The Etudes Project, Vol. 1
MAX GRAFE (b.1988): Accretion, OLIVIER MESSIAEN (1908-1992): Ile de feu, VICTOR BAEZ (b.1985): Etude No. 1 “Corona”, UNSUK CHIN (b.1961): Etude No. 6 “Grains”, YU-CHUN CHIEN (b.1987): To the Convergence, TOSHIO HOSOKAWA (b.1955): 2 Lines, WILL HEALY (b.1990): Etude for Melancholy Robots No. 3 “Trains”, GYÖRGY LIGETI (1923-2006): Désordre, DEREK COOPER (b.1987): Etude No. 1 “Unleashed”, RUTH CRAWFORD SEEGER (1901-1953): Study in Mixed Accents, STEPHANIE ANN BOYD (b.1990): Lilac, CLAUDE DEBUSSY (1862-1918): Pour les arpèges composés, DRAKE ANDERSEN (b.1987): Walk, ALEXANDER SCRIABIN (1871-1915): Etude, Op. 8/2, HARRY STAFYLAKIS (b.1982): Obstinata 1: Barbed Wire, SERGEI RACHMANINOV (1873-1943): Etude-Tableaux in D Minor, Op. 33/4, JONATHAN RUSS (b.1985): Knuckles, PHILIP GLASS (b.1937): Etude No. 13, ALEX BURTZOS (b.1985): Should the Wide World Roll Away, FREDERIC CHOPIN (1810-1849): Etude Op. 10/4.
Catalogue Number: 11V079
Label: Sono Luminus
Reference: DSL-92236
Format: CD
Price: $15.98
Description: Pianist Lin pairs each of her canonical selections with an entirely new work by a member of ICEBERG New Music, a determinedly heterodox collaborative of 10 gifted young composers who represent a broad range of stylistic inclinations, but who are united by their enduring faith in substance and craft. Bucking a current fad, the new études were not proposed as sequels or responses to existing works. Lin simply asked the ICEBERG composers to challenge her, and then used her own keen ear and sure instincts to find sympathetic pairings. Jenny Lin (piano).