A new recording by Julian Cochran
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COCHRAN PIANO WORKS: MAZURKAS 1,4,5 PRELUDES 7,8 SCHERZI 1,2
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A new recording by Julian Cochran
- 1. Among the world’s most interesting composers of piano repertoire alive, Julian Cochran rarely performs his own works. This new release of Cochran’s piano works reveals the great interpretative imagination of the composer himself, displaying tremendous color and dynamic contrast, and some of the most powerful music being written today. Julian Cochran carries forward the piano traditions of Liszt, Balakirev, Ravel and Prokofiev, where the piano, with its rich sonority, acts as a metaphor – and practical inventive device – for the entire orchestra. Meanwhile a command of the classical tradition – the vast harmonic language, polyphony and established structural forms – provides the framework from which Cochran invents fruitfully and extends his musical language into new territories. The 2012 concert of Cochran’s five Mazurkas at Amsterdam’s Concertgebouw both surprised and enthralled the audience, and the house was brought down following the performance of these works at New York’s Carnegie Hall. Gil Sullivan, who regularly performs Cochran on the world stage, describes the young composer’s works as “exhibiting striking individuality and personality, exuding dramatic intensity and power. The immediate beauty and charm is carried throughout in Cochran’s music by an underlying inner logic.” London-based conductor Levon Parikian observed of Cochran’s advanced technique, “We hear extreme virtuosity in some of these admirably concise and expertly-tailored compositions. Hearteningly though, this virtuosity is always in the service of the music, rather than an empty display of flashy pyrotechnics.” Recorded at Elder Hall in Adelaide, Australia and distributed by Digital Scores Pty Ltd, this essential recording can be heard on: www.cochranmusic.com/recordings ? ? 43 43 .. .. Œ Œ ‰ 3 œ œb œ Œ Œ ‰ 3 œ œb œ p Moderato .œ#˘ œb œ œ .œ# fl œb œ œ œœ . œ. ... œœœ # # 3 œb œb œ œœb. ..œœ# 3 œb œb œ .œ#˘ œb œ œ .œ# fl œb œ œ œœ . œ. . .. œ œœ 3 œœœ& œœœ. .. . œœ œ ‰ & f f .œ# fl œœ œ j œœ. ‰ Œ Œ dim. œœ œ ... œœœ # ## œ œb œ œœœ .. . œœœ # ## ‰ .œ# œœ œ j œ ‰ Œ Œ œœ œ# ˙˙˙˙b bb œœœ # œœœ b b œ# œœ œ#? j œœ œ# ## ‰ Œ Œ .œ# œ œ# œ# œœœœ ## œœœnn œ œ œb œ# œ# œ# œ Œ .œ# œ œ# œ# œœ## Œ Œ JulianCochran COCHRAN PIANO WORKS MAZURKAS1,4,5 PRELUDES 7,8 SCHERZI 1,2 A NEW RECORDING BY 13318_Full Page Fanfare Mag_3.indd 113318_Full Page Fanfare Mag_3.indd 1 15/08/13 12:35 PM15/08/13 12:35 PM