Piano Music of Salonen, Stucky & Lutoslawski / Gloria Cheng (2008)

Pianist Gloria Cheng is widely recognized as a colorful and communicative interpreter of contemporary music, garnering universal acclaim for her unassuming virtuosity and eloquence. She is named the winner of the 2009 GRAMMY® for Best Instrumental Soloist Performance (Without Orchestra) for “Piano Music of Salonen, Stucky and Lutoslawski”

"A recording of six contemporary piano pieces, four written during the last 10 years, may sound like an intimidating program. But Gloria Cheng’s new release of works by Esa-Pekka Salonen, Steven Stucky and Witold Lutoslawski is consistently exhilarating. It’s not just that Ms. Cheng plays these daunting pieces with such commanding technique, color and imagination. She has brought together works that fascinatingly complement one another."

– Anthony Tommasini, New York Times

Tracks:

1. Stucky: Four Album Leaves: Contemplativo, tempo rubato 2:53
2. Stucky: Four Album Leaves: Meccanico 1:08
3. Stucky: Four Album Leaves: Sereno, luminoso 2:02
4. Stucky: Four Album Leaves: Presto giocoso 1:33
5. Lutoslawski: Sonata for Piano: Allegro 10:24
6. Lutoslawski: Sonata for Piano: Adagio ma non troppo 7:37
7. Lutoslawski: Sonata for Piano: Andante - Allegrretto 8:23
8. Salonen: Yta II 6:49
9. Salonen: Three Preludes: Libellula Meccanica 3:25
10. Salonen: Three Preludes: Chorale 3:01
11. Salonen: Three Preludes: Invenzione a due voci 2:25
12. Salonen: Dichotomie: Mecanisme 9:18
13. Salonen: Dichotomie: Organisme 7:55
14. Stucky: Three Little Variations for David: Giocoso
15. Stucky: Three Little Variations for David: Sognando 1:49
16. Stucky: Three Little Variations for David: Molto vivo

1-7, 9-11, 14-16 - World premiere recordings


# Performer: Gloria Cheng
# Composer: Witold Lutoslawski, Esa-Pekka Salonen, Steven Stucky
# Audio CD (July 22, 2008)
# Number of Discs: 1
# Label: Telarc
# ASIN: B0019QEY4W

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