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The rediscovery of Florence B. Price's music has accelerated since a large cache of her manuscripts was found in an Illinois house in 2009, and here, it crosses the pond with this Guild release from Britain. This is all to the good, although similar work remains to be done with African American composers like Harry T. Burleigh. Price was a prolific composer and a pianist who wrote a great deal for her instrument, a large chunk of which is recorded here for the first time. There are some gems among the mostly programmatic short pieces, and pianist Kirsten Johnson offers sensitive performances that catch the details and the humor that is in some of them. Consider the delightful four-movement suite At Our House, where "Washing Machine" may be added to the very short list of music about that appliance (q.v. John Hartford's Good Old Electric Washing Machine, Circa 1943). Other pieces (A Day in the Life of a Washerwoman, Dances in the Canebrakes) present vivid, if perhaps idealized, portraits of African American life. Price's Piano Sonata in E minor is here, as is a set of Preludes for piano that lies a few clicks toward the salon from Gershwin's but are in the same realm. Some of the works use African American rhythms, and these feel both more natural and more varied than the rather stiff "juba" patterns in Price's symphonies. It is not clear how well Price knew the music of Scott Joplin, an obscure figure during her lifetime, but in some pieces (sample Jig Jog), she seems to be continuing Joplin's efforts to write classical piano rags. It may be that some of the more sentimental salon-type pieces could have been omitted for a more focused program, but individual mileage may vary here, and it is good to have all these premieres. Guild supplies excellent sound from Potton Hall in Suffolk, and it is likely that this fine recording will introduce a new audience to Price's work.
© James Manheim /TiVo
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Kirsten Johnson, MainArtist - G. Schirmer Inc, MusicPublisher - Florence Price, Composer
(C) 2022 Guild Music Limited (P) 2022 Guild Music Limited
Kirsten Johnson, MainArtist - G. Schirmer Inc, MusicPublisher - Florence Price, Composer
(C) 2022 Guild Music Limited (P) 2022 Guild Music Limited
Kirsten Johnson, MainArtist - G. Schirmer Inc, MusicPublisher - Florence Price, Composer
(C) 2022 Guild Music Limited (P) 2022 Guild Music Limited
Kirsten Johnson, MainArtist - G. Schirmer Inc, MusicPublisher - Florence Price, Composer
(C) 2022 Guild Music Limited (P) 2022 Guild Music Limited
Kirsten Johnson, MainArtist - G. Schirmer Inc, MusicPublisher - Florence Price, Composer
(C) 2022 Guild Music Limited (P) 2022 Guild Music Limited
Kirsten Johnson, MainArtist - G. Schirmer Inc, MusicPublisher - Florence Price, Composer
(C) 2022 Guild Music Limited (P) 2022 Guild Music Limited
Kirsten Johnson, MainArtist - G. Schirmer Inc, MusicPublisher - Florence Price, Composer
(C) 2022 Guild Music Limited (P) 2022 Guild Music Limited
Kirsten Johnson, MainArtist - G. Schirmer Inc, MusicPublisher - Florence Price, Composer
(C) 2022 Guild Music Limited (P) 2022 Guild Music Limited
Kirsten Johnson, MainArtist - G. Schirmer Inc, MusicPublisher - Florence Price, Composer
(C) 2022 Guild Music Limited (P) 2022 Guild Music Limited
Kirsten Johnson, MainArtist - G. Schirmer Inc, MusicPublisher - Florence Price, Composer
(C) 2022 Guild Music Limited (P) 2022 Guild Music Limited
Kirsten Johnson, MainArtist - G. Schirmer Inc, MusicPublisher - Florence Price, Composer
(C) 2022 Guild Music Limited (P) 2022 Guild Music Limited
