Description
Anyone who has heard Thollem McDonas or Stefano Scodanibbio as a soloist might well imagine what a combination of their unique genius could produce. Now you can hear it for real on Debussy’s Piano...yes...the same piano the magical, marvelous and world-changing Claude Debussy once owned and played himself. And Debussy’s spirit certainly hovers here in the auras of ferocious demoniacal energies and delicate impressionistic shades of vibration emanating from these mesmerizing, polished structures. Scodanibbio, for many years now, has redefined and expanded greatly the techniques of playing the double bass. He has made this instrument speak in ways never before experienced and has unleashed a sonic arsenal for this instrument that has inspired composers like Cage, Berio and Stockhausen to heap praise on this wonderful 21st c. Paganini. On this recording he burns through Thollem’s structures with fire and elegance. Thollem’s keyboard flights unleash cascades of notes of seemingly impossible velocity and no matter where he goes tonally, it always seems right, fresh and satisfying. He should be on everyone’s listening list who appreciates great piano music. As an improviser, he inhabits a world uniquely his own, rhythmically, harmonically and formally. A true original; Debussy’s Piano, Thollem and Scodanibbio. An imaginative idea, wonderfully realized with virtuosity, improvisational mastery and intuitive communication of deep sensibility all residing here in the magical marriage of their artistry. - Terry Riley
Tracks
1 The Memory of Ourselves
2 They're Seen from Other Places
3 Now from Now to Now
4 Birth of a Modern Mind
5 A Child Opens Her Ears
6 A Lifetime Away
7 And Oceans Between Them
8 Dreaming of Dreaming
9 Of Living a Life
10 With the Wind
11 A Pause Before the Rest
12 Bombs Rain on Burial Day
13 Another Century Passes
14 Jupiter Mercury Venus Moon
15 The Last Music She Hears
16 In Return to It All Once Again
- Format Detail: CD
- Handling Note: **Please allow an additional 72 hours for this item's shipment.**
- Internal ID: JITFE
- Format: CD
- Genre: Classical
- Released: 2011-02-01