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When Words Fade / Anderson & Roe
Jackson / Vivaldi / Mozart / Anderson / Roe
Release Date:
11/15/2011
Label:
Steinway & Sons
Catalog #:
30006
Composer:
Michael Jackson , Antonio Vivaldi , Greg Anderson , Georges Bizet ...
Performer:
Greg Anderson , Elizabeth Joy Roe
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Anderson & Roe
Number of Discs:
2
Recorded in:
Stereo
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Notes and Reviews
When words fade, a song sheds its specific narrative—but the emotion remains with all its potency. You, the listener, are free to infuse the music with your own personal meaning. We challenge you to do so as you listen to this collection of vocal music we’ve reimagined for a wordless medium: the piano duo.
When words fade, we are left with the heart of the matter, the essential truths unmitigated by the approximations of verbal expression. Words may comprise our main mode of communication, but they often fall short in embodying our innermost emotions, thoughts, and imaginings. This is where music enters: in the spaces between, in the silence. Music captures the ineffable, and that is why it is so undeniably powerful—it gives
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our deepest and often subconscious feelings shape and flow, as well as a beating, singing heart.
Or, when words fade, and the sun goes down, we enter a world of darkness and romance, hallucinations and dreams. This album reflects the spectrum of life through a nocturnal lens. In the night, we all face our shadow selves, the demons that lurk in our psyche, the secret aspirations that gleam like stars, and the passions that blaze like fireworks. As you listen to this album, escape the mundane and leap into the music’s revelations.
– Greg Anderson & Elizabeth Joy Roe
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Bonus DVD Tracklist:
1. Der Erlkönig by Franz Schubert / Anderson & Roe
2. A Rain of Tears by Antonio Vivaldi / Anderson & Roe
3. Billie Jean by Michael Jackson / Anderson & Roe
4. Carmen Fantasy by Georges Bizet / Anderson & Roe
Album Credits:
Recorded July 6-8, 2011 at the Concert Hall of the Performing Arts Center, SUNY Purhase, New York.
All songs arranged for piano duo by Anderson & Roe.
Produced and Recorded by Steven Epstein
Executive Producers: Eric Feidner, Jon Feidner Art Direction: Jackie Fugere
Design: Oberlander Group
Piano: Steinway Model D
Photography: Ken Schles
Reviews:
Recordings of piano duos may be considered left-field, but they needn’t be strictly for connoisseurs. The original repertoire for the medium includes alluring works by Schubert and Rachmaninoff. Then there are ear-opening arrangements from the days before records, with the piano-duo version of Stravinsky’s Rite of Spring able to make the piece sound even more modernist than the famous orchestration.
With the album When Words Fade (Steinway & Sons), Anderson & Roe offer a kaleidoscopic and very contemporary take on how appealing a piano duo can be, as they range from the Baroque to avant-rock. A highlight is their reimagining of Vivaldi’s aria “Sento in seno ch’in pioggia di lagrime” (“I feel within a rain of tears”). One piano is prepared with dampened strings so that its sound approximates the pizzicato of strings and the patter of raindrops; the other piano unfurls a tender melody through that metaphoric veil.
At the other end of the dynamic spectrum is Anderson & Roe’s arrangement of Radiohead’s “Paranoid Android,” a dizzying, suite-like epic from the English band’s 1997 landmark album, OK Computer. The song has inspired wildly divergent cover versions, topped by jazz pianist Brad Mehldau’s improv-stoked solo interpretations. Anderson & Roe compel by virtue of the symphonic grandeur and lyrical subtlety of tandem pianos, richly recorded. The duo’s nine-minute fantasia hints at the unhinged qualities of the original even as it underscores the song’s almost operatic beauty.
– Bradley Bambarger, Listen [Winter, 2011]
The piano duo team Anderson & Roe's first release for the Steinway label is When Words Fade. As one might expect, it is arrangements of vocal music for piano, 4-hands or two pianos, and what's covered ranges from the Baroque to Coldplay. Anderson & Roe are not only skillful and virtuosic performers, they understand their instruments completely and know how to get just what they want out of them. In the Vivaldi arrangement, it sounds as if they've adopted techniques of preparing one of the pianos to very accurately replicate the sound of a plucked string orchestra. Yet, they know the piano isn't going to replace the instruments in Michael Jackson's "Billie Jean." Instead, they work the song into a fantasy-like setting such as Liszt or Grainger might have done, but retain the steady dance beat and attitude throughout. The Villa-Lobos Bachianas Brasilieras arrangement doesn't try to imitate the sound of the cello ensemble, either; however, although there are some interesting embellishments in it, it doesn't have the warmth or quite the understated passion of the original. Yet most of Anderson & Roe's arrangements not only show off the two musicians' talent, but shed a new light on some familiar music. The physical package comes with a DVD containing videos to go with four of the tracks. These are not just concert performances, but true music videos withstylish direction, where Anderson & Roe's brilliant playing and enjoyment of the music is evident.