Kirsten Johnson, MainArtist - G. Schirmer Inc, MusicPublisher - Florence Price, Composer
(C) 2022 Guild Music Limited (P) 2022 Guild Music Limited
Kirsten Johnson, MainArtist - G. Schirmer Inc, MusicPublisher - Florence Price, Composer
(C) 2022 Guild Music Limited (P) 2022 Guild Music Limited
Kirsten Johnson, MainArtist - G. Schirmer Inc, MusicPublisher - Florence Price, Composer
(C) 2022 Guild Music Limited (P) 2022 Guild Music Limited
Kirsten Johnson, MainArtist - G. Schirmer Inc, MusicPublisher - Florence Price, Composer
(C) 2022 Guild Music Limited (P) 2022 Guild Music Limited
Kirsten Johnson, MainArtist - G. Schirmer Inc, MusicPublisher - Florence Price, Composer
(C) 2022 Guild Music Limited (P) 2022 Guild Music Limited
Kirsten Johnson, MainArtist - G. Schirmer Inc, MusicPublisher - Florence Price, Composer
(C) 2022 Guild Music Limited (P) 2022 Guild Music Limited
Kirsten Johnson, MainArtist - G. Schirmer Inc, MusicPublisher - Florence Price, Composer
(C) 2022 Guild Music Limited (P) 2022 Guild Music Limited
Kirsten Johnson, MainArtist - G. Schirmer Inc, MusicPublisher - Florence Price, Composer
(C) 2022 Guild Music Limited (P) 2022 Guild Music Limited
Kirsten Johnson, MainArtist - G. Schirmer Inc, MusicPublisher - Florence Price, Composer
(C) 2022 Guild Music Limited (P) 2022 Guild Music Limited
Kirsten Johnson, MainArtist - G. Schirmer Inc, MusicPublisher - Florence Price, Composer
(C) 2022 Guild Music Limited (P) 2022 Guild Music Limited
Kirsten Johnson, MainArtist - G. Schirmer Inc, MusicPublisher - Florence Price, Composer
(C) 2022 Guild Music Limited (P) 2022 Guild Music Limited
Kirsten Johnson, MainArtist - G. Schirmer Inc, MusicPublisher - Florence Price, Composer
(C) 2022 Guild Music Limited (P) 2022 Guild Music Limited
Kirsten Johnson, MainArtist - G. Schirmer Inc, MusicPublisher - Florence Price, Composer
(C) 2022 Guild Music Limited (P) 2022 Guild Music Limited
Kirsten Johnson, MainArtist - G. Schirmer Inc, MusicPublisher - Florence Price, Composer
(C) 2022 Guild Music Limited (P) 2022 Guild Music Limited
Kirsten Johnson, MainArtist - G. Schirmer Inc, MusicPublisher - Florence Price, Composer
(C) 2022 Guild Music Limited (P) 2022 Guild Music Limited
Kirsten Johnson, MainArtist - G. Schirmer Inc, MusicPublisher - Florence Price, Composer
(C) 2022 Guild Music Limited (P) 2022 Guild Music Limited
Kirsten Johnson, MainArtist - G. Schirmer Inc, MusicPublisher - Florence Price, Composer
(C) 2022 Guild Music Limited (P) 2022 Guild Music Limited
Kirsten Johnson, MainArtist - G. Schirmer Inc, MusicPublisher - Florence Price, Composer
(C) 2022 Guild Music Limited (P) 2022 Guild Music Limited
Kirsten Johnson, MainArtist - G. Schirmer Inc, MusicPublisher - Florence Price, Composer
(C) 2022 Guild Music Limited (P) 2022 Guild Music Limited
Kirsten Johnson, MainArtist - G. Schirmer Inc, MusicPublisher - Florence Price, Composer
(C) 2022 Guild Music Limited (P) 2022 Guild Music Limited
Kirsten Johnson, MainArtist - G. Schirmer Inc, MusicPublisher - Florence Price, Composer
(C) 2022 Guild Music Limited (P) 2022 Guild Music Limited
Kirsten Johnson, MainArtist - G. Schirmer Inc, MusicPublisher - Florence Price, Composer
(C) 2022 Guild Music Limited (P) 2022 Guild Music Limited
Kirsten Johnson, MainArtist - G. Schirmer Inc, MusicPublisher - Florence Price, Composer
(C) 2022 Guild Music Limited (P) 2022 Guild Music Limited
Kirsten Johnson, MainArtist - G. Schirmer Inc, MusicPublisher - Florence Price, Composer
(C) 2022 Guild Music Limited (P) 2022 Guild Music Limited
Kirsten Johnson, MainArtist - G. Schirmer Inc, MusicPublisher - Florence Price, Composer
(C) 2022 Guild Music Limited (P) 2022 Guild Music Limited
