Andrew Cooperstock
Complete Solo Works for Piano
- Type CD
- Label Bridge
- UPC 0090404948527
- Catalog number BRIDG 9485
- Release date 04 August 2017
About the album
In celebration of Leonard Bernstein’s centenary (1918-2018), this recording features the composer’s complete solo piano works, plus, as special bonus, the witty and charming “Bridal Suite” for piano four-hands, heard here in its first complete recording. In addition to the better known “Anniversaries”, “Sonata for the Piano”, and “Touches”, Andrew Cooperstock has included Leonard Bernstein’s very first published work, the highly effective transcription of Aaron Copland’s orchestral tone poem “El Salón México”, together with the “Four Sabras”, “Non troppo presto”, and “Music for the Dance, No. II”. The recording encompasses music from the composer's teenage years through his last piano composition, “Touches”, and includes music Bernstein dedicated to friends and colleagues including Lukas Foss, Sergei Koussevitzky, William Schuman, William Kapell, and Stephen Sondheim. The distinguished pianist Andrew Cooperstock is Professor of Piano at the University of Colorado Boulder.
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11Seven Anniversaries I. For Aaron Copland
01:14 -
12Seven Anniversaries II. For My Sister, Shirley
01:18 -
13Seven Anniversaries III. In Memoriam: Alfred Eisner
02:05 -
14Seven Anniversaries IV. For Paul Bowles
01:22 -
15Seven Anniversaries V. In Memoriam: Nathalie Koussevitzky
01:33 -
16Seven Anniversaries VI. For Sergei Koussevitzky
01:40 -
17Seven Anniversaries VII. For William Schuman
00:51 -
18Four Anniversaries I. For Felicia Montealegre
02:24 -
19Four Anniversaries II. For Johny Mehegan
00:41 -
110Four Anniversaries III. For David Diamond
02:04 -
111Four Anniversaries IV. For Helen Coates
01:20 -
112Five Anniversaries I. For Elizabeth Rudolf
01:10 -
113Five Anniversaries II. For Lukas Foss
01:43 -
114Five Anniversaries III. For Elizabeth B. Ehrman
00:47 -
115Five Anniversaries IV. For Sandy Gellhorn
01:35 -
116Five Anniversaries V. For Susanna Kyle
01:40 -
117Thirteen Anniversaries I. For Shirley Gabis Rhoads Perle
01:26 -
118Thirteen Anniversaries II. In Memoriam: William Kapell
00:27 -
119Thirteen Anniversaries III. For Stephen Sondheim
01:26 -
120Thirteen Anniversaries IV. For Craig Urquhart
01:17 -
121Thirteen Anniversaries V. For Leo Smit
00:28 -
122Thirteen Anniversaries VI. For My Daughter, Nina
02:20 -
123Thirteen Anniversaries VII. In Memoriam: Helen Coates
02:14 -
124Thirteen Anniversaries VIII. In Memoriam: Goddard Lieberson
01:09 -
125Thirteen Anniversaries IX. For Jessica Fleischmann
01:52 -
126Thirteen Anniversaries X. In Memoriam: Constance Hope
02:20 -
127Thirteen Anniversaries XI. For Felicia, On Our 28th Birthday (& her 52nd)
02:25 -
128Thirteen Anniversaries XII. For Aaron Stern
02:11 -
129Thirteen Anniversaries XIII. In Memoriam: Ellen Goetz
01:53 -
21Touches - Chorale, Eight Variations and Coda
09:08 -
22Sonata for the Piano I. Presto. Molto moderato. Presto. Scherzando
05:24 -
23Sonata for the Piano II. Largo. Moderato. Molto moderato
11:15 -
24Non Troppo Presto
02:23 -
25Music for the Dance, No. II I. Moderato
01:26 -
26Music for the Dance, No. II II. Waltz Time
01:18 -
27Music for the Dance, No. II III. Allegro non troppo, with force
01:59 -
28Four Sabras I. Ilana, The Dreamer
01:13 -
29Four Sabras II. Idele, The Chasside
02:30 -
210Four Sabras III. Yosi, The Jokester
01:04 -
211Four Sabras IV. Dina, The Tomboy Who Weeps Alone
01:12 -
212El Salón México
10:26 -
213Bridal Suite I. Prelude
01:46 -
214Bridal Suite II. Love Song
01:31 -
215Bridal Suite III. Chaplinesque
00:37 -
216Bridal Suite IV. Chaplinade
00:57 -
217Bridal Suite V. Interlude (Bell, Book, and Rabbi)
01:35 -
218Bridal Suite VI. The First Waltz (canon)
01:00 -
219Bridal Suite VII. Cha-cha-cha
00:36 -
220Bridal Suite VIII. Hora
00:39 -
221Bridal Suite IX. Encore 1: Modern Music (Argument)
00:30 -
222Bridal Suite X. Encore 2: Old Music (Reconciliation)
00:51 -
223Bridal Suite XI. Encore 3: Magyar Lullaby
00:40