Label: Bridge
Format: CD
Barcode: 0090404943423
Catalog number: BRIDG 9434
Releasedate: 24-10-14
Format: CD
Barcode: 0090404943423
Releasedate: 24-10-14
Pianist Donald Berman’s recording of Martin Boykan’s piano music gives passionate voice to the music of one of America’s most undervalued composers. Berman describes the music as: ‘..lyrical, yet atonal; melodic, yet with wide leaps in register; it sustains over large expanses, yet has quick inner pulsing.’ Berman describes his encounter with Boykan’s music: At the start I was awed by the diamond-like purity of individual moments, daunted by the complex counterpoint…it was music that lived in my head for a long time after performing it. It is deeply personal.
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1UsurpationsI. For Richard Swift02:26
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2UsurpationsII. For David Rakowski02:19
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3UsurpationsIII. For Edward Cohen03:44
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4UsurpationsIV. For Rose Bauer02:15
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5UsurpationsV. To the Memory of Seymour Shifrin03:53
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6Sonata No. 3, To the Memory of Edward CohenI. Eulogy04:31
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7Sonata No. 3, To the Memory of Edward CohenII. Fantasy03:39
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8Sonata No. 3, To the Memory of Edward CohenIII. Lament05:03
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9Sonata No. 3, To the Memory of Edward CohenIV. Invocation06:11
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10Towards the HorizonI. Moment of Angels02:52
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11Towards the HorizonII. Pastorale02:15
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12Towards the HorizonIII. Atmospheric Disturbances02:09
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13Towards the HorizonIV. Arlene Zallman, In Memoriam03:01
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14Towards the HorizonV. Horizon Line03:56
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15Fantasy-Sonata16:24