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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.