The Eleventh Finger_音乐专辑
The Eleventh Finger
表演者: Jenny Lin
介质: Audio CD
发行时间: 2006-08-01
唱片数: 1
出版者: Koch Int'l Classics
条形码: 0099923767022
专辑简介
Editorial Reviews
Amazon.com
Jenny Lin is probably the finest little-known pianist around. This is her fourth solo CD: each previous one is fascinating, filled with brilliant performances and a sheer love of music-making, and each one has garnered rave reviews. Clearly it is her avoidance of standard repertoire that is keeping Lin a semi-secret: I urge you to break the spell and allow her to introduce you to some unfamiliar music. This is an album of razzle-dazzle, contemporary piano music. Two of the pieces were composed in the 1970s and '80s, the rest are less than 15 years old. The CD begins with Arthur Kampela's "Nosturnos," an excursion into a whirlwind of notes which will keep you riveted. Three Etudes (Nos. 16-18) by Ligeti follow. The first is utterly lovely and easy-going to start, gaining speed and changing mood half way through until it tinkles away into the ether; the second seems like a game of chase; the third, and briefest, is at first limping, then runs like a demon. "Chromatic Canon" by James Tenney is a minimalist piece in which Lin plays both live and along with a tape of herself playing another part; it is a hypnotic arc of music filled with itchy dissonances. Claude Vivier's "Shiraz" is based on a four-note chord pounded away into dozens of alternate-sounding configurations. Elliott Sharp's "Suberrebus" combines piano with computer processing; the different hues you'll hear will keep you on your toes. And there are a couple of other remarkable pieces as well. This CD is not for the timid: but jump in, the water's unexpectedly fine. And Jenny Lin, to contradict the CD's title, sounds as if she has 14 fingers--each perfectly under control. --Robert Levine
曲目
Elliott Sharp: Suberrebus
