Joan Tower's piano concerto, written in 1985, is one of the most successful American piano concertos. This recording is by Paul Barnes and the Bohuslav Martinu Philharmonic conducted by Kirk Trevor. The idiom of the concerto is modernist, but not atonal. It requires crisp execution of driving rhythms, including some difficult rapid repeated notes. Interspersed with this material are three cadenzas for the soloist, including strangely dream near-quotations of three of Tower's favorite Beethoven piano sonatas. Barnes is ...
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Joan Tower's piano concerto, written in 1985, is one of the most successful American piano concertos. This recording is by Paul Barnes and the Bohuslav Martinu Philharmonic conducted by Kirk Trevor. The idiom of the concerto is modernist, but not atonal. It requires crisp execution of driving rhythms, including some difficult rapid repeated notes. Interspersed with this material are three cadenzas for the soloist, including strangely dream near-quotations of three of Tower's favorite Beethoven piano sonatas. Barnes is nearly as good at this concerto as is Ursula Oppens in the prior recording (on the d'Note label, with the Louisville Orchestra). Oppens has a little more sense of weight. She is a little faster in the supercharged bits, but less slow and dreamy in the "Beethoven" passages, the latter being a point in Barnes' favor. The orchestral support here is very good, with the instruments getting the smooth hand-off from the piano's repeated-note figures. Conductor Trevor obtains a better performance...
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