Jeroen van Veen & Friends – Minimal Piano Collection , Vol. X-XX (2010)

Artist: Jeroen van Veen & Friends
Title: Minimal Piano Collection , Vol. X-XX
Year Of Release: 2010
Label: Brilliant Classics
Genre: Classical
Quality: FLAC (image+.cue,log,scans)
Total Time: 11 CD
WebSite: Album Preview

Fanfare Music: “Dutch pianist and composer, Jeroen van Veen, the leading exponent of minimalism in Holland today”, Alan Swanson, Jan 2010.

The Minimal Piano Collection for one piano (BC8551) ended with “In C” by Terry Riley. Many of the composers on this new 11 Cd box have stated that this particular piece was a starting point for them to compose in a new way, exploring the ways that were created, the spaces between the notes, the emptiness, the freedom.

Elizabeth Bergmann & Marcel Bergmann, Tamara Rumiantsev and Sandra van Veen & Jeroen van Veen recorded 83 compositions. From two pianos up to six pianos, from Steve Reich ‘standard’ Pianophase to Six Pianos.

The composers on this new box are John Adams, Jurriaan Andriessen, Louis Andriessen, Marcel Bergmann, William Duckworth, Julius Eastman, Douwe Eisenga, Morton Feldman, Graham Fitkin, Joep Franssens, Kyle Gann, Philip Glass, Gabriel Jackson, Tom Johnson, Simeon ten Holt, David Lang, Colin McPhee, Chiel Meijering, Wim Mertens, John Metcalf, Carlos Michans, Meredith Monk, Arvo Pärt, Michael Parsons, Alexander Rabinovitch, Steve Reich, Frederic Rzewski, Tim Seddon, Jeroen van Veen, Jacob ter Veldhuis and Kevin Volans. On the included Cd-ROM you can find all the biographies, background information and some sheet music. Van Veen recorded many pieces on his own using multi track technique.

This set will not only please the customers who bought the white box, but also anyone looking for interesting music from American, British, Canadian, Dutch and many more composers who wrote beautiful tonal repetitive music for two or more pianos. