Conlon Nancarrow: Late and Unknown works on rolls
recorded from the composer's original player pianos
Recorded on the Marshall & Wendell Ampico player pianos from the estate of Conlon Nancarrow, Paul Sacher Foundation, Basel
This compilation of rarities was recorded on Nancarrow's own player-pianos, variously customised to achieve his preferred timbre, approximating a harpsichord. Some are of largely formal or technical...
Conlon Nancarrow: Late and Unknown works on rolls
recorded from the composer's original player pianos
Recorded on the Marshall & Wendell Ampico player pianos from the estate of Conlon Nancarrow, Paul Sacher Foundation, Basel
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This compilation of rarities was recorded on Nancarrow's own player-pianos, variously customised to achieve his preferred timbre, approximating a harpsichord. Some are of largely formal or technical...
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This new CD "Late and Unknown" features numerous first recordings on Nancarrow’s player pianos of pieces either associated with his late output or previously unknown. The program documents Nancarrow’s practice of turning old rolls into new works ("For Ligeti", "Study No. 18" second version, "unnumbered canon 3:4:5:6") and his usage of the player piano as a tool for testing practically everything he wrote ("Three Canons for Ursula"). Included is also the unfamiliar "Study No. 45d" surrounded by its companions "No. 46" and "No. 47", all former members of the most extensive work that Nancarrow ever conceived, the so-called "Betty Freeman Suite". Finally, current technology has made possible a properly coordinated version of the ambitious "Study No. 48c", for two superimposed rolls, heard here for the first time - in fulfillment of a long-lasting wish from the composer - on one of his own instruments.
Contents and tracklist
- Conlon Nancarrow
- Conlon Nancarrow
- Conlon Nancarrow
- Conlon Nancarrow
- Conlon Nancarrow
- Conlon Nancarrow
- Conlon Nancarrow
- Conlon Nancarrow
Awards and reviews
10th November 2012
This compilation of rarities was recorded on Nancarrow's own player-pianos, variously customised to achieve his preferred timbre, approximating a harpsichord. Some are of largely formal or technical interest, but a few are remarkable. "For Ligeti", a revised version of his "Study No. 3", is extraordina
