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Anthony De Mare - Liaisons: Re-Imagining Sondheim From The Piano (2015)
FLAC (tracks) 24-bit/44,1 kHz | Time - 197:11 minutes | 1,48 GB
Studio Master, Official Digital Download | Artwork: Digital booklet
Anthony de Mare's choice of pioneering new music for piano typically pays off with critical appreciation for his performances and recordings. On this album he's pays tribute to Stephen Sondheim in a fascinating project. De Mare invited composers from a broad variety of genres from Sondheims own world of musical theater to jazz, classical, pop, film and beyond to re-imagine a Sondheim song of their choice as a solo piano piece.
It looks, on paper, like a striking idea. Take a pianist (Anthony de Mare) who has been a virtuosic rising star in the classical and avant-garde arenas over the past quarter century. Commission a set of 36 interpretations, for solo piano, of music by one of musical theatre's preeminent composers, Stephen Sondheim. Choose participants ranging from 30 to 75 years of age, from seven countries, and who collectively hold a total of 29 Pulitzer Prizes, Grammy, Tony, Academy and Emmy Awards, representing the broadest possible musical spectrum to contribute an arrangement of a personal favorite Sondheim song—amongst them artists from the jazz mainstream and its more modernistic cousin; contemporary post-minimalists; the avant-garde; contemporary classical and musicals composers; singer/songwriters; dance music DJs; and fellow piano virtuosos—all unified by their inimitably recognizable voices. Create a lavish three-CD box set that contains all 36 pieces (plus a closing interpretation by de Mare himself) and release it on ECM Records—the label that has, more than most, defined itself by not just making the lines differentiating genre, culture, approach and any other differentiator you can think of fuzzy, but in many cases erasing them entirely.
Sometimes things that look that good on paper don't actually work in reality. But Liaisons: Re-Imagining Sondheim from the Piano is not just a standout release for the label, the pianist and all the artists commissioned to contribute arrangements—including Wynton Marsalis, Fred Hersch, The Bad Plus' Ethan Iverson, Daniel Bernard Roumain, Steve Reich, Annie Gosfield, Eric Rockwell, Jason Robert Brown, Duncan Sheik, Mark-Anthony Turnage, Kenji Bunch, Mason Bates, Frederic Rzewski, John Musto, David Shire and 21 more—it's a recording that should turn out to be another true landmark for a label that scoffs at anything that smacks of convention and constantly encourages cross-disciplinary, cross-cultural, cross-stylistic excursions: another Officium; another Tabula Rasa; another Siwan; another Köln Concert.
Tracklist:
01 - A Little Night Fughetta (Arranged By William Bolcom)
02 - Color And Light (Arranged By Nico Muhly)
03 - Finishing The Hat - 2 Pianos (Arranged By Steve Reich)
04 - The Ladies Who Lunch (Arranged By David Rakowski)
05 - Perpetual Happiness (Arranged By Eve Beglarian)
06 - Birds Of Victorian England (Arranged By Jason Robert Brown)
07 - Johanna In Space (Arranged By Duncan Sheik)
08 - You Could Drive A Person Crazy (Arranged By Eric Rockwell)
09 - That Old Piano Roll (Arranged By Wynton Marsalis)
10 - Sorry-Grateful (Arranged By Derek Bermel)
11 - No One Is Alone (Arranged By Fred Hersch)
12 - A Bowler Hat (Arranged By Annie Gosfield)
13 - I'm Excited. No You're Not. (Arranged By Jake Heggie)
14 - The Demon Barber (Arranged By Kenji Bunch)
15 - Send In The Clowns (Arranged By Ethan Iverson)
16 - The Worst (Empanadas) In London (Arranged By Ricardo Lorenz)
17 - I Think About You (Arranged By Paul Moravec)
18 - Very Put Together (Arranged By Mason Bates)
19 - I'm Still Here (Arranged By Frederic Rzewski)
20 - Love Is In The Air (Arranged By David Shire)
