All of Leonard Bernstein's published works for solo piano happily fit on one CD, here performed by Thomas Lanners. Bernstein's piano compositions are virtually unknown, and perhaps that is because most of them are much more personal in nature than his other compositions. These are his small tributes to family members and close friends, his Anniversaries, so called because most of them commemorate birthdays. They are brief, generally consonant or mildly atonal, and represent different ideas, such as his interpretation of ...
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All of Leonard Bernstein's published works for solo piano happily fit on one CD, here performed by Thomas Lanners. Bernstein's piano compositions are virtually unknown, and perhaps that is because most of them are much more personal in nature than his other compositions. These are his small tributes to family members and close friends, his Anniversaries, so called because most of them commemorate birthdays. They are brief, generally consonant or mildly atonal, and represent different ideas, such as his interpretation of fellow composers' styles, the nature of the person, or his feelings for the person. Lanners brings out that personal, intimate side of these pieces wonderfully. Even in those like the one for Aaron Copland, that uses broad, open spaces, or the one for William Kapell, where the briefness and energy represent the pianist's short life, there is a feeling of closeness, as if Lanners expects no audience other than himself. Touches, an atonal piece that was meant to have an audience, sounds...
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