Antony Gray – Michael Blake: Afrikosmos (2023) [FLAC 24bit/96kHz]

Antony Gray – Michael Blake: Afrikosmos (2023)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 02:54:59 minutes | 2,52 GB | Genre: Classical
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Inspired by Bartók’s’Mikrokosmos’ and by the indigenous music from various parts of Africa, South African composer Michael Blake created this magnum opus – like Bartók’s work, in varying degrees of difficulty for young players and experts alike. The recording was made in June 2021 at the Menuhin Hall, Cobham, Surrey by pianist Antony Gray, whose recent Divine Art albums of piano works by Saint-Saëns have met with great success and glowing reviews.Michael Blake is a South African-born composer and pianist based in London from 1977 and later returned to the “New South Africa”. He has been responsible for post-apartheid New Music initiatives such as joining the ISCM and setting up a new music festival and composers meeting. His musical language draws from African music, experimental film, and African weaving techniques. His works have been widely played around the world and appear on 15 CDs. He currently splits his time living in rural France and Cape Town where he is an honorary professor of experimental composition at Stellenbosch University.

Australian pianist Antony Gray was educated in Victoria, Australia, where he graduated from the Victorian College of Arts and won several awards and prizes. He received a scholarship from the Astra foundation to continue his studies in London with Joyce Rathbone and Geoffrey Parsons. Based in London now, he is regarded as one of the most interesting and communicative performers of his generation, known for his solo and chamber music performances around the world, regular recordings for CD and radio, and his championing of contemporary and neglected composers such as George Enescu, Dussek, Martinů, Malcolm Williamson and John Carmichael. He has recorded 14 discs of solo piano music for ABC Classics, and featured on other recording projects for KNS Classical and other labels.

Tracklist:

1-01. Antony Gray – Spotted Dikkop and Black Cuckoo (01:26)
1-02. Antony Gray – Linong tsa lesiba (Song of the Birds) (01:09)
1-03. Antony Gray – African Doves (Homage to Messiaen) (01:50)
1-04. Antony Gray – If I had wings I could fly (02:31)
1-05. Antony Gray – Walking Song (Homage to Percy Grainger) (01:53)
1-06. Antony Gray – Stroll to the Spaza Shop (Homage to Stanley Glasser) (01:43)
1-07. Antony Gray – Chorale (Homage to MMM) (02:17)
1-08. Antony Gray – Lyric Piece (Homage to Grieg) (03:45)
1-09. Antony Gray – Call and Response (01:19)
1-10. Antony Gray – Ntsikana’s Bell (01:47)
1-11. Antony Gray – John Knox Bokwe’s Plea for Africa (01:26)
1-12. Antony Gray – Heaven’s Bow (04:36)
1-13. Antony Gray – iKos’tina (01:44)
1-14. Antony Gray – Variations on a Flute Tune (01:24)
1-15. Antony Gray – Emerging Melody (04:04)
1-16. Antony Gray – Stickfighting Song (00:53)
1-17. Antony Gray – Herding Song (01:18)
1-18. Antony Gray – Threshing Song (01:24)
1-19. Antony Gray – To Comfort a Child (Lullaby) (01:25)
1-20. Antony Gray – You are a real rascal (01:23)
1-21. Antony Gray – Canon at the Octave (01:14)
1-22. Antony Gray – Wedding Song (01:10)
1-23. Antony Gray – Night Music (09:43)
1-24. Antony Gray – Self Delectative Song (01:27)
1-25. Antony Gray – Latshon’ilanga (The sun has set) (01:41)
1-26. Antony Gray – Song for the Evening (01:45)
1-27. Antony Gray – Unevensong (03:28)
1-28. Antony Gray – Four-note Patterns (03:29)
1-29. Antony Gray – Broken Line (06:05)
1-30. Antony Gray – Patterns in a Heptatonic Field (04:17)
1-31. Antony Gray – Supermoon (Homage to Henry Cowell) (02:04)
2-01. Antony Gray – Dance in Seakhi Rhythm (Homage to Bártok and JP Mohapeloa) (03:21)
2-02. Antony Gray – Chaconne in Mbaqanga Style (01:40)
2-03. Antony Gray – In Goema Style (01:07)
2-04. Antony Gray – Tickey-draai (01:07)
2-05. Antony Gray – Da kom die Alibama (01:11)
2-06. Antony Gray – Diary of a Dung Beetle (03:38)
2-07. Antony Gray – Scents of Childhood 1 (Homage to Robert Schumann) (01:33)
2-08. Antony Gray – Scents of Childhood 2 (Homage to Robert Schumann) (01:52)
2-09. Antony Gray – Scents of Childhood 3 (Homage to Schumann and Puccini) (07:37)
2-10. Antony Gray – Interlocking Hands (01:15)
2-11. Antony Gray – Changing Times with Repeating Patterns (02:37)
2-12. Antony Gray – Five Finger Patterns (01:29)
2-13. Antony Gray – Weave (02:18)
2-14. Antony Gray – Distant Cowbells (02:38)
2-15. Antony Gray – Lusikisiki (01:34)
2-16. Antony Gray – Giyani (04:39)
2-17. Antony Gray – There Cried a Hippo (03:17)
2-18. Antony Gray – Reedpipe Dance (02:40)
2-19. Antony Gray – Slow Dance (01:41)
2-20. Antony Gray – Lebombo Bone (02:00)
3-01. Antony Gray – The music flows jolly as it won’t stop forever (01:39)
3-02. Antony Gray – March (Homage to Stefan Wolpe) (01:30)
3-03. Antony Gray – Message from the Nduna (Homage to György Kurtág) (02:06)
3-04. Antony Gray – Ituri Rain Forest (Homage to JSB) (01:35)
3-05. Antony Gray – Reflection (Homage to Erik Satie) (03:05)
3-06. Antony Gray – Two Modes Interlocking (02:15)
3-07. Antony Gray – In the Hexatonic Mode (00:49)
3-08. Antony Gray – Major-Minor (01:28)
3-09. Antony Gray – Keep left, pass right (01:22)
3-10. Antony Gray – Geyser off! Hat on! (01:00)
3-11. Antony Gray – Stay on Path (01:24)
3-12. Antony Gray – The Seven Steps (01:15)
3-13. Antony Gray – Ostinato with Cross-rhythms (01:04)
3-14. Antony Gray – Smoke and Mirrors (01:06)
3-15. Antony Gray – Postcards from South Africa (01:28)
3-16. Antony Gray – Une Sonnerie pour G.D. (07:27)
3-17. Antony Gray – High Fives (03:18)
3-18. Antony Gray – Sefapanosaurus (01:41)
3-19. Antony Gray – Thirds (01:28)
3-20. Antony Gray – Variations on 4ths and 5ths (01:38)
3-21. Antony Gray – Fifths (01:23)
3-22. Antony Gray – Seventh Must Fall (03:41)
3-23. Antony Gray – Haiku (01:57)
3-24. Antony Gray – Freedom Day Variation (04:26)

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