21 - Epiphany (Arranged By John Musto)
22 - Pretty Women (Arranged By Mark-Anthony Turnage)
23 - Paraphrase (Someone In A Tree) (Arranged By Phil Kline)
24 - In And Out Of Love (Arranged By Bernadette Speech)
25 - Another Hundred People (Arranged By Daniel Bernard Roumain)
26 - Into The Woods (Arranged By Andy Akiho)
27 - Every Day A Little Death (Arranged By Ricky Ian Gordon)
28 - Merrily We Roll Along (Arranged By Nils Vigeland)
29 - Notes On "Beautiful" (Arranged By Rodney Sharman)
30 - Being Alive (Arranged By Gabriel Kahane)
31 - Not While I'm Around (Arranged By Thomas Newman)
32 - The Ballad Of Guiteau (Arranged By Jherek Bischoff)
33 - Now (Arranged By Mary Ellen Childs)
34 - A Child Of Children And Art (Arranged By Peter Golub)
35 - Going… Gone (Arranged By Tania Leon)
36 - Everybody's Got The Right (Arranged By Michael Daugherty)
37 - Sunday In The Park - Passages (Arranged By Anthony De Mare)
Analyzed: Anthony De Mare / Liaisons: Re-Imagining Sondheim From The Piano
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DR Peak RMS Duration Track
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DR12 -7.42 dB -26.78 dB 1:42 01-A Little Night Fughetta (Arranged By William Bolcom)
DR16 -5.65 dB -28.46 dB 5:37 02-Color And Light (Arranged By Nico Muhly)
DR16 -1.03 dB -21.97 dB 3:21 03-Finishing The Hat - 2 Pianos (Arranged By Steve Reich)
DR14 -1.68 dB -22.65 dB 7:19 04-The Ladies Who Lunch (Arranged By David Rakowski)
DR13 -9.94 dB -26.66 dB 6:01 05-Perpetual Happiness (Arranged By Eve Beglarian)
DR13 -3.60 dB -20.37 dB 3:04 06-Birds Of Victorian England (Arranged By Jason Robert Brown)
DR13 -1.12 dB -21.31 dB 5:57 07-Johanna In Space (Arranged By Duncan Sheik)
DR13 -1.12 dB -18.98 dB 3:01 08-You Could Drive A Person Crazy (Arranged By Eric Rockwell)
DR14 -1.11 dB -20.18 dB 4:38 09-That Old Piano Roll (Arranged By Wynton Marsalis)
DR15 -9.57 dB -33.31 dB 6:59 10-Sorry-Grateful (Arranged By Derek Bermel)
DR13 -1.09 dB -20.85 dB 4:03 11-No One Is Alone (Arranged By Fred Hersch)
DR12 -4.80 dB -21.35 dB 5:18 12-A Bowler Hat (Arranged By Annie Gosfield)
DR12 -1.09 dB -17.98 dB 5:15 13-I'm Excited. No You're Not. (Arranged By Jake Heggie)
DR13 -1.12 dB -19.62 dB 5:07 14-The Demon Barber (Arranged By Kenji Bunch)
DR14 -6.08 dB -27.00 dB 5:50 15-Send In The Clowns (Arranged By Ethan Iverson)
DR13 -3.71 dB -20.96 dB 4:53 16-The Worst (Empanadas) In London (Arranged By Ricardo Lorenz)
DR13 -1.18 dB -21.66 dB 9:00 17-I Think About You (Arranged By Paul Moravec)
DR12 -9.43 dB -25.76 dB 3:08 18-Very Put Together (Arranged By Mason Bates)
DR14 -9.14 dB -29.81 dB 6:44 19-I'm Still Here (Arranged By Frederic Rzewski)
DR13 -3.51 dB -22.13 dB 4:05 20-Love Is In The Air (Arranged By David Shire)
DR14 -1.32 dB -20.26 dB 5:05 21-Epiphany (Arranged By John Musto)
DR14 -14.28 dB -35.83 dB 3:45 22-Pretty Women (Arranged By Mark-Anthony Turnage)
DR12 -8.15 dB -24.14 dB 5:42 23-Paraphrase (Someone In A Tree) (Arranged By Phil Kline)
DR15 -8.49 dB -29.64 dB 6:00 24-In And Out Of Love (Arranged By Bernadette Speech)
DR14 -1.02 dB -20.47 dB 7:18 25-Another Hundred People (Arranged By Daniel Bernard Roumain)
DR14 -2.51 dB -21.42 dB 8:58 26-Into The Woods (Arranged By Andy Akiho)
DR14 -1.08 dB -20.16 dB 5:19 27-Every Day A Little Death (Arranged By Ricky Ian Gordon)
DR13 -1.69 dB -20.69 dB 5:39 28-Merrily We Roll Along (Arranged By Nils Vigeland)
DR13 -12.85 dB -30.71 dB 5:27 29-Notes On "Beautiful" (Arranged By Rodney Sharman)
DR14 -2.29 dB -22.57 dB 4:45 30-Being Alive (Arranged By Gabriel Kahane)
DR11 -15.44 dB -33.04 dB 2:55 31-Not While I'm Around (Arranged By Thomas Newman)
DR14 -0.34 dB -21.47 dB 5:53 32-The Ballad Of Guiteau (Arranged By Jherek Bischoff)
DR13 -4.70 dB -21.76 dB 3:22 33-Now (Arranged By Mary Ellen Childs)
DR15 -1.08 dB -22.95 dB 8:25 34-A Child Of Children And Art (Arranged By Peter Golub)