Kirsten Johnson, MainArtist - G. Schirmer Inc, MusicPublisher - Florence Price, Composer
(C) 2022 Guild Music Limited (P) 2022 Guild Music Limited
Kirsten Johnson, MainArtist - G. Schirmer Inc, MusicPublisher - Florence Price, Composer
(C) 2022 Guild Music Limited (P) 2022 Guild Music Limited
Kirsten Johnson, MainArtist - G. Schirmer Inc, MusicPublisher - Florence Price, Composer
(C) 2022 Guild Music Limited (P) 2022 Guild Music Limited
Kirsten Johnson, MainArtist - G. Schirmer Inc, MusicPublisher - Florence Price, Composer
(C) 2022 Guild Music Limited (P) 2022 Guild Music Limited
Kirsten Johnson, MainArtist - G. Schirmer Inc, MusicPublisher - Florence Price, Composer
(C) 2022 Guild Music Limited (P) 2022 Guild Music Limited
Kirsten Johnson, MainArtist - G. Schirmer Inc, MusicPublisher - Florence Price, Composer
(C) 2022 Guild Music Limited (P) 2022 Guild Music Limited
Kirsten Johnson, MainArtist - G. Schirmer Inc, MusicPublisher - Florence Price, Composer
(C) 2022 Guild Music Limited (P) 2022 Guild Music Limited
Kirsten Johnson, MainArtist - G. Schirmer Inc, MusicPublisher - Florence Price, Composer
(C) 2022 Guild Music Limited (P) 2022 Guild Music Limited
Kirsten Johnson, MainArtist - G. Schirmer Inc, MusicPublisher - Florence Price, Composer
(C) 2022 Guild Music Limited (P) 2022 Guild Music Limited
Kirsten Johnson, MainArtist - G. Schirmer Inc, MusicPublisher - Florence Price, Composer
(C) 2022 Guild Music Limited (P) 2022 Guild Music Limited
Album review
The rediscovery of Florence B. Price's music has accelerated since a large cache of her manuscripts was found in an Illinois house in 2009, and here, it crosses the pond with this Guild release from Britain. This is all to the good, although similar work remains to be done with African American composers like Harry T. Burleigh. Price was a prolific composer and a pianist who wrote a great deal for her instrument, a large chunk of which is recorded here for the first time. There are some gems among the mostly programmatic short pieces, and pianist Kirsten Johnson offers sensitive performances that catch the details and the humor that is in some of them. Consider the delightful four-movement suite At Our House, where "Washing Machine" may be added to the very short list of music about that appliance (q.v. John Hartford's Good Old Electric Washing Machine, Circa 1943). Other pieces (A Day in the Life of a Washerwoman, Dances in the Canebrakes) present vivid, if perhaps idealized, portraits of African American life. Price's Piano Sonata in E minor is here, as is a set of Preludes for piano that lies a few clicks toward the salon from Gershwin's but are in the same realm. Some of the works use African American rhythms, and these feel both more natural and more varied than the rather stiff "juba" patterns in Price's symphonies. It is not clear how well Price knew the music of Scott Joplin, an obscure figure during her lifetime, but in some pieces (sample Jig Jog), she seems to be continuing Joplin's efforts to write classical piano rags. It may be that some of the more sentimental salon-type pieces could have been omitted for a more focused program, but individual mileage may vary here, and it is good to have all these premieres. Guild supplies excellent sound from Potton Hall in Suffolk, and it is likely that this fine recording will introduce a new audience to Price's work.
© James Manheim /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 46 track(s)
- Total length: 02:25:30
- Main artists: Kirsten Johnson
- Composer: Florence Price
- Label: Guild Music
- Genre: Classical
(C) 2022 Guild Music Limited (P) 2022 Guild Music Limited
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