The music of award-winning composer Paul Reale has a truly authentic American voice: eclectic in it's cultural references and having a respect for tradition, but with a knife-sharp edge that keeps listeners alert. This collection of piano pieces represents the widest possible variety in his catalog chosen together with soloist John Jensen, a pianist with whom Reale has worked for most of his life and considers his ideal interpreter. Atmospheres of jazz-infused bar-life, Piazzolla's tangos and a comic pastiche on Beethoven's contrast with the dark and austere Stroke of Midnight, the chiming bells of which confront the harsh realities of mortality.

Tracklist:

Piano Sonata No. 5 In A Major: I. At First Sight
Piano Sonata No. 5 In A Major: II. Touch
Piano Sonata No. 5 In A Major: III. Cannot Be
Piano Sonata No. 5 In A Major: IV. Happily Ever...
Chocolate Soccer Ball
Piano Sonata No. 10 "Piazzollana": I. Alberto Of Barracas
Piano Sonata No. 10 "Piazzollana": II. Waltz
Piano Sonata No. 10 "Piazzollana": III. Waldorf Astoria
Concert Etude No. 2
Piano Sonata No. 12 "Stroke Of Midnight": I. Dusk
Piano Sonata No. 12 "Stroke Of Midnight": II. Nightfall
Piano Sonata No. 12 "Stroke Of Midnight": III. Midnight
Beethoven For The Brain Dead

UPC: 636943987926
Label: Naxos
Release Date: 1.10.20
Format: CD

Reale / Jensen - Stroke of Midnight (CD)