A Private Recital Andrew Rangell

• Toby Tenenbaum (b. 1956):
• 1 Tenenbaum: Piano Sonata No. 2 in G Minor (In the Style of Dominico Scarlatti) 03:50
• 2 Tenenbaum: Piano Sonata No. 4 in A Major (In the Style of Dominico Scarlatti) 03:07
• 3 Tenenbaum: Piano Sonata No. 3 in E Major (In the Style of Dominico Scarlatti) 02:16
• 4 Tenenbaum: Piano Sonata No. 2 in G Minor (In the Style of Dominico Scarlatti) [Alternate Take] 07:31
• Stefan Wolpe (1902 - 1972):
• 5 Wolpe: Pastorale for Piano 02:38
• 6 Wolpe: Lied, Anrede, Hymnus, Strophe zarteste Bewegung, C. 81b 01:25
• 7 Wolpe: Vocalise for Piano 02:19
• 8 Wolpe: Palestinian Notebook (Excerpts): No. 3, Lullaby 02:11
• 9 Wolpe: Palestinian Notebook (Excerpts): No. 2, Yiddish Wedding 02:13
• Alexander Scriabin (1872 - 1915):
• 10 Scriabin: Piano Sonata No. 5 in F-Sharp Major, Op. 53 12:37
• Jan Swafford (b. 1946):
• 11 Swafford: Andante amoroso 03:02
• Total Runtime 43:09

Info for A Private Recital

Pianist Andrew Rangell releases a new album that includes contemporary sonatas which brilliantly inhabit the style of Domenico Scarlatti, intimate selections by Stefan Wolpe, and Scriabin’s virtuosic Fifth Sonata. Finally, a warmly sonorous birthday gift by Jan Swafford.

Rangell relects on the album: "This modest program, something of a departure from my other recordings, has come into being not by design, but by chance. The Wolpe and Scriabin pieces were recently (11/2021) recorded. The others were recorded, separately, some years earlier, not for commercial release but as a private gift, so to say, for the composers, both long-time friends. It will be noted that the Wolpe pieces (excepting the rambunctious wedding dance) share an extremely intimate and private quality. Standing out from its surroundings is the ever-astonishing Scriabin Fifth Sonata, a masterpiece of compositional ingenuity and groundbreaking pianistic virtuosity.

“Rangell’s approach to the music is deeply personal, individual but never eccentric, sensitive to all the music’s highly varied needs, technically precise and artistically polished.” (Washington Post)

“As always, Rangell’s playing is an utter joy, and the program is very insightfully chosen.” (CD Hotlist)

Andrew Rangell, piano

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