October 08, 2007

fred hersch - new release

CONGRATS TO FRED ON THE RELEASE OF HIS NEW COLLECTION!!!

Naxos Records
announces the release of Fred Hersch: Concert Music 2001-2006
(Naxos American Classics 8.559 9336)

"This is my first recorded collection of through-composed concert works. It features the epic, virtuosic 24 Variations on a Bach Chorale and the romantic Lyric Piece for Trio. Also included are two sets of solo piano pieces and the poignant Tango Bittersweet for cello and piano."

Three Character Studies (2001)

1. Nocturne for the Left Hand Alone
2. Little Spinning Song3. Chorinho (Study in Thirds and Sixths)
Natasha Paremski, piano

24 Variations on a Bach Chorale (2002)
Blair McMillen, piano

Lyric Piece for Trio (2004)
The Gramercy Trio
Sharan Leventhal, violin
Jonathan Miller, cello
Randall Hodgkinson, piano

Tango Bittersweet (1990, revised 2006)
Dorothy Lawson, cello
Fred Hersch, piano

Saloon Songs (2005)
1. Four-Part Slow Drag
2. The "Last Call" Waltz
3. The Bowery Rag
Blair McMillen, piano


Thank you for your support!
Fred

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