| Description |
1 audio disc (60 min., 19 sec.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Playing Time |
006019 |
| Physical Medium |
4 3/4 in. |
| Description |
digital |
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optical |
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1.4 m/s |
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stereo |
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digital recording |
| Note |
Weill's Lost in the stars excerpt from a work for stage; Still's Land of romance excerpt from an orchestral suite; and Sahl's Tango from the Exiles' café originally for clarinet, tenor saxophone, trumpet, percussion, electric violin, piano, and double bass; arr. for piano solo. |
| Performer |
Lara Downes, piano (Steinway). |
| Event |
Recorded Sept. 12-14, 2012, Sono Luminus Studios, Boyce, Virginia. |
| Note |
Editions recorded: Rozsnyai Károly, Budapest (Bartók), C.F. Peters, Leipzig (Chopin), Belwin-Mills, Melville (Prokofiev), Editions Max Eschig (Martinů), Mercury Music Corporation (Stravinsky and Bowles), Muzyka, Moscow (Rachmaninoff), Schott (Weill), B. Schott, Mainz (Korngold), William Grant Still Music (Still), Michael Sahl (Sahl), Universal Edition (Milhaud), Songs of Peer (Fairouz). |
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Compact disc. |
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Program notes by Lara Downes and performer biographical notes (9 pages : portrait) inserted in container. |
| Contents |
Hungarian folksongs from the Csík district : Sz. 35a / Béla Bartók (5:00) -- Mazurka in F-sharp minor, op. 6, no. 1 / Frédéric Chopin (3:31) -- Pastoral sonatina : in C major, op. 59, no. 3 / Sergei Prokofiev (4:58) -- Dumka no. 2, H. 250 : Contemplation (2:25) ; Dumka no. 3, H. 285bis (1:40) / Bohuslav Martinů -- Tango in D minor / Igor Stravinsky (3:02) -- Prelude in D minor, op. posth. / Sergei Rachmaninov (3:04) -- Lost in the stars / Kurt Weill ; arr. Jed Distler (4:27) -- Sonata no. 2 in E major, op. 2. I, Moderato / Erich Wolfgang Korngold (8:48) -- Africa. II, Land of romance / William Grant Still (6:53) -- Preludes for piano. No. 1 (1:44) ; No. 2 (1:00) ; No. 3 (1:24) ; No. 6 (1:50) / Paul Bowles -- Tango : from The exiles' café / Michael Sahl (3:48) -- Rag caprice. No. 2, Romance / Darius Milhaud (1:50) -- Fragments : op. posth. / Sergei Rachmaninov (2:03) -- Mazurka in F minor, op. 68, no. 4 / Frédéric Chopin (2:12) -- Piano miniature. No. 6, Addio / Mohammed Fairouz (2:18). |
| Summary |
This music comes from the Exiles' Cafe, a place both real and metaphorical where the travelers of the world gather to find a home away from home, a place where journeys converge and histories collide. The miniatures collected here tell stories of the transformative passage from what is left behind to what is discovered ahead. They speak to vanished worlds and altered lives, to the fragility of destiny and the possibilities of new beginnings: postcards from the Exiles' Cafe. |
| Subject |
Piano music.
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Piano music. |
| Genre/Form |
Piano music.
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| Subject |
Folk songs, Hungarian -- Hungary -- Instrumental settings.
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Folk songs, Hungarian. |
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Hungary. |
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Folk songs, Hungarian -- Instrumental settings. |
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Mazurkas.
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Mazurkas. |
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Sonatas (Piano)
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Sonatas (Piano) |
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Tangos.
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Tangos. |
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Piano music, Arranged.
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Piano music, Arranged. |
| Genre/Form |
Piano music, Arranged.
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| Subject |
Rags.
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Rags. |
| Genre/Form |
Sound recordings.
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Sound recordings.
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Instrumental settings.
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Instrumental settings.
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| Added Author |
Distler, Jed, arranger.
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Bartók, Béla, 1881-1945.
Csíkmegyei népdalok.
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Chopin, Frédéric, 1810-1849.
Mazurkas, piano, op. 6. No. 1.
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Prokofiev, Sergey, 1891-1953.
Pieces, piano, op. 59. Pastoralʹnai͡a sonatina.
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Martinů, Bohuslav, 1890-1959.
Dumkas, piano, no. 2.
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Martinů, Bohuslav, 1890-1959.
Dumkas, piano, no. 3.
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Stravinsky, Igor, 1882-1971.
Tango, piano.
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Rachmaninoff, Sergei, 1873-1943.
Preludes, piano, D minor.
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Weill, Kurt, 1900-1950.
Lost in the stars. Lost in the stars; arranged.
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Korngold, Erich Wolfgang, 1897-1957.
Sonatas, piano, no. 2, op. 2, E major. Moderato.
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Still, William Grant, 1895-1978.
Africa. Land of romance; arranged.
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Bowles, Paul, 1910-1999.
Preludes, piano. Selections.
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Sahl, Michael, 1934-
Exiles' café. Tango; arranged.
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Milhaud, Darius, 1892-1974.
Rag-caprices. Romance.
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Rachmaninoff, Sergei, 1873-1943.
Fragments.
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Chopin, Frédéric, 1810-1849.
Mazurkas, piano, op. 68. No. 4.
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Fairouz, Mohammed.
Miniature, no. 6.
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| Standard No. |
034062300167 |
| Music No. |
30016 Steinway & Sons |
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