like gabby world travelers, which indeed they are. Four years after his withdrawal from public concert life, Pianist Gould is still pursuing one of the most remarkable careers in recording history. First, there is his initial installment of Book 2 of The Well-Tempered Clavier, dazzlingly executed, imaginatively shaped, proving more than ever that while Gould's Bach is invariably different from anybody else's, it invariably has its own kind of rightness. Then there are Mozart's first five piano sonatas, which...
...FESTIVAL. "Chopin: A Question of Stature" examines the romantic legends surrounding Chopin's life and music. Hungarian Pianist Tamas Vasary plays excerpts from the master's works...