African Pianism

African Pianism

SOMMCD 0647 (SOMM Recordings, CD)

DDD
FIRST RELEASE (18 February 2022)

Playing time: 77'30"
Tracks: 21
Booklet pages: 12
℗ 2022 SOMM Recordings
© 2022 SOMM Recordings
Main country of recording: United Kingdom
Country of manufacture: European Union
Reviewer: John Dante Prevedini
Review of African Pianism published on 20 March 2022

Rebeca Omordia, piano
Abdelkader Saadoun, percussion (tracks 18 and 19)

Ayo Bankole (1935-1976):

1 Egun Variations in G

J H Kwabena Nketia (1921-2019):

African Pianism – Twelve Pedagogical Pieces
2 Play Time
3 Dagarti Work Song
4 Builsa Work Song
5 Volta Fantasy

Christian Onyeji (born 1967):

Ufie (Igbo Dance)
6 Moderately fast
7 Slow
8 Fast

Fred Onovwerosuoke (born 1960):

Five Kaleidoscopes for Piano (first recording)
9 With vigor
10 Adagio molto parlando
11 Larghetto espressivo
12 Lentissimo e languendo
13 Vivace con brio

David Earl (born 1951):

14 Princess Rainbow (Scenes from a South African Childhood)

Nabil Benabdeljalil (born 1972):

15 Nocturne IV (first recording)

16 Nocturne V (first recording)

17 Nocturne VI (first recording)

18 En attente du printemps (first recording)

Akin Euba (1935-2020):

Three Yoruba Songs Without Words:

19 Ore Meta (Three Years)

20 Mo Ja'we Gbegbe (I pluck the leaf of remembrance)

21 L'ori Oke ati petele (On the hill, on the plain)

Recorded 30 August-1 September 2021 (tracks 1-17 and 20-21) and 18 October 2021 (tracks 18-19) at Menuhin Hall, Stoke d'Abernon, UK.