Listen & tracks
2 of 16 tracks have a preview · 11 works · 68:46
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1 Canzone popolare (Francia, 1500 ca) Ludovico Einaudi 1:19
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2 An Offering of Intimacy Zhu Jian'er 3:24
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3 3 Latin Rhythms Erik Griswold Guaguanco 3:43
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4 Suo Qin Yi 2:18
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5 Traces Tan Dun 8:58
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6 'for Cornelius' Alvin Curran 13:28
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7 Within a 'Prayer at Lamplighting' Constantine Koukias 12:02
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3 Latin RhythmsErik Griswold 2 movements5:20
- 8 Maracatu 2:20
- 9 Batucada 3:00
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10 Scherzo Jia Daqun 2:28
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11 Tango for Tim Michael Nyman 5:49
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Five BagatellesCarl Vine 5 movements9:57
- 12 Darkly 2:33
- 13 Leggiero e legato 1:28
- 14 (untitled) 1:50
- 15 (untitled) 1:17
- 16 Threnody (for all of the innocent victims) Gently 2:49
Chinese Whispers was premiered in Adelaide in March 2005.
Dance tells an eloquent story: it is the physical, visceral celebration of life, from the frenzy of physical abandonment to the caress of a gentle embrace. Music is the pulse that keeps it alive. Composers over the centuries have taken dance forms and metamorphosed them into absolute music, as the supreme abstract expression of art.
Tracks 2, 4, 5, 7 and 10 form the programme of Chinese Whispers: contemporary piano solos from Australia and China, paired with dance duets, which toured both countries in 2005.
The remaining works come from a solo concert Smart gave at the 2003 Melbourne International Festival, under the theme of music and movement. Pieces by Ludovico Einaudi, Zhu Jian'er, Tan Dun and Michael Nyman extend their ground-breaking work for film.
Artists
Gabriella Smart
piano
Gabriella Smart is a passionate exponent of contemporary music, and has given award-winning premieres of Australian compositions.
Carl Vine
composer
Carl Vine AO is one of Australia's best-known and most often performed composers, with an orchestral catalogue of eight symphonies and thirteen concertos. His piano music is played widely around the world, and recordings of his work appear on more than seventy albums across the major streaming services.
Alvin Curran
composer
Jia Daqun
composer
Tan Dun
composer
Ludovico Einaudi
composer
Ludovico Einaudi writes spare, meditative piano music built on repeating patterns and clear melodies. His pieces sit between classical minimalism and a more popular, songlike directness, and they move easily from the concert platform into film and late-night listening.
Erik Griswold
composer
Erik Griswold is an American-born, Australian-based composer and pianist whose work spans contemporary classical, improvised and experimental music, with a strong focus on prepared piano.
Zhu Jian'er
composer
Constantine Koukias
composer
Michael Nyman
composer
Michael Nyman's music thrives on motoric pulse, clear harmony and borrowed baroque material, heard in film scores from the Greenaway years to The Piano and in works written for his own amplified band.
Qin Yi
composer
Digital booklet
Digital booklet Notes, texts and credits — read online or download the PDF Download the PDFPerformers
- Gabriella Smart · piano
Technical credits
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Recording Engineer
Michael Yuen (tracks 3, 8 and 9)
Vaughan McAlley (all except tracks 3, 7–9)
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Editing Engineer
Vaughan McAlley (all except tracks 3, 7–9)
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Venue
Move Records Studio (all except tracks 3, 7–9)
PATU Studio (tracks 3, 7–9)
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Thanks to
Arts SA
Details
- List price
- $25.00 AUD
- Total playing time
- 68 minutes 46 seconds
- Release date
- Mar 2005
- Categories
- Australian, Cross-cultural, Keyboard
- Musical work copyright
- © 2005 Move Records
- Sound recording copyright
- ℗ 2005 Move Records
- Catalogue
- MD 3296
- EAN
- 9314574329629
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