– Patsy Morita, All Music Guide
"This pair of exciting performers is revolutionizing the duo piano format today...Greg Anderson and Elizabeth Joy Roe are concert performers who are successful inbreaking out of the old piano duo format and bringing non-classical audiences into their varied repertory. ... They brave not only classical source material, but also contemporary pop tunes of Michael Jackson, Radiohead, Coldplay and Jacques Brel. Grammy-winning producer Steven Epstein produced their CD, and the sonics are just about the best than can be achieved with the 16-bit CD standard."
– John Sunier, Audiophile Audition
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1.
Billie Jean
Composer:
Michael Jackson
Performer:
Greg Anderson (Piano) , Elizabeth Joy Roe (Piano)
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Anderson & Roe
Period:
20th Century
Date of Recording:
7/2011
Venue:
Concert Hall, SUNY Purchase, New York
Length:
4 Minutes 46 Secs.
2.
Tieteberga, RV 737: Sento in seno
Composer:
Antonio Vivaldi
Performer:
Greg Anderson (Piano) , Elizabeth Joy Roe (Piano)
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Anderson & Roe
Period:
Baroque
Written:
1717 Venice, Italy
Date of Recording:
7/2011
Venue:
Concert Hall, SUNY Purchase, New York
Length:
4 Minutes 06 Secs.
3.
Papageno! "Fantasy on arias from Mozart's Die Zauberflöte"
Composer:
Greg Anderson
Performer:
Greg Anderson (Piano) , Elizabeth Joy Roe (Piano)
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Anderson & Roe
Period:
21st Century
Date of Recording:
7/2011
Venue:
Concert Hall, SUNY Purchase, New York
Length:
3 Minutes 58 Secs.
4.
Carmen Fantasy
Composer:
Georges Bizet
Performer:
Greg Anderson (Piano) , Elizabeth Joy Roe (Piano)
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Anderson & Roe
Period:
Romantic
Written:
France
Date of Recording:
7/2011
Venue:
Concert Hall, SUNY Purchase, New York
Length:
13 Minutes 08 Secs.
5.
Der Erlkönig, D 328
Composer:
Franz Schubert
Performer:
Greg Anderson (Piano) , Elizabeth Joy Roe (Piano)
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Anderson & Roe
Period:
Romantic
Written:
1815 Vienna, Austria
Date of Recording:
7/2011
Venue:
Concert Hall, SUNY Purchase, New York
Length:
4 Minutes 09 Secs.
6.
Songs (14), Op. 34: no 14, Vocalise
Composer:
Sergei Rachmaninov
Performer:
Greg Anderson (Piano) , Elizabeth Joy Roe (Piano)
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Anderson & Roe
Period:
Romantic
Written:
1912-1915 Russia
Date of Recording:
7/2011
Venue:
Concert Hall, SUNY Purchase, New York
Length:
6 Minutes 29 Secs.
7.
Mathilde, Marieke, et Madeleine
Composer:
Greg Anderson
Performer:
Greg Anderson (Piano) , Elizabeth Joy Roe (Piano)
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Anderson & Roe
Period:
21st Century
Date of Recording:
7/2011
Venue:
Concert Hall, SUNY Purchase, New York
Length:
13 Minutes 0 Secs.
8.
Liederkreis, Op. 39: no 5, Mondnacht
Composer:
Robert Schumann
Performer:
Greg Anderson (Piano) , Elizabeth Joy Roe (Piano)
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Anderson & Roe
Period:
Romantic
Written:
1840 Germany
Date of Recording:
7/2011
Venue:
Concert Hall, SUNY Purchase, New York
Length:
4 Minutes 04 Secs.
9.
Bachianas brasileiras no 5 for Soprano and 8 Cellos: Aria "Cantilena"
Composer:
Heitor Villa-Lobos
Performer:
Greg Anderson (Piano) , Elizabeth Joy Roe (Piano)
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Anderson & Roe
Period:
20th Century
Written:
1938-1945 Brazil
Date of Recording:
7/2011
Venue:
Concert Hall, SUNY Purchase, New York
Length:
6 Minutes 45 Secs.
10.
Paranoid Android
Composer:
Radiohead
Performer:
Elizabeth Joy Roe (Piano) , Greg Anderson (Piano)
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Anderson & Roe
Period:
20th/21st Century
Date of Recording:
7/2011
Venue:
Concert Hall, SUNY Purchase, New York
Length:
9 Minutes 02 Secs.
11.
English Cantatas (6): no 5, The Morning - The glitt'ring sun
Composer:
Thomas Augustine Arne
Performer:
Greg Anderson (Piano) , Elizabeth Joy Roe (Piano)
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Anderson & Roe
Period:
Baroque
Written:
by 1755 England
Date of Recording:
7/2011
Venue:
Concert Hall, SUNY Purchase, New York
Length:
3 Minutes 37 Secs.
12.
Viva la vida
Composer:
Guy Berryman
Performer:
Elizabeth Joy Roe (Piano) , Greg Anderson (Piano)
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Anderson & Roe
Period:
Contemporary
Date of Recording:
7/2011
Venue:
Concert Hall, SUNY Purchase, New York
Length:
4 Minutes 40 Secs.
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