And, like the Makrokosmos, it requires the pianist to be a virtuoso not only at the keyboard but playing inside the piano and vocalizing as well. With a nod to Mussorgsky’s Pictures at an Exhibition, each movement of the Metamorphoses is inspired by a famous painting. This recording is of the German premiere at the legendary Donaueschingen Festival in 2017.Ĭrumb’s Metamorphoses is a natural descendent of his monumental Makrokosmos I & II piano cycle of the early 1970s. Margaret Leng Tan has long been a champion of Crumb’s music, and he composed Metamorphoses (Book I) for her. 1929) earliest work for piano, the Five Pieces for Piano (1962) with his most recent piano cycle, Metamorphoses (Book I) (2017). This important release couples George Crumb’s (b. George Crumb’s first and most recent piano works on one CD! Ruvido, molto energico – Prestissimo – Ruvido 1:21ġ6. Ruvido, molto energico – Prestissimo – Ruvido 1:21ġ4. The Blue Rider (Vasily Kandinsky) 3:13ġ3. The Persistence of Memory (Salvador Dalí) 4:45ġ0. Nocturne: Blue and Gold – Southampton Waterĩ.

Wheatfield with Crows (Vincent van Gogh) 4:56ĥ. Ten Fantasy-Pieces (after celebrated paintings) for Amplified Pianoģ.

NOTE: The audio from Blue rider is not from the Mode release.

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