Multi-award-winning composer Paul Reale has a distinctly American voice, enriched and given touches of familiarity through references to folk idiom and musical ancestors such as Bartok and Kodaly. This program brings together Reale's works for cello and piano. His earliest, SÃ©ance, is a haunting combination of modernist sounds and Baroque melodies. The operatic Cello Sonata No. 1 daringly uses 'What Shall We Do with the Drunken Sailor' as the backbone of it's finale, and the recent 'Chopin's Ghost' explores the Romantic composer's long, weaving lines and evokes his poetic spirit. This is the world premiere recording of the aforementioned work.

Tracklist:

Durch Die Jahreszeiten II: No. 1, Joseph, Lieber Joseph Mein
Durch Die Jahreszeiten II: No. 2, Alle Vogel
Durch Die Jahreszeiten II: No. 3, Ich Bin Das Ganz Jahr
Durch Die Jahreszeiten II: No. 4, Kommet Ihr Hirten
Cello Sonata No. 2 "Chopin's Ghost": I. Introduction. Chorale Gone Bad
Cello Sonata No. 2 "Chopin's Ghost": II. Reflection
Cello Sonata No. 2 "Chopin's Ghost": III. Macabre Dance
Cello Sonata No. 2 "Chopin's Ghost": IV. Chopin
Séance (2017 Revised Version)
Cello Sonata No. 1 (2015 Revised Version): I. Overture
Cello Sonata No. 1 (2015 Revised Version): II. Recitative I
Cello Sonata No. 1 (2015 Revised Version): III. Aria
Cello Sonata No. 1 (2015 Revised Version): IV. Recitative II
Cello Sonata No. 1 (2015 Revised Version): V. Finale
Wexford Carol

UPC: 636943982020
Label: Naxos American
Release Date: 4.13.18
Format: CD

Reale / Cook / Guzman - Chopin's Ghosts / Works for Cello & Piano (CD)