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Julia Hamos - Ellis Island [CD]

Julia Hamos - Ellis Island [CD]

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(summary)"Ellis Island" or the sound odyssey of Julia Hamos, who examines in this very first album her family history, American and Hungarian, while displaying a longing for adventure. A poetic journey that takes us from the Hungary of Bela Bartok and Gyorgy Kurtag to the gates of New York and the recreations of Charles Mingus and Meredith Monk.(complete blurb)"Ellis Island" is an odyssey in sound, the story of a pianist with dual origins, Julia Hamos, who, in this very first album, looks at her family roots, American and Hungarian, and displays a longing for adventure. She looks towards the Hungary of Bartok and Kurtag, engaging in a dialogue with the memory of her ancestors from Transylvania. Originally from the same region as Kurtag, her maternal grandfather knew Ligeti as a child. This journey with it's haunting poetry will lead us also to New York, the pianist's first home, a place of hope and inspiration, which always feeds her creativity. Myself When I Am Real by Charles Mingus bursts forth, a fabulous moment, both poetic and pianistic, the zenith of this unusual and personal journey where the pianist, with a mellow yet clear sound palette, will have brought together in a fluid gesture the waking dreams of Schubert (Ungarische melodie, 1824), the very earthy and despair-tinged folklore of Bartok (Fifteen Hungarian Peasant Songs) and the torrential and enigmatic explosions of early Kurtag (8 Pieces Op. 3).In this eminently personal journey, however, there is no narcissistic temptation. Because if the young musician plays, she above all wants to speak to us, with modesty, but not without determination. Her piano assembles words, choreographs rhythms, and also deploy it's range of pastels colours. This is demonstrated by the subtle selection of Jatekok, where the piano will embody a thousand faces, in turn itself (Capriccioso), percussion (Play with Overtones), harp (Perpetuum mobile) or violin duet with viola (Tears). The two cycles of Bartok, with their characters so ironically sketched (Fifteen Hungarian Peasant Songs) and their sparkling rhythms (6 Dances in Bulgarian Rhythm), are no less alive. From the pianist's supple playing, from her silky legato, final streaks of melancholy will often escape.In all respects, "Ellis Island" is a fascinating experience - that of an artist who has found her voice.

Tracklist:

  1. Játékok (Games)~Volume I. No. 7
  2. Perpetuum mobile (objet trouvé). Vivace, ma sempre tranquillo
  3. Ellis Island~Flowing
  4. 8 Klavierstücke, Op. 3~No.
  5. Inesorabile. Andante con moto
  6. 8 Klavierstücke, Op. 3~No.
  7. Calmo
  8. 8 Klavierstücke, Op. 3~No.
  9. Sostenuto
  10. 8 Klavierstücke, Op. 3~No.
  11. Scorrevole
  12. 8 Klavierstücke, Op. 3~No.
  13. Prestissimo possibile
  14. 8 Klavierstücke, Op. 3~No.
  15. Grave
  16. 8 Klavierstücke, Op. 3~No.
  17. Adagio
  18. 8 Klavierstücke, Op. 3~No.
  19. Vivo
  20. Myself When I Am Real
  21. Etudes, Book 1: No.
  22. Fanfares
  23. Mikrokosmos, Sz. 107, BB 105~Volume VI. Six Dances in Bulgarian Rhythm. No. 1 (148). minim + quarter + dotted quarter = 3
  24. E minor
  25. Mikrokosmos, Sz. 107, BB 105~Volume VI. Six Dances in Bulgarian Rhythm. No. 2 (149). minim + dotted quarter = 6
  26. C major
  27. Mikrokosmos, Sz. 107, BB 105~Volume VI. Six Dances in Bulgarian Rhythm. No. 3 (150). dotted quarter + quarter = 8
  28. E major
  29. Mikrokosmos, Sz. 107, BB 105~Volume VI. Six Dances in Bulgarian Rhythm. No. 4 (151). dotted quarter + quarter + dotted quarter =
  30. C major
  31. Mikrokosmos, Sz. 107, BB 105~Volume VI. Six Dances in Bulgarian Rhythm. No. 5 (152). whole note + quarter = 4
  32. Allegro molto. A minor
  33. Mikrokosmos, Sz. 107, BB 105~Volume VI. Six Dances in Bulgarian Rhythm. No. 6 (153). dotted quarter + dotted quarter + quarter =
  34. E minor
  35. Játékok (Games)~Volume V. No. 3
  36. Capriccioso - luminoso. Vivo - rubato
  37. Játékok (Games)~Volume III. No. 3
  38. Play with Overtones (4). Senza tempo
  39. Játékok (Games)~Volume VII. No. 2
  40. Tears. Quasi senza tempo
  41. Játékok (Games)~Volume VI. No. 3
  42. Doina. Parlando, con moto
  43. 15 Hungarian Peasant Songs, Sz. 71, BB 79~A. Four Old Tunes. No.
  44. Rubato. D minor
  45. 15 Hungarian Peasant Songs, Sz. 71, BB 79~A. Four Old Tunes. No.
  46. Andantge. D dorian
  47. 15 Hungarian Peasant Songs, Sz. 71, BB 79~A. Four Old Tunes. No.
  48. Poco rubato. F-sharp phrygian
  49. 15 Hungarian Peasant Songs, Sz. 71, BB 79~A. Four Old Tunes. No.
  50. Andante. F-sharp dorian
  51. 15 Hungarian Peasant Songs, Sz. 71, BB 79~B. No.
  52. Scherzo. Allegro. C dorian
  53. 15 Hungarian Peasant Songs, Sz. 71, BB 79~B. No.
  54. Ballad. Theme with variations. Andante. G dorian
  55. 15 Hungarian Peasant Songs, Sz. 71, BB 79~C. Old Dance Tunes. No.
  56. Allegro. C dorian
  57. 15 Hungarian Peasant Songs, Sz. 71, BB 79~C. Old Dance Tunes. No.
  58. Allegretto. G dorian
  59. 15 Hungarian Peasant Songs, Sz. 71, BB 79~C. Old Dance Tunes. No.
  60. Allegretto. A mixolydian
  61. 15 Hungarian Peasant Songs, Sz. 71, BB 79~C. Old Dance Tunes. No. 1
  62. L'istesso tempo. B dorian
  63. 15 Hungarian Peasant Songs, Sz. 71, BB 79~C. Old Dance Tunes. No. 1
  64. Assai moderato. A dorian
  65. 15 Hungarian Peasant Songs, Sz. 71, BB 79~C. Old Dance Tunes. No. 1
  66. Allegretto. A minor
  67. 15 Hungarian Peasant Songs, Sz. 71, BB 79~C. Old Dance Tunes. No. 1
  68. Poco più vivo. D dorian
  69. 15 Hungarian Peasant Songs, Sz. 71, BB 79~C. Old Dance Tunes. No. 1
  70. Allegro. A major
  71. 15 Hungarian Peasant Songs, Sz. 71, BB 79~C. Old Dance Tunes. No. 1
  72. Allegro. B-flat mixolydian
  73. Ungarische Melodie in B minor, D. 817

UPC: 3700187686741
Label: Naive
Release Date: 6.6.25
Format: CD

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