Hartke, S.: Horse With the Lavender Eye (The) / Post-Modern Homages / Piano Sonata / the King of the Sun

Featuring

Ellen Jewett
Richard Faria
Xak Bjerken
Los Angeles Piano Quartet
Stephen Hartke
Henrique Oswald

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Performer Biography

The Los Angeles Piano Quartet, featured on this album, made its debut in 1977 and has actively commissioned new works from prominent contemporary composers like Stephen Hartke and Pulitzer Prize winner Steven Stucky.

Compositional Technique

Stephen Hartke's music often layers disparate rhythms or quickly jumps between quirky non sequiturs and heartfelt tenderness, demanding physical and emotional flexibility from the performer.

Performer Biography

Xak Bjerken, the pianist on this album, is an Associate Professor of Music at Cornell University and co-directs Mayfest, an annual chamber music festival, with his wife.

Composer's Artistic Vision

Stephen Hartke, the composer on this album, believes composers write music because they like it and offer it to intrigue, please, entertain, stimulate, and move listeners.

Composer Biography

Stephen Hartke's connection between medieval and modern music began in his childhood, singing professionally as a chorister in Manhattan and absorbing the city's diverse musical landscape.

Recording & Production

This album was recorded using 24-bit technology, which offers a dynamic range up to 48 dB greater and 256 times the resolution of standard 16-bit recordings.