The Waltz Project Revisited, by Eric Moe, shows just how diverse contemporary music is. The term waltz proves to be as flexible and durable as a springboard in these miniatures. The composers represented here used the traditional waltz in 3/4 time as a starting point for these varied and distinctive works, running the gamut from sentimental to quirky, from dissonantly atonal to polytonal, and from those with an easy-to-follow beat to those without. Through all of these, Moe unmistakably brings out the intrinsic ...
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The Waltz Project Revisited, by Eric Moe, shows just how diverse contemporary music is. The term waltz proves to be as flexible and durable as a springboard in these miniatures. The composers represented here used the traditional waltz in 3/4 time as a starting point for these varied and distinctive works, running the gamut from sentimental to quirky, from dissonantly atonal to polytonal, and from those with an easy-to-follow beat to those without. Through all of these, Moe unmistakably brings out the intrinsic characteristics that define each waltz. Louis Karchin's Ghost Waltz is spooky in an ethereal way. Shadow Waltz, by Mathew Rosenblum, is defined by the way the microtonal keyboard follows, in its own intriguing fashion, what is played on the traditional piano. Even Wayne Peterson's Valse Subliminale and Charles Wuorinen's Self-Similar Waltz, the two least obvious waltzes, are treated not only with respect for their construction, but with genuine feeling and humor. A healthy respect for the past...
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Add this copy of New Waltzes for Piano to cart. $4.13, very good condition, Sold by Orbit Music rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Mishawaka, IN, UNITED STATES, published 2004 by Albany Music.
