Reflections On Time & Mortality
Thomas Stumpf (piano)
Pianist Thomas Stumpf is fascinated with the concept of time and how it is utilized to make sense of the human condition. We have language and symbols for time and music is one of the most powerful of those symbols. Stumpf has used this 2-CD recording to reveal composers' concepts of time as it appears in their composition. Time as a straight line time as a circle time as the tolling of bells the totality of time. Music exists in the dimension of time, and is one of the deepest and most genuine expressions of the unity of time. Music offers a deeper satisfaction with its inevitability of beginning, middle, and end that unpredictable real life can't. Moments of deep satisfaction can be found in the works chosen for this recording, especially when listened to again and again. Born in Shanghai and raised in Hong Kong, Thomas Stumpf studied at the Mozarteum and the New England Conservatory. His career as a solo and collaborative pianist has spanned four continents and his discography consists of seven compact discs. He was co-founder and Artistic Director of Prism Opera and is the recipient of numerous awards. He has taught at the New England Conservatory, Boston University and UMassLowell and is currently on the faculty of Tufts University.
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Title | Composer | Performer |
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Mort, op.519 no.113 | John McDonald | Thomas Stumpf, piano |
Prelude in D flat, op.28 no.15 | Frédéric Chopin | Thomas Stumpf, piano |
Post-Mort, op.519 no.134 | John McDonald | Thomas Stumpf, piano |
Fantasy in D minor, K.397 | Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart | Thomas Stumpf, piano |
Post-Post-Mort, op.519 no.136 | John McDonald | Thomas Stumpf, piano |
Ostinatov | Bela Bartók | Thomas Stumpf, piano |
Bagatelle op.119 no.10 | Ludwig van Beethoven | Thomas Stumpf, piano |
Bagatelle op.119 no.11 | Ludwig van Beethoven | Thomas Stumpf, piano |
Barque, op.541 no.7 | John McDonald | Thomas Stumpf, piano |
Prelude op.32 no.10 | Sergei Rachmaninov | Thomas Stumpf, piano |
Moment Musical D.780 no.2 | Franz Schubert | Thomas Stumpf, piano |
Mere Mort, op.541 no. 36 | John McDonald | Thomas Stumpf, piano |
Dobrou noc! | Leos Janácek | Thomas Stumpf, piano |
Sweet & Twenty | Gregory W. Brown | Thomas Stumpf, piano |
V pláci | Leos Janácek | Thomas Stumpf, piano |
The Spirit and the Dust | Thomas Stumpf | Thomas Stumpf, piano |
Andante from the Sonata in A major D.664 | Franz Schubert | Thomas Stumpf, piano |
Minuet in D major K.355/576b | Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart | Thomas Stumpf, piano |
Temp, op.541 no.94 | John McDonald | Thomas Stumpf, piano |
One at a Time | Rebecca Sacks | Thomas Stumpf, piano |
Solace | Scott Joplin | Thomas Stumpf, piano |
Bagatelle op.6 no.2 | Bela Bartók | Thomas Stumpf, piano |
Bagatelle op.6 no.3 | Bela Bartók | Thomas Stumpf, piano |
Bagatelle op.6 no.6 | Bela Bartók | Thomas Stumpf, piano |
Prelude op.28 no.9 | Frédéric Chopin | Thomas Stumpf, piano |
Prelude op.28 no.14 | Frédéric Chopin | Thomas Stumpf, piano |
Delirium breve | Yehudi Wyner | Thomas Stumpf, piano |
Lístek odvanuty | Leos Janàcek | Thomas Stumpf, piano |
feuilles mortes | Claude Debussy | Thomas Stumpf, piano |
des pas sur la neige | Claude Debussy | Thomas Stumpf, piano |
Andante from the Italian Concerto, BWV971 | J.S. Bach | Thomas Stumpf, piano |
"The secret that silent Lazarus would not reveal" | Hayes Biggs | Thomas Stumpf, piano |
Prelude op.28, no.17 | Frédéric Chopin | Thomas Stumpf, piano |
la cathédrale engloutie | Claude Debussy | Thomas Stumpf, piano |
Carillon-Nocturne | George Enescu | Thomas Stumpf, piano |
L'auberge de I'lll | Yehudi Wyner | Thomas Stumpf, piano |
Sixty Points of Light | Yehudi Wyner | Thomas Stumpf, piano |
Fantasy in C minor, K.475 | Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart | Thomas Stumpf, piano |
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