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Introducing Easley Blackwood
Easley Blackwood, composer & pianist
Cedille Records CDR 5002

"Has proved himself again and again a musician of intelligence and taste." (American Record Guide)

The program includes movements from Blackwood's Clarinet Sonata, Op. 31; Twelve Microtonal Etudes; and String Quartet No. 3; movements from Ives' "Concord" Sonata and Elliott Carter's Cello Sonata; and solo piano works by Blackwood, Nielsen, and Casella.

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Click the Cedille Player at the upper left to hear excerpts from the tracks highlighted in red below. These have been carefully chosen as representative of the CD program.

PROGRAM (75:52)

Clarinet Sonatas by Blackwood & Reger
CDR 90000 022
with John Bruce Yeh, clarinet
Blackwood: Sonata in A minor, Op. 37
1. I. Molto Allegro (8:36)

Piano Sonatas by Ives and Copland
CDR 90000 005
Ives: Piano Sonata No. 2 "Concord"
2. II. Hawthorne (11:08)

Blackwood & Bridge: Cello Sonatas
CDR 90000 008
with Kim Scholes,cello
Blackwood: Cello Sonata, Op. 31
3. III. Scherzo. Molto allegro (9:40)

Radical Piano
CDR 90000 027
Nielsen: Three Pieces, Op. 59 (8:19)
4. I. Impromptu (2:26)
5. II. Adagio (1:57)
6. III. Allegro non troppo (3:48)

Blackwood Plays Blackwood
CDR 90000 038
Blackwood: Seven Bagatelles, Op. 36 (10:50)
7. A major (1:38)
8. G minor (1:02)
9. C major (1:17)
10. D minor (1:08)
11. C minor (1:45)
12. A-flat major (2:20)
13. F major (1:23)

Early Chamber Music of Elliott Carter
CDR 90000 048
Carter: Sonata for Cello and Piano
14. I. Moderato (4:47)

Easley Blackwood: Microtonal
CDR 90000 018
with Jeffrey Kust, guitar
Blackwood: Suite for Guitar in 15-note Equal Tuning
15. I. Prelude (Allegro) (2:49)
Blackwood: 12 Microtonal Etudes for Electronic Music Media
16. 20 notes - Comodo (3:57)

Piano Music of Casella & Szymanoski
CDR 90000 003
Casella: Nove Pezzi, Op. 24
17. 8. In modo di tango (5:03)
18. 9. In modo rustico (3:36)

String Quartets by Easley Blackwood
CDR 90000 050
19. IV. Allegro deciso (6:21)

Producer: James Ginsburg / Engineer: Bill Maylone / Cover Photo: Nesha & Kumiko Fotodesign / Design: Melanie Germond
   
 

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