RMN Classical is thrilled and excited to announce “Modern Music for Piano 3”, the third volume of the successful series “Modern Music for Piano”.
“Modern Music for Piano 3” will be released on April 30, 2021. Produced and mastered by Rick Romano for RMN Classical, the album will be distributed worldwide on Apple Music, Spotify, Amazon Music, Deezer and all the digital platforms through RMN Music.
Featured in the release are 12 new fascinating and ingenious works written for piano solo by the selected winners of the Call for Piano Works 2020.
The track-list includes:
01. Hovering No. 12 from Paul Klee: Painted Songs, composed by Jonathan Posthuma
02. The Oul’ Winda Rag, composed by Fergus Johnston
03 – 06. Piano Sonata no.1, composed by Gary Smart
07. Berkano, composed by Tatev Amiryan
08. Spread, composed by Bradley Robin
09. Prelude 5, composed by Allen McCullough
10. Tehuda, composed by Eli Korman
11 – 12. Balladen op. 10, composed by Jonathan Wang Hou
With a hundred years of history, the piano repertoire never ceases to surprise. In this album, we find multi-textured works that move spontaneously between forms, at times borrowing from the past, while remodelling and reinventing their revolving structures at others.
In “Prelude 5”, “Piano Sonata no. 1”, Balladen op. 10 and “The Oul’ Winda Rag”, we can find forms that adhere more to their iconic classic counterparts. They allhave points of contact in their structures with their predecessors, though the harmonic-melodic material and their progressions flow freely and are more emancipated than their rigid classic or romantic ‘cousins’.
We then start to diverge with “Hovering” and “Spread”, two works were ambiguity and freely evolving material, horizontal lines, and harmonic structures repeat, merge and reform, generating a kaleidoscope of ideas and piano gestures. In “Berkano” and “Tehuda”, we find the final exploration of the piano resonance. The sound dissolves and becomes progressively more and more abstract, creating a landscape where the piano is suspended in time.
“Modern Music for Piano 3” will be available on every digital outlet and platform on April 30, 2021, on RMN Classical.
About RMN Classical
RMN Classical is a specialised label launched to promote and nurture the contemporary sound-art music scene in all its ramifications developing and producing original ideas and voices through a range of projects and releases and curating a growing catalogue of works and artists.
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