Conductor(s): Miller, David Alan
Label: Naxos
Series: American Classics
Genre: Concerto; Instrumental
Period: Contemporary
Catalogue No: 8.559930
Barcode: 636943993026
Release Date: 05/2023

CORIGLIANO, J.: Solo Piano Music (Complete) / Piano Concerto (P.E. Fisher, Albany Symphony, D.A. Miller)

John Corigliano’s music has been commissioned, performed, and recorded by some of the most prominent orchestras, soloists, and chamber musicians in the world. He is the recipient of a Pulitzer Prize, five GRAMMY Awards, the Grawemeyer Award for Music Composition, and an Oscar. The Piano Concerto ranges in expression between lyricism and atonality and is extremely virtuosic and theatrical, while the competition piece Fantasia on an Ostinato investigates the performer’s imagination and musicality through minimalist techniques. The devilish discipline of Étude Fantasy contrasts with the improvisatory origins of Winging It, while Prelude for Paul echoes the soul of Rachmaninov.

Tracklist

Corigliano Jr., John
Fisher, Philip Edward (piano)
Albany Symphony Orchestra (Orchestra)
Miller, David Alan (Conductor)
1I. Molto Allegro14:47
Fisher, Philip Edward (piano)
Albany Symphony Orchestra (Orchestra)
Miller, David Alan (Conductor)
2II. Scherzo03:05
Fisher, Philip Edward (piano)
Albany Symphony Orchestra (Orchestra)
Miller, David Alan (Conductor)
3III. Appassionato -08:20
Fisher, Philip Edward (piano)
Albany Symphony Orchestra (Orchestra)
Miller, David Alan (Conductor)
4IV. Allegro06:23
Fisher, Philip Edward (piano)
Albany Symphony Orchestra (Orchestra)
Miller, David Alan (Conductor)
Fisher, Philip Edward (piano)
5Fantasia on an Ostinato13:05
Fisher, Philip Edward (piano)
Fisher, Philip Edward (piano)
6Prelude For Paul03:31
Fisher, Philip Edward (piano)
Fisher, Philip Edward (piano)
7No. 1. For the Left Hand Alone -04:05
Fisher, Philip Edward (piano)
8No. 2. Legato -02:49
Fisher, Philip Edward (piano)
9No. 3. Fifths to Thirds -02:34
Fisher, Philip Edward (piano)
10No. 4. Ornaments -03:56
Fisher, Philip Edward (piano)
11No. 5. Melody04:51
Fisher, Philip Edward (piano)
Fisher, Philip Edward (piano)
12I. September 28, 200703:31
Fisher, Philip Edward (piano)
13II. January 3, 200806:44
Fisher, Philip Edward (piano)
14III. June 7, 200802:44
Fisher, Philip Edward (piano)

Total Playing Time: 01:20:25