Benjamin Hochman: Beethoven, Benjamin, Dowland & Josquin: Resonance - COMPACT DISCS

Benjamin Hochman: Beethoven, Benjamin, Dowland & Josquin: Resonance - COMPACT DISCS

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Title:

Beethoven, Benjamin, Dowland & Josquin: Resonance

Artist:

Benjamin Hochman

Label:

Avie

Product Type:

COMPACT DISCS

UPC:

822252268126

Genre:

Classical Artists

Release Date:

2024-11-15

Number of Discs:

1

Pianist Benjamin Hochman's fourth album for AVIE, Resonance, literally resonates with music spanning six centuries. Two late Beethoven sonatas are the pillars of the program, with two Renaissance works by Josquin des Prez and John Dowland, plus a masterpiece by one of today's most heralded living composers, George Benjamin, in between. Resonance opens with Beethoven's Op. 109, followed by Josquin's serene motet Ave Maria, arranged for piano by American contemporary composer Charles Wuorinen, the stylistic contrasts nevertheless resonating with a common tonal centre and rich counterpoint. Dowland's Flow my tears, arranged for keyboard by Downland's contemporary William Byrd, is a lamentation akin to the third movement "Arioso dolente" from Beethoven's Op. 110. The penultimate track is George Benjamin's 2001 Shadowlines. Subtitled "Canonic Preludes", like Beethoven, Benjamin expands both sonic and emotional resonance to the limit.

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