Reflections On Time & Mortality

Thomas Stumpf (piano)

Catalog #: TROY1659-60
Release Date: February 1, 2017
Format: Digital
Instrumental

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
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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