Move Records Australian classical & art music, est. 1968

Remixing Modernism

A unique experiment by Stephen Emmerson. This 2 CD presents the same repertoire but with contrasting styles of mixing and sound production, from traditional to modern.

Stephen Emmerson piano
Alban Berg composer
Arnold Schoenberg composer
Béla Bartók composer

The first “Horizontal” disc is a conventional edited piano recording. The second “Vertical” disc brings the music forward 100 years by employing a multi-track approach to the mix.

This recording setup involved various microphones placed close to the piano, on stage, and out in the hall. By switching and mixing these different perspectives the music is creatively re-interpreted through a wide range of timbral and spacial effects.

The programme pairs landmark piano works from 1908–1909 by Berg, Schoenberg and Bartók: Berg’s one-movement Piano Sonata Op. 1, Schoenberg’s Three Piano Pieces Op. 11, and Bartók’s Fourteen Bagatelles Op. 6.

Artists

Photograph of Stephen Emmerson

Stephen Emmerson

Stephen Emmerson is an Australian pianist and teacher based in Brisbane, on the staff of the Queensland Conservatorium since 1987. His performing life centres on solo piano and fortepiano and, above all, chamber music.

No photograph: Alban Berg

Alban Berg

Alban Berg joined late-Romantic lyricism to twelve-tone method in a small, intense body of work. Operas, chamber scores and songs carry expressionist feeling inside tightly organised forms, from the early Piano Sonata to the Four Pieces for clarinet and piano.

Photograph of Arnold Schoenberg

Arnold Schoenberg

Arnold Schoenberg (1874—1951) was an Austrian-American composer who created new methods of musical composition involving atonality, namely serialism and the 12-tone row. He was also one of the most-influential teachers of the 20th century; among his most-significant pupils were Alban Berg and Anton Webern.

Photograph of Béla Bartók

Béla Bartók

Béla Bartók forged a modernist language from peasant song, asymmetrical dance rhythms and pungent harmony. His string quartets, piano bagatelles and graded teaching pieces still sound raw, lucid and fiercely alive.

Audio previews

Tracks

  1. Piano Sonata Opus 1 Alban Berg 13:45

    2. Three Piano Pieces Opus 11 Arnold Schoenberg

  2. Mässige 4:35
  3. Mässige 9:46
  4. Bewegte 3:08

    5. Fourteen Bagatelles Opus 6 Béla Bartók

  5. Allegro giocoso 1:25
  6. Andante :46
  7. Grave :45
  8. Vivo 1:03
  9. Lento 1:15
  10. Allegretto molto capriccioso 1:43
  11. Andante sostenuto 2:02
  12. Andante grazioso 1:58
  13. Allegro 2:21
  14. Allegro molto rubato 2:31
  15. Molto sostenuto 2:07
  16. Rubato 3:32
  17. Lento funebre (Elle est morte) 2:28
  18. Valse (Ma mie qui danse) 2:16

Disc 2

  1. Piano Sonata Opus 1 [Paul Draper Remix] Alban Berg 13:45

    2. Three Piano Pieces Opus 11 Arnold Schoenberg

  2. Mässige [Paul Draper Remix] 4:35
  3. Mässige [Paul Draper Remix] 9:46
  4. Bewegte [Paul Draper Remix] 3:08

    5. Fourteen Bagatelles Opus 6 Béla Bartók

  5. Allegro giocoso [Paul Draper Remix] 1:25
  6. Andante [Paul Draper Remix] :46
  7. Grave [Paul Draper Remix] :45
  8. Vivo [Paul Draper Remix] 1:03
  9. Lento [Paul Draper Remix] 1:15
  10. Allegretto molto capriccioso [Paul Draper Remix] 1:43
  11. Andante sostenuto [Paul Draper Remix] 2:02
  12. Andante grazioso [Paul Draper Remix] 1:58
  13. Allegro [Paul Draper Remix] 2:21
  14. Allegro molto rubato [Paul Draper Remix] 2:31
  15. Molto sostenuto [Paul Draper Remix] 2:07
  16. Rubato [Paul Draper Remix] 3:32
  17. Lento funebre (Elle est morte) [Paul Draper Remix] 2:28
  18. Valse (Ma mie qui danse) [Paul Draper Remix] 2:16

Performers

Contributors

No photograph: Benjamin Thomas

Cover picture

Benjamin Thomas

Benjamin Thomas is a graphic designer and illustrator whose cover artwork, illustration and design appear on many Move Records releases.

Where to listen

Remixing Modernism is available for streaming through Spotify and Apple Music. It can also be purchased through the iTunes Music Store.

Remixing Modernism is available as a CD. It can be purchased online through Buywell Music or the Australian Music Centre which both offer online ordering.

Product details

Catalogue number
MD 3341
List price
$25.00 AUD
Total playing time
114 minutes 52 seconds
Producer
Paul Draper
Recording Engineer
Paul Draper
Mixing Engineer
Paul Draper
Mastering Engineer
Dave Neil
Venue
Griffith University
Credit
Benjamin Thomas
Release date
Musical work
copyright
© 2010 Move Records
Sound recording
copyright
℗ 2010 Move Records
Categories
Classical, Keyboard
Barcode
EAN 9314574334128

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