Albany Records: Piano Character Pieces from Four Continents

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Another imaginative and beautifully performed recording from pianist Richard Zimdars.

All of the works on this recording may be labeled character pieces, a catchall term that covers compositions that are not sonatas, variations, dances, toccatas, fantasies or fugal works. The term originated in the late 1820s and referred almost exclusively to solo piano pieces. Pianist Richard Zimdars performs 20th and 21st century compositions written by composers from Russia, the U.S., Australia, Korea, and Israel. Zimdars, recently retired from a 40-year teaching and performing career, performed and lectured in Europe, Brazil, Canada and the U.S. His extensive discography includes the complete piano music of Roy Harris (on Albany Records) as well as Charles Ives' four violin sonatas and numerous recordings of works by contemporary composers. He was artistic director of the 2011 American Liszt Society Festival and organizer of the American Liszt Society Bicentennial Composition Competition.

Alexander Tcherepnin, composer
Expressions, Op. 81
Richard Zimdars, piano

William Matthews, composer
Evening Music—Summer
Richard Zimdars, piano

Natalie Williams, composer
Five Bagatelles
Richard Zimdars, piano

Ji Eun Moon, composer
Watching and Chasing
Richard Zimdars, piano

Gilad Cohen, composer
Ballade
Richard Zimdars, piano

Huck Hodge, composer
Transfigured Etudes
Richard Zimdars, piano; Andrew Zimdars, whistler

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“A fine program of miniatures…” (American Record Guide)

Another imaginative and beautifully performed recording from pianist Richard Zimdars.

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