DR16 -2.36 dB -25.15 dB 7:38 35-Going… Gone (Arranged By Tania Leon)
DR16 -0.94 dB -22.63 dB 4:36 36-Everybody's Got The Right (Arranged By Michael Daugherty)
DR14 -7.08 dB -27.48 dB 5:20 37-Sunday In The Park - Passages (Arranged By Anthony De Mare)
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Number of tracks: 37
Official DR value: DR14
Samplerate: 44100 Hz
Channels: 2
Bits per sample: 24
Bitrate: 900 kbps
Codec: FLAC
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DR Peak RMS Duration Track
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DR12 -7.42 dB -26.78 dB 1:42 01-A Little Night Fughetta (Arranged By William Bolcom)
DR16 -5.65 dB -28.46 dB 5:37 02-Color And Light (Arranged By Nico Muhly)
DR16 -1.03 dB -21.97 dB 3:21 03-Finishing The Hat - 2 Pianos (Arranged By Steve Reich)
DR14 -1.68 dB -22.65 dB 7:19 04-The Ladies Who Lunch (Arranged By David Rakowski)
DR13 -9.94 dB -26.66 dB 6:01 05-Perpetual Happiness (Arranged By Eve Beglarian)
DR13 -3.60 dB -20.37 dB 3:04 06-Birds Of Victorian England (Arranged By Jason Robert Brown)
DR13 -1.12 dB -21.31 dB 5:57 07-Johanna In Space (Arranged By Duncan Sheik)
DR13 -1.12 dB -18.98 dB 3:01 08-You Could Drive A Person Crazy (Arranged By Eric Rockwell)
DR14 -1.11 dB -20.18 dB 4:38 09-That Old Piano Roll (Arranged By Wynton Marsalis)
DR15 -9.57 dB -33.31 dB 6:59 10-Sorry-Grateful (Arranged By Derek Bermel)
DR13 -1.09 dB -20.85 dB 4:03 11-No One Is Alone (Arranged By Fred Hersch)
DR12 -4.80 dB -21.35 dB 5:18 12-A Bowler Hat (Arranged By Annie Gosfield)
DR12 -1.09 dB -17.98 dB 5:15 13-I'm Excited. No You're Not. (Arranged By Jake Heggie)
DR13 -1.12 dB -19.62 dB 5:07 14-The Demon Barber (Arranged By Kenji Bunch)
DR14 -6.08 dB -27.00 dB 5:50 15-Send In The Clowns (Arranged By Ethan Iverson)
DR13 -3.71 dB -20.96 dB 4:53 16-The Worst (Empanadas) In London (Arranged By Ricardo Lorenz)
DR13 -1.18 dB -21.66 dB 9:00 17-I Think About You (Arranged By Paul Moravec)
DR12 -9.43 dB -25.76 dB 3:08 18-Very Put Together (Arranged By Mason Bates)
DR14 -9.14 dB -29.81 dB 6:44 19-I'm Still Here (Arranged By Frederic Rzewski)
DR13 -3.51 dB -22.13 dB 4:05 20-Love Is In The Air (Arranged By David Shire)
DR14 -1.32 dB -20.26 dB 5:05 21-Epiphany (Arranged By John Musto)
DR14 -14.28 dB -35.83 dB 3:45 22-Pretty Women (Arranged By Mark-Anthony Turnage)
DR12 -8.15 dB -24.14 dB 5:42 23-Paraphrase (Someone In A Tree) (Arranged By Phil Kline)
DR15 -8.49 dB -29.64 dB 6:00 24-In And Out Of Love (Arranged By Bernadette Speech)
DR14 -1.02 dB -20.47 dB 7:18 25-Another Hundred People (Arranged By Daniel Bernard Roumain)
DR14 -2.51 dB -21.42 dB 8:58 26-Into The Woods (Arranged By Andy Akiho)
DR14 -1.08 dB -20.16 dB 5:19 27-Every Day A Little Death (Arranged By Ricky Ian Gordon)
DR13 -1.69 dB -20.69 dB 5:39 28-Merrily We Roll Along (Arranged By Nils Vigeland)
DR13 -12.85 dB -30.71 dB 5:27 29-Notes On "Beautiful" (Arranged By Rodney Sharman)
DR14 -2.29 dB -22.57 dB 4:45 30-Being Alive (Arranged By Gabriel Kahane)
DR11 -15.44 dB -33.04 dB 2:55 31-Not While I'm Around (Arranged By Thomas Newman)
DR14 -0.34 dB -21.47 dB 5:53 32-The Ballad Of Guiteau (Arranged By Jherek Bischoff)
DR13 -4.70 dB -21.76 dB 3:22 33-Now (Arranged By Mary Ellen Childs)
DR15 -1.08 dB -22.95 dB 8:25 34-A Child Of Children And Art (Arranged By Peter Golub)
DR16 -2.36 dB -25.15 dB 7:38 35-Going… Gone (Arranged By Tania Leon)
DR16 -0.94 dB -22.63 dB 4:36 36-Everybody's Got The Right (Arranged By Michael Daugherty)
DR14 -7.08 dB -27.48 dB 5:20 37-Sunday In The Park - Passages (Arranged By Anthony De Mare)
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Number of tracks: 37
Official DR value: DR14
Samplerate: 44100 Hz
Channels: 2
Bits per sample: 24
Bitrate: 900 kbps
Codec: FLAC
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