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Track 16 - Varlaam's Song (from Mussorgsky's Boris Godunov) (trans. John Ogden)
 
 
Genre / Style: Classical

Composer: BACH; RACHMANINOV; KREISLER; GERSHWIN; GOUNOD; MUSSORGSKY
Title: An ORCHESTRA of ONE
Performer: Clipper Erickson, piano
Tracks/ Timings: BACH, arr. M. Hess: Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring (from Cantata No. 147, BWV 147)(3:25); BACH, trans. Mary Howe: Sheep May Safely Graze (from the Birthday Cantata, No. 208) (4:24); BACH, arr. Harriet Cohen: Beloved Jesu, We Are Here, BWV 731 (2:07); RACHMANINOV: Lilacs, Op. 21/ 5 (2:55); Daisies, Op. 38/3 (3:15); KREISLER, trans. Rachmaninov: Liebesfreud (7:13); MARGARET BONDS: Troubled Water (based on the spiritual Wade in the Water) (4:45); GERSHWIN: Selections from Gershwin at the Keyboard - The Man I Love (2:57); Strike Up the Band (0:55); I'll Build a Stairway to Paradise (0:44); Who Cares? (6:51); That Certain Feeling (1:30); Fascinating Rhythm (0:55); I Got Rhythm (1:20); GOUNOD, paraphrase F. Liszt: Waltz from Faust (10:40); MUSSORGSKY, trans. John Ogden: Varlaam's Song from Boris Godunov (2:48); BACH, trans. Robert Strassburg: Chaconne in D Minor from Partita No. 2 (15:41)
Label: DTR/ Direct-To-TapeRecordings
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Information:
Clipper Erickson explores the amazing ability of the piano to become an orchestra in this program of 17 brilliant and colorful transcriptions. Some of these are faithful representations of works in their original form while others are like a new creation indulging the wild imagination of the transcriber. From the comfortable faithfulness of Bach, the sensuousness of Rachmaninov, the jazzy style of Gershwin to the dazzling fantasies of Liszt and John Ogden, the listener is treated to a panoramic tour of the piano.
Clipper Erickson made his debut at the age of 19 in Los Angeles. He studied with John Ogden at Indiana University, also taking studies at Juilliard School and Yale University. He has received many honors and is a prize winner at both the Busoni and Tchaikovsky international piano competitions. His previous DTR releases include American Journey (#9807) featuring music composed entirely by American composers, and Woven Images (DTR2003), including a premiere recording of a work written especially for him by composer Allen Krantz.
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