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Benjamin Lees: Piano Music, 1947–2005
Catalogue Number: TOCC0069
Toccata Mirian Conti, piano Benjamin Lees (1924–2010) was one of the senior figures in American music, with a large catalogue of powerful and inventive music to his credit. The works on this CD span almost sixty years of compositional activity but are unified by a number of consistent stylistic features: a wiry and muscular athleticism with its distant roots in Prokofiev and Bartók, a quasi-Impressionist awareness of piano sonority, a tough, no-nonsense sense of humour and an exhilarating onward drive. Liner Notes (PDF) |
Track Listing, MP3 Downloads and Streaming Samples
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| DOWNLOAD COMPLETE ALBUM | 71:38 | ||||
| 1 | Toccata (1947) Benjamin Lees, composer Mirian Conti, piano (first recording) |
2:16 |
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| 2-7 | Six Ornamental Etudes (1957) Benjamin Lees, composer Mirian Conti, piano (first recording) |
16:19 | |||
| 2 | No. 1 | 2:48 |
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| 3 | No. 2 | 3:34 |
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| 4 | No. 3 | 2:33 |
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| 5 | No. 4 | 2:08 |
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| 6 | No. 5 | 3:15 |
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| 7 | No. 6 | 2:01 |
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| 8-10 | Three Preludes (1962) Benjamin Lees, composer Mirian Conti, piano (first recording) |
9:27 | |||
| 8 | No. 1 | 3:38 |
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| 9 | No. 2 | 3:29 |
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| 10 | No. 3 | 2:20 |
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| 11 | Sonata Breve (1956) Benjamin Lees, composer Mirian Conti, piano (first recording) |
12:57 |
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| 12-14 | Odyssey Nos 1–3 (1971, 1986, 2005) Benjamin Lees, composer Mirian Conti, piano (first recording) |
30:39 | |||
| 12 | No. 1 | 10:14 |
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| 13 | No. 2 | 11:04 |
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| 14 | No. 3 | 9:21 |
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Artists
Benjamin Lees, composer
[credit: Nik Kleinbera]
Mirian Conti, piano
Reviews
torrential power […;] Lees engages a dark and fantastic imagination
Rob Barnett MusicWeb International
...for those with an interest in this area, Toccata Classics' Benjamin Lees: Piano Music 1947-2005 will prove essential. Conti's performance is dedicated and authoritative, and Toccata Classics' recording is stunningly realistic.
Uncle Dave Lewis All Music
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