{"product_id":"michele-tozzetti-complete-solo-piano-music","title":"Michele Tozzetti- Complete Solo Piano Music (CD)","description":"\u003cp\u003eBernstein's piano output reflects the various strands of his multifaceted personality, in works as different as Touches (1981) and, at the other end of the scale, his often tender, sentimental Anniversaries. Taken together his piano works form a musical diary tracing the breadth of his experiences and ideas. Four of his Five Anniversaries (1949-51) appear as themes in his violin concerto, the Serenade after Plato's \"Symposium.\" The personal commemorations he created were not portraits so much as self-portrayals, revealing different aspects of his own multi-faceted personality. To play these works well requires an understanding of the various elements that made up the Bernstein persona. The Italian pianist Michele Tozzetti brings out the heartfelt tenderness of most of these tributes, the Jewish elements and the dance rhythms. In the Anniversary dedicated to Aaron Copland (in Seven Anniversaries, 1943), Tozzetti captures the sound and spirit of the man Bernstein called 'my first friend in New York, my master, my idol, my sage, my shrink, my guide, my counselor, my elder brother, [and] my beloved friend.' The pianist reveals a delicate sense of sonority along with fine dynamic control in For Paul Bowles, and brings an idiomatic edginess to For Sergei Koussevitzky. He also injects youthful vigor into Bernstein's Sonata (1937), a probing work rich in counterpoint, written when the composer was still a student. Also on this recording are Non Troppo Presto, a manuscript discovered in the Leonard Bernstein archive at the Library of Congress; and Touches: Chorale, Eight Variations and Coda, commissioned by the Van Cliburn Piano Competition in 1981. It's bluesy chorale is identical to Virgo Blues, written for his daughter, Jamie on her twenty-sixth birthday in 1978. Bernstein dedicated this work 'to my first love, the keyboard'. In Michele Tozzetti's hands, that love is beautifully realized.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cdiv data-bt-autogen\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTracklist:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003col\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSonata: I. -\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSonata: II. -\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTouches\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e4 Sabras: I. Ilana. The Dreamer\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e4 Sabras: II. Idele. The Chassidele\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e4 Sabras: III. Yosi. The Jokester\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e4 Sabras: IV. Dina. The Tomboy Who Weeps Alone\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e4 Anniversaries: I. For Felicia Montealegre\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e4 Anniversaries: II. For Johnny Mehegan\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e4 Anniversaries: III. For David Diamond\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e4 Anniversaries: IV. For Helen Coates\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e5 Anniversaries: I. For Elizabeth Rudolf\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e5 Anniversaries: II. For Lukas Foss\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e5 Anniversaries: III. For Elizabeth B. Ehrman\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e5 Anniversaries: IV. For Sandy Gellhorn\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e5 Anniversaries: V. For Susanna Kyle\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e7 Anniversaries: I. For Aaron Copland\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e7 Anniversaries: II. For My Sister, Shirley\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e7 Anniversaries: III. In Memoriam. Alfred Eisner\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e7 Anniversaries: IV. For Paul Bowles\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e7 Anniversaries: V. In Memoriam. Nathalie Koussevitzky\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e7 Anniversaries: VI. For Sergei Koussevitzky\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e7 Anniversaries: VII. For William Schuman\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNon Troppo Presto\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMusic For The Dance, No. II: I. Moderato\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMusic For The Dance, No. II: II. Waltz Time\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMusic For The Dance, No. II: III. Allegro Non Troppo\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e13 Anniversaries: I. For Shirley Gabis Rhoads Perle\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e13 Anniversaries: II. In Memoriam. William Kapell\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e13 Anniversaries: III. For Stephen Sondheim\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e13 Anniversaries: IV. For Craig Urquhart\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e13 Anniversaries: V. For Leo Smit\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e13 Anniversaries: VI. For My Daughter, Nina\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e13 Anniversaries: VII. In Memoriam. Helen Coates\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e13 Anniversaries: VIII. In Memoriam. Goddard Lieberson\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e13 Anniversaries: IX. For Jessica Fleischmann\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e13 Anniversaries: X. In Memoriam. Constance Hope\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e13 Anniversaries: XI. For Felicia, On Our 28th Birthday\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e13 Anniversaries: XII. For Aaron Stern\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e13 Anniversaries: XIII. In Memoriam. Ellen Goetz\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Alliance - BT","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46984364916957,"sku":"5029365101745","price":152.0,"currency_code":"CNY","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0551\/1056\/6043\/files\/3905594.jpg?v=1762927215","url":"https:\/\/darksiderecords.myshopify.com\/products\/michele-tozzetti-complete-solo-piano-music","provider":"Darkside Records","version":"1.0","type":"link"}