For his fourth CD for Mirare, brilliant pianist and composer Matan Porat chose these colorful pieces, spanning through four centuries of music from Couperin to AdÃ¨s, displaying the different and similar approaches of composers to dance. Through this program, which he dedicates to his daughter Zoe, he invites us to celebrate the colorful world of childhood and to discover new facets of his talent, both as a performer and as a composer.

Tracklist:

Brahms: Waltz, Op.39 No.1: Tempo Giusto
Brahms: Waltz, Op.39 No.11
Brahms: Waltz, Op.39 No.6: Vivace
Brahms: Waltz, Op.39 No.3
Brahms: Waltz, Op.39 No.14
Brahms: Waltz, Op.39 No.15
Scriabin: Mazurka, Op.25 No.2
Ades: Mazurka, Op.27 No.2
Ravel: Le Tombeau de Couperin: V. Menuet. Allegro Moderato
C.P.E. Bach: Dance Movements in G WQ/H Desunt: Menuet
Porat: Waltz for Bill
Evans: Waltz for Debbie
Stravinsky: Tango
Nancarrow: Study No.6: Tango (Arr. Matan Porat)
Rameau: Suite in a Minor: III. Sarabande
Satie: Sarabande No.3
Scriabin: Valse, Op.38
Couperin: QuatriÃ¨me Concert: V. Sarabande
Ravel: Le Tombeau de Couperin: III. Forlane. Allegretto
Lachenmann: Ein Kinderspiel: VII. Schattentanz
Shostakovich: Dances of the Dolls: V. Scherzwalzer

UPC: 3760127226437
Label: Mirare
Release Date: 10.6.23
Format: CD

Matan Porat - Dances For Zoe (CD)