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The linchpin of this album is indeed the dozen beautiful Songs from Gerswhin’s Songbook, adapted by the composer himself for solo piano for some of his countless songs. But far from being a blend of jazz melodies played away on a piano, this extraordinary collection oscillates between jazzy languages - true - and Rachmaninoff, Debussy, Ravel, sometimes ragtime, with a pianistic writing of flawless flair, truly impeccable writing, and a real joy for both the pianist and the listener. Around this linchpin, David Lively has constructed a magnificent array of American works from Ives to Joplin for the oldest, to William Bolcom, Aaron Copland, Samuel Barber and even Eliott Carter for the most recent − and probably the most avant-garde of all, in fact it is the time the album forays into avant-garde material, may the anti-avant-garde be reassured! The range from Ives – him too a pioneer before his time, whose 1919 South Paw Pitching is an extraordinary moment of modernity and farce − to Carter is immense, but the language of American music indeed comes through, throughout the album. Just as lively as the pianist’s name suggests! © SM/Qobuz
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Maple Leaf Rag (Scott Joplin)
Scott Joplin, Composer - David Lively, MainArtist
La Música Les Concerts Parisiens
Souvenir de Porto Rico, op. 31 (Louis Moreau Gottschalk)
Louis Moreau Gottschalk, Composer - David Lively, MainArtist
La Música Les Concerts Parisiens
The Banjo (Louis Moreau Gottschalk)
Louis Moreau Gottschalk, Composer - David Lively, MainArtist
La Música Les Concerts Parisiens
Études (Charles Ives)
Charles Ives, Composer - David Lively, MainArtist
La Música Les Concerts Parisiens
Songbook (George Gershwin)
George Gershwin, Composer - David Lively, MainArtist
La Música Les Concerts Parisiens
George Gershwin, Composer - David Lively, MainArtist
La Música Les Concerts Parisiens
George Gershwin, Composer - David Lively, MainArtist
La Música Les Concerts Parisiens
George Gershwin, Composer - David Lively, MainArtist
La Música Les Concerts Parisiens
George Gershwin, Composer - David Lively, MainArtist
La Música Les Concerts Parisiens
George Gershwin, Composer - David Lively, MainArtist
La Música Les Concerts Parisiens
George Gershwin, Composer - David Lively, MainArtist
La Música Les Concerts Parisiens
George Gershwin, Composer - David Lively, MainArtist
La Música Les Concerts Parisiens
George Gershwin, Composer - David Lively, MainArtist
La Música Les Concerts Parisiens
George Gershwin, Composer - David Lively, MainArtist
La Música Les Concerts Parisiens
George Gershwin, Composer - David Lively, MainArtist
La Música Les Concerts Parisiens
George Gershwin, Composer - David Lively, MainArtist
La Música Les Concerts Parisiens
Four Blues (Aaron Copland)
Aaron Copland, Composer - David Lively, MainArtist
La Música Les Concerts Parisiens
Aaron Copland, Composer - David Lively, MainArtist
La Música Les Concerts Parisiens
Aaron Copland, Composer - David Lively, MainArtist
La Música Les Concerts Parisiens
Aaron Copland, Composer - David Lively, MainArtist
La Música Les Concerts Parisiens
Excursions, op. 20 (Samuel Barber)
Samuel Barber, Composer - David Lively, MainArtist
La Música Les Concerts Parisiens
Samuel Barber, Composer - David Lively, MainArtist
La Música Les Concerts Parisiens
Samuel Barber, Composer - David Lively, MainArtist
La Música Les Concerts Parisiens
Samuel Barber, Composer - David Lively, MainArtist
La Música Les Concerts Parisiens
Five Chromatic Dances (William Albright)
William Albright, Composer - David Lively, MainArtist
La Música Les Concerts Parisiens
Two Thoughts About the Piano (Elliott Carter)
Elliott Carter, Composer - David Lively, MainArtist
La Música Les Concerts Parisiens
Elliott Carter, Composer - David Lively, MainArtist
La Música Les Concerts Parisiens
The Garden of Eden (William Bolcom)
William Bolcom, Composer - David Lively, MainArtist
La Música Les Concerts Parisiens
Album review
The linchpin of this album is indeed the dozen beautiful Songs from Gerswhin’s Songbook, adapted by the composer himself for solo piano for some of his countless songs. But far from being a blend of jazz melodies played away on a piano, this extraordinary collection oscillates between jazzy languages - true - and Rachmaninoff, Debussy, Ravel, sometimes ragtime, with a pianistic writing of flawless flair, truly impeccable writing, and a real joy for both the pianist and the listener. Around this linchpin, David Lively has constructed a magnificent array of American works from Ives to Joplin for the oldest, to William Bolcom, Aaron Copland, Samuel Barber and even Eliott Carter for the most recent − and probably the most avant-garde of all, in fact it is the time the album forays into avant-garde material, may the anti-avant-garde be reassured! The range from Ives – him too a pioneer before his time, whose 1919 South Paw Pitching is an extraordinary moment of modernity and farce − to Carter is immense, but the language of American music indeed comes through, throughout the album. Just as lively as the pianist’s name suggests! © SM/Qobuz
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 28 track(s)
- Total length: 01:12:55
- 1 Digital booklet
- Main artists: David Lively
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: La Musica
- Genre: Classical
La Música Les Concerts Parisiens
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