PHOENIX
BY stewart goodyear
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Best Classical Instrumental Solo
Producer of the Year, Classical
Louis Levitt
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As a phoenix obtains new life by arising from the ashes of its predecessor, the works on this album obtain new life by arising from the soundworld, past traditions, and gestures of Franz Lizst. Whether it is the virtuosic splashes of color created by Debussy, the urban landscape constructed by Jennifer Higdon, the intense improvisation & haunting dissonant starkness by Anthony Davis, Mussorgsky's Pictures at an Exhibition which encompasses a long journey from intimate characters pieces to “The Great Gate of Kiev”; or the pianism in two new works by Goodyear which pay tribute to his Trinidadian roots, each work on this album rises from the ashes Liszt.
ABOUT STEWART GOODYEAR:
Photo Credit: Anita Zvonar
Stewart Goodyear is an accomplished concert pianist, improviser and composer. Mr. Goodyear has performed with, and has been commissioned by, many of the major orchestras and chamber music organizations around the world.
Last year, Orchid Classics released Mr. Goodyear's recording of his suite for piano and orchestra, Callaloo and his piano sonata. His recent commissions include a Piano Quintet for the Penderecki String Quartet, and a piano work for the Honens Piano Competition.
Mr. Goodyear's discography includes the complete sonatas and piano concertos of Beethoven, as well as concertos by Tchaikovsky, Grieg and Rachmaninov, an album of Ravel piano works, and an album, entitled For Glenn Gould, which combines repertoire from Mr. Gould's US and Montreal debuts. His Rachmaninov recording received a Juno nomination for Best Classical Album for Soloist and Large Ensemble Accompaniment. Mr. Goodyear's recording of his own transcription of Tchaikovsky's The Nutcracker (Complete Ballet), was chosen by the New York Times as one of the best classical music recordings of 2015. His discography is released on the Marquis Classics, Orchid Classics, and Steinway and Sons labels.
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