Phillip Ramey: Piano Music, Volume Four: 1959

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Phillip Ramey: Piano Music, Volume Four: 1959–2011

Catalogue Number: TOCC0153
EAN: 5060113441539
Release Date: 4 March 2013
Duration: 79:12

Incantations
Cossack Variations
Three Early Preludes
Piano Sonata No. 3
Epigrams, Book Two
Lament for Richard III
Piano Sonata No. 7

Stephen Gosling, piano

The piano music of the American composer Phillip Ramey (born in 1939) is rooted in the motoric athleticism of Prokofiev and Bartók, tempered with sober lyricism, spicy modernist dissonance and a fresh approach to the grand Romantic gesture. This fourth Toccata Classics album includes the virtuosic Cossack Variations, the mercurial Epigrams, Book Two and Lament for Richard III, a dramatic character-study of a famous historical villain. Two sonatas add further substance to a varied programme: No. 3, serially inflected and culminating in a barbaric finale; and No. 7, infused with declamatory rhetoric, quirky rhythm and engaging melody.

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Track Listing, MP3 Downloads and Streaming Samples

Track No.	Track Title / Details	Duration

	DOWNLOAD COMPLETE ALBUM	79:12

1-3	Incantations (1960; rev. 1982) Phillip Ramey, composer Stephen Gosling, piano (first recording)	4:19
1	I Allegro	0:39
2	II Andante	1:49
3	III Con moto	1:51

4-17	Cossack Variations (1981/85) Phillip Ramey, composer Stephen Gosling, piano (first recording)	14:48
4	Theme (Moderato)	0:34
5	Variation 1 (L’istesso tempo)	0:37
6	Variation 2 (Allegretto)	0:55
7	Variation 3 (Allegro)	0:56
8	Variation 4 (Allegro moderato)	0:57
9	Variation 5 (Moderato)	1:03
10	Variation 6 (Adagio)	2:39
11	Variation 7 (Moderato con moto)	0:48
12	Variation 8 (Allegro con spirito)	0:46
13	Variation 9 (Vivace)	0:39
14	Variation 10 (Andante lirico)	1:56
15	Variation 11 (Vivace)	0:51
16	Variation 12 (Andante)	0:30
17	Variation 13 (Andante maestoso)	1:37

18-20	Three Early Preludes (1959; rev. 1996) Phillip Ramey, composer Stephen Gosling, piano (first recording)	5:29
18	I Andante lugubrioso	2:40
19	II Adagio enigmatico	1:30
20	III Allegro giocoso	1:19

21-23	Piano Sonata No. 3 (1968; rev. 2010) Phillip Ramey, composer Stephen Gosling, piano (first recording)	16:15
21	I Moderato austero	4:45
22	II Andante meditativo	5:42
23	III Allegro demonico	5:48

24-32	Epigrams, Book Two (1986) Phillip Ramey, composer Stephen Gosling, piano (first recording)	15:59
24	I Calm	1:07
25	II Melancholy	1:44
26	III Scornful	0:52
27	IV Desolate	4:25
28	V Demonic	0:55
29	VI Solemn	2:36
30	VII Grandiose	0:51
31	VIII Lyrical	2:08
32	IX Angry	1:21

33	Lament for Richard III (2001) Phillip Ramey, composer Stephen Gosling, piano (first recording)	5:36

34-36	Piano Sonata No. 7 (2010–11) Phillip Ramey, composer Stephen Gosling, piano (first recording)	16:46
34	I Adagio con moto; Scherzando; Alla marcia; Tempo I	5:21
35	II Adagio lirico	6:00
36	III Andante; Presto; Allegro moderato; Presto	5:25

Artists

Phillip Ramey, composer

Stephen Gosling, piano
[credit: Phillip Ramey]

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