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Arthur Farwell: Piano Music, Volume One
Catalogue Number: TOCC0126
The Vale of Enitharmon, Op. 91 Lisa Cheryl Thomas, piano The American composer Arthur Farwell (1872–1952) is remembered as the leading member of a group of ‘Indianists’ who used Native American tribal melodies. But Farwell’s stylistic range was much wider than is realised today. This CD, the first of two to be recorded by Lisa Cheryl Thomas, herself of Cherokee, Blackfoot and Sioux ancestry, presents first The Vale of Enitharmon, based on the mythology of William Blake, which mixes Romanticism and Impressionism. Impressions of the Wa-Wan Ceremony of the Omahas represents an American Indian ritual so revered that warring tribes would lay down their arms to let the procession pass. And the experimental Polytonal Studies pit two different keys against each other, exploiting the attraction of opposites to generate unusual harmonies and melodies. Booklet texts (PDF) |
Track Listing, MP3 Downloads and Streaming Samples
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| 1 | The Vale of Enitharmon, Op. 91 (1930) Arthur Farwell, composer Lisa Cheryl Thomas, piano (first recording) |
9:20 |
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| 2-9 | Impressions of the Wa-Wan Ceremony of the Omahas, Op. 21 (1905) Arthur Farwell, composer Lisa Cheryl Thomas, piano (first complete recording) |
14:13 | |||
| 2 | No. 1 Receiving the Messenger: Slowly and quietly | 2:18 |
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| 3 | No. 2 Nearing the Village: Moderately | 1:58 |
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| 4 | No. 3 Song of Approach: Moderately, with breadth | 2:02 |
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| 5 | No. 4 Laying down the Pipes: Very broadly | 1:12 |
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| 6 | No. 5 Raising the Pipes: Lightly, with motion | 1:00 |
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| 7 | No. 6 Invocation: With dignity, slowly | 2:13 |
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| 8 | No. 7 Song of Peace: Peacefully | 1:48 |
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| 9 | No. 8 Choral: Broadly, with religious feeling | 1:42 |
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| 10-21 | Polytonal Studies, Op. 109: series I (1940–52) [The first key given is that of the bass clef, the second that of the treble] Arthur Farwell, composer Lisa Cheryl Thomas, piano (first recording) |
37:42 | |||
| 10 | No. 1 C major/G major | 3:10 |
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| 11 | No. 2 G major/C major | 1:12 |
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| 12 | No. 3 C major/A major | 3:14 |
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| 13 | No. 4 A flat major/C major | 1:23 |
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| 14 | No. 5 G flat major/A flat major | 1:12 |
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| 15 | No. 6 C major/B major | 6:29 |
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| 16 | No. 7 C major/D flat major | 3:23 |
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| 17 | No. 8 C major/E flat major | 4:09 |
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| 18 | No. 9 G major/D flat major | 2:28 |
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| 19 | No. 10 D major/B flat major | 3:34 |
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| 20 | No. 11 F major/E flat major | 3:10 |
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| 21 | No. 34 E flat major/E flat minor | 4:18 |
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Artists
Arthur Farwell, composer
[credit: Charles Lummis]
Lisa Cheryl Thomas, piano
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