Credits:

Sonia Visentin

Description:

A classic work of contemporary piano music, commissioned by Pierre-Laurent Emaar and composed over a period of about 20 years! The Italian composer Marco Stroppa (1959-), who has achieved success with a number of contemporary works, composed "Miniature Estrôse" over a period of 20 years between 1991 and 2003, commissioned by Pierre-Laurent Emaar, and is considered a classic of contemporary piano music (revised in 2009). Revised in 2009). The word "miniature" used here does not refer to something meticulously detailed, such as the elaborately decorated initials in a medieval manuscript, but simply to a short work. genius, as well as extravagance and eccentricity. (The word is also used in Vivaldi's famous "L'estro Armonico," or "Inspiration of Harmony.) A composer, researcher, and educator, Stropper studied music in Italy and conducted research (computer science, cognitive psychology, and artificial intelligence) at MIT's Media Lab.From 1980 to 1984, he worked at the Centro di Sonologia Computazionale (CSC) in Padua, where he composed the work Trieturia, which was an immediate success and is still performed regularly. 1982 he was invited by Boulez to join In 1999, he succeeded Helmut Lachenmann as professor at the Stuttgart University of Music and Drama. Tokyo M-Plus

Tracklisting:

1.Passacaglia canonica, in contrappunto policromatico
2.Brichino, come un furetto
3.Moai
4.Ninnananna
5.Tangata Manu
6.Innige Cavatina
7.Prologos: Anagnorisis I. Canones diversi ad consequendum