Waltz Inventions Andrew Rangell

• Carl Nielsen (1865 - 1931): Humoresque, Op. 3 No. 2:
• 1 Nielsen: Humoresque, Op. 3 No. 2 01:37
• Humoreske-bagatelles, Op. 11:
• 2 Nielsen: Humoreske-bagatelles, Op. 11: No. 2, Spinning Top 00:57
• Billy Strayhorn (1915 - 1967): Valse:
• 3 Strayhorn: Valse 03:05
• Fritz Kreisler (1875 - 1962): Liebesleid:
• 4 Kreisler: Liebesleid 04:54
• Ludwig van Beethoven (1770 - 1827): Waltz in D major, WoO 85:
• 5 Beethoven: Waltz in D major, WoO 85 00:45
• Arnold Schoenberg (1874 - 1951): Waltz, Op. 23 No. 5:
• 6 Schoenberg: Waltz, Op. 23 No. 5 02:56
• Claude Debussy (1862 - 1918): La Plus que Lente:
• 7 Debussy: La Plus que Lente 05:20
• Franz Liszt (1811 - 1886): Valse Oublieé, S 215 No. 1:
• 8 Liszt: Valse Oublieé, S 215 No. 1 03:15
• Matan Porat (b. 1982): Waltz, for Bill:
• 9 Porat: Waltz, for Bill 03:04
• Ludwig van Beethoven: Waltz in E flat major, WoO 84:
• 10 Beethoven: Waltz in E flat major, WoO 84 02:11
• Frédéric Chopin (1810 - 1849): Waltz in A flat major, Op. 64 No. 3:
• 11 Chopin: Waltz in A flat major, Op. 64 No. 3 03:06
• Waltz in D flat major, Op. 64 No. 1 "Minute Waltz":
• 12 Chopin: Waltz in D flat major, Op. 64 No. 1 "Minute Waltz" 02:02
• Andrew Rangell (b. 1948): Waltz in C sharp minor, Op. 64 No. 2:
• 13 Rangell: Waltz in C sharp minor, Op. 64 No. 2 04:04
• John McDonald: Curlique Clip Waltz:
• 14 McDonald: Curlique Clip Waltz 02:08
• Sergei Prokofiev (1891 - 1953): Music for Children, Op. 65:
• 15 Prokofiev: Music for Children, Op. 65: No. 6, Waltz 01:47
• Frédéric Chopin: Waltz in A minor, Op. 34 No. 2:
• 16 Chopin: Waltz in A minor, Op. 34 No. 2 06:10
• Maurice Ravel (1875 - 1937): Valses nobles et sentimentales:
• 17 Ravel: Valses nobles et sentimentales: I. Modéré, très franc 01:33
• 18 Ravel: Valses nobles et sentimentales: II. Assez lent, avec une expression intense 02:16
• 19 Ravel: Valses nobles et sentimentales: III. Modéré 01:33
• 20 Ravel: Valses nobles et sentimentales: IV. Assez animé 01:20
• 21 Ravel: Valses nobles et sentimentales: V. Presque lent, dans un sentiment intime 01:17
• 22 Ravel: Valses nobles et sentimentales: VI. Vif 01:03
• 23 Ravel: Valses nobles et sentimentales: VII. Moins vif 03:08
• 24 Ravel: Valses nobles et sentimentales: VIII. Épilogue. Lent 04:01
• Total Runtime 01:03:32

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Singular pianist Andrew Rangell presents a diverse program of Waltzes on his latest STEINWAY label release. Ranging from Chopin’s ebullient “Minute Waltz” and Ravel’s masterful “Valses nobles et sentimentales” to an intimate early jewel by Billy Strayhorn, Rangell’s performances are filled with vivacity and emotional depth.

“What strikes me immediately about Rangell’s performances is his easeful lyricism and his sunny, joyful interpretation” (Fanfare)

“There is much feeling here, strong emotion, but well under control so as to demonstrate the composer's intentions all the better. It's a neat trick, stripping each work to its barest minimum with mathematical precision yet maintaining its poignancy and beauty. But that's Rangell: magisterial and magical.” (Classical Candor)

Andrew Rangell, piano

Andrew Rangell
Long recognized as among the most eloquent and insightful interpreters of the major keyboard works of Bach and Beethoven, pianist Andrew Rangell has drawn acclaim for a variety of recordings, ranging from the music of Sweelinck, Farnaby, and Gibbons to that of Janacek, Enescu, Nielsen, Bartok, Valen, Christian Wolff, and many others. The present recording (Mr. Rangell's 30th disc) can be considered a counterpart, and complement, to his 2009 Bridge recording of Ives' First Piano Sonata, Nielsen's Op.45 Suite, and John McDonald's Meditation Before a Sonata (2003), a beautiful homage to Ives' Concord.

Andrew Rangell made his New York debut as winner of the Malraux Award of the Concert Artists’ Guild, and has since performed and lectured throughout the United States, and in Europe and Israel. He has also taught on the faculties of Dartmouth, Middlebury, and Tufts University. In the 1980s, already recognized as a distinctive recitalist and collaborative artist, Mr. Rangell gained national attention – and the award of an Avery Fisher Career Grant – for his vivid traversals of the complete Beethoven sonata-cycle in New York, Boston, Cleveland, Rochester, Denver, and other U.S. Cities. A hand injury sustained in 1991 forced Mr. Rangell to gradually alter the trajectory of his career, and eventually to place his highest priority on recording. In recent years he has created several DVDs for children – integrating his special talents as author, illustrator, narrator, and pianist.

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