Phillip Ramey: Piano Music, Volume Three: 1960

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Phillip Ramey: Piano Music, Volume Three: 1960–2010

Catalogue Number: TOCC0114
EAN: 5060113441140
Release Date: 5 September 2011
Duration: 78:24

Recorded under the supervision of the composer

Suite
Two Short Pieces
Toccata Giocosa
Slavic Rhapsody (The Novgorod Kremlin at Night)
Burlesque-Paraphrase on a Theme of Stephen Foster
Bagatelle on ‘Dies Irae’
Djebel Bani (A Saharan Meditation)
Blue Phantom
Piano Sonata No. 6

Stephen Gosling, piano

The piano music of the American composer Phillip Ramey (b. 1939) is rooted in the motoric athleticism of Prokofiev and Bartók, seasoned with sober lyricism, spicy modernist dissonance and a fresh approach to the grand Romantic gesture. Covering a span of half a century, this third Toccata Classics album includes the vivacious early Suite, the sparkling Toccata Giocosa, the atmospheric Slavic Rhapsody, the parodistic Burlesque-Paraphrase on a Theme of Stephen Foster and the exotic Djebel Bani (A Saharan Meditation), concluding with the virtuosic, highly dramatic Sixth Sonata.

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Track Listing, MP3 Downloads and Streaming Samples

Track No.	Track Title / Details	Duration

	DOWNLOAD COMPLETE ALBUM	78:24

1-10	Suite (1960-63; rev. 1988) Phillip Ramey, composer Stephen Gosling, piano	21:10
1	I. Prelude (Allegro)	0:59
2	II. Aria (Andante con moto)	2:03
3	III. Scherzo (Allegro moderato)	2:46
4	IV. Homage to Gershwin (Andantino)	1:06
5	V. Evocation (Adagio cantabile)	1:24
6	VI. March (Allegro moderato)	1:15
7	VII. Ballade (Adagio)	3:46
8	VIII. Burlesque (Allegro)	1:35
9	IX. Hymn à la russe (Andante con moto; Grandioso)	4:04
10	X. Toccata (Allegro con spirito)	2:12

11-12	Two Short Pieces (1967) Phillip Ramey, composer Stephen Gosling, piano	3:47
11	I. Moderato enigmatico	1:45
12	II. Moderato barbaro	2:02

13	Toccata Giocosa (1966) Phillip Ramey, composer Stephen Gosling, piano	1:50

14	Slavic Rhapsody (The Novgorod Kremlin at Night) (2009-10) Phillip Ramey, composer Stephen Gosling, piano	13:25

15	Burlesque-Paraphrase on a Theme of Stephen Foster (1990) Phillip Ramey, composer Stephen Gosling, piano	3:56

16	Bagatelle on ‘Dies Irae’ (2010) Phillip Ramey, composer Stephen Gosling, piano	2:44

17	Djebel Bani (A Saharan Meditation) (2009) Phillip Ramey, composer Stephen Gosling, piano	7:04

18	Blue Phantom (2008) Phillip Ramey, composer Stephen Gosling, piano	2:22

19	Piano Sonata No. 6 (Sonata-Fantasia) (2008) Phillip Ramey, composer Stephen Gosling, piano	22:06
19	Moderato; Allegro; Interlude 1 (Adagio sognando); Moderato; Allegro; Interlude 2 (Andante serioso); Adagio; Grandioso	22:06

Artists

Phillip Ramey, composer

Stephen Gosling, piano
[credit: Phillip Ramey]

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