Copland / Smit -Young Pioneers: Complete Music For Solo Piano

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1.1 Scherzo Humoristique: The Cat and the Mouse (1920)

1.2 Piano Variations (1930)

1.3 In Evening Air (1966)

1.4 Passacaglia (1922)

1.5 Piano Sonata (1939-1941): I. Molto Moderato

1.6 Piano Sonata (1939-1941): II. Vivace

1.7 Piano Sonata (1939-1941): III. Andante Sostenuto

1.8 Midday Thoughts (1944-1982)]

1.9 Proclamation (1973-1982)

1.10 Three Moods (1920-21): 1. Embittered (November 14, 1920)

1.11 Three Moods (1920-21): 2. Wistful (January 8, 1921)

1.12 Three Moods (1920-21): 3. Jazzy (July 1921)

2.1 Petit Portrait (1921)

2.2 Sentimental Melody (1926)

2.3 Piano Fantasy (1926)

2.4 Four Piano Blues (1955-57): 1. Freely Poetic

2.5 Four Piano Blues (1955-57): 2. Soft and Languid

2.6 Four Piano Blues (1955-57): 3. Muted and Sensuous

2.7 Four Piano Blues (1955-57): 4. With Bounce

2.8 Midsummer Nocturne (1947)

2.9 The Young Pioneers (1935)]

2.10 Sunday Afternoon Music (1935)

2.11 Down a Country Lane (1962)

2.12 Night Thoughts (Hommage to Ives) (1972)

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CD 1 Total Time: 59'18 CD 2 Total Time: 58'17 Contains previously released material. For the new recordings and remixed recordings 20-bit technology was used for "high definition sound." Disc 1 (Tracks 1, 2, 4-7) & Disc 2 (Tracks 3-12): recorded at the Vanguard Studios, New York City, January 1978. Originally released on [url=http://www.discogs.com/Aaron-Copland-The-Complete-Music-For-Solo-Piano/release/7382469]CBS Masterworks M2 35901[/url]. Disc 1 (Tracks 3, 8-12) & Disc 2 (Tracks 1-2): recorded at Hit Factory, New York City, July 6, 1993. The compositions recorded in 1978 were made possible through a donation by the Ford Foundation. Liner notes: © Saturday Review 1975, revised by Leo Smit, 1994; © 1994 Phillip Ramey, Tangier, June 1994. © 1994 Sony Music Entertainment Inc. ? 1979, 1994 Sony Music Entertainment Inc. Made in USA CDs come packaged in a fatbox double jewel case and includes a 20-page booklet with notes in English.

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SYNX66345.2

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