Richard Crosby – By the Waters of Memory (2024) [FLAC 24bit/44,1kHz]

Richard Crosby – By the Waters of Memory (2024)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 01:01:47 minutes | 540 MB | Genre: Classical
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Lyricism and melody are often vainly sought in contemporary composition. American composer Richard Crosby goes against the grain on BY THE WATERS OF MEMORY, a selection of compositions so aesthetically sublime, yet so profound, one wonders if this is still music, or someone mesmerizingly peeling back the layers on existence itself.

BY THE WATERS OF MEMORY features two scintillating chamber duos with piano – one a viola, the other a cello sonata – as well as a charming tetralogy of Latin dances for piano and oboe. But perhaps the greatest revelation arrives in the form of trenchantly beautiful solo piano pieces, which bear all the hallmarks of unadulterated classical-romantic genius. If Schubert had been an American, he would have sounded like this.

Tracklist:

1-1. Richard Crosby – By the Waters of Memory, Op. 9 (04:07)
1-2. Richard Crosby – Piano Sonata in B-Flat Minor, Op. 21: I. Allegro molto (04:26)
1-3. Richard Crosby – Piano Sonata in B-Flat Minor, Op. 21: II. Andante (03:53)
1-4. Richard Crosby – Piano Sonata in B-Flat Minor, Op. 21: III. Allegro energico (02:45)
1-5. Richard Crosby – Variations for Piano, Op. 13 (15:22)
1-6. Richard Crosby – Sonata for Viola & Piano, Op. 10: I. Allegro (03:51)
1-7. Richard Crosby – Sonata for Viola & Piano, Op. 10: II. Andante (05:05)
1-8. Richard Crosby – Sonata for Viola & Piano, Op. 10: III. Vivace (02:11)
1-9. Richard Crosby – Sonata for Cello & Piano, Op. 19: I. Allegro (04:42)
1-10. Richard Crosby – Sonata for Cello & Piano, Op. 19: II. Un poco andante (04:26)
1-11. Richard Crosby – Sonata for Cello & Piano, Op. 19: III. Allegro energico (02:55)
1-12. Richard Crosby – 4 Latin Dances for Oboe & Piano, Op. 14: No. 1, Bolero (01:56)
1-13. Richard Crosby – 4 Latin Dances for Oboe & Piano, Op. 14: No. 2, Tango (02:17)
1-14. Richard Crosby – 4 Latin Dances for Oboe & Piano, Op. 14: No. 3, Bossa Nova (02:07)
1-15. Richard Crosby – 4 Latin Dances for Oboe & Piano, Op. 14: No. 4, Mambo (01:35)

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