Memento Bittersweet
Track Listings
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1. Tango Bittersweet - Fred Hersch
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2. Concerto for Piano - Kevin Oldham
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3. God Is Our Righteousness - Chris DeBlasio
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4. Triad-O-Rama - Lee Gannon
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5. Variations on "Amazing Grace" - Lee Gannon
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Memento Bittersweet, Music, Steven Dibner, Erik Friedlander, Daniel Gilbert, Chris de Blasio, Lee Gannon, Calvin Hampton, Fred Hersch, Kevin Oldham, William McGlaughlin, Thomas Stacy, Nicholas Goluses, Daniel Grabois, Richard Dallessio, Aspen Wind Quintet, Kansas City Symphony, Harry Huff, Fred Hersch, Ian Hobson, Classical, Classical Pop, Concerto, Miscellaneous, Miscellaneous Music, Piano Concerto
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- Sometimes these things just don't work
- an enterprising collection of gems!
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Memento Bittersweet
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ASIN: B000003EL5
Release Date: 1994-04-12 |
Tracks:
- Tango Bittersweet - Fred Hersch
- Concerto for Piano - Kevin Oldham
- God Is Our Righteousness - Chris DeBlasio
- Triad-O-Rama - Lee Gannon
- Variations on "Amazing Grace" - Lee Gannon
Customer Reviews:
Sometimes these things just don't work.......2003-09-12
I found this CD to be rather disappointing. I bought it for Fred Hersch's "Tango Bittersweet," a cello/piano duet featuring Erik Friedlander, but also hoped that the rest of the CD would be worthwhile.
Well...
First off, Tango Bittersweet is amazing. It's a truly beautiful, haunting piece of music, that is brilliantly performed by Friedlander and Hersch.
Secondly, Chris DeBlasio's "God Is Our Righteousness" for guitar and organ is also quite a nice work. It has a very majestic and expansive quality about it that I think is nicely pulled off by both composer and performers.
"Triad-O-Rama" by Lee Gannon and "Variations on 'Amazing Grace'" by Lee Gannon and Calvin Hampton, respectively, are unfortunately throw away pieces. They're rather cliched and trite.
This leaves Kevin Oldham's Concerto for Piano, a track I found myself coming back to a bit. It's a bit of an uneven oddball. It has its fantastic moments, but is generally rather sophomoric. It sounds to me as though he didn't truly finish revising this work, due to this uneven nature. And this is extremely frustrating, as the music provides several glimpses of what this piece was capable of becoming. It's still worth hearing...though it is a fitful listen.
Overall, you probably should pick up this CD for, if nothing else, the Hersch composition. The rest of the CD has its moments, but its otherwise nothing to write home about. The cause that prompted the CD is great, no doubt, but the actual product leaves something to be desired.
an enterprising collection of gems!.......2003-05-09
This is a compilation of works composed ... The heart of the CD is the Oldham Piano Concerto, an uneven work with some very shallow, trite gestures in the outer movements balanced by a very poignant slow movement. The guitar and organ piece is a gem, as is the delightful wind instrument work. Performances and recording is exemplary...I believe this CD is out of print, so snatch it up if you can. All the works are quite listenable and even more bittersweet since their composers are no longer with us. A "must"!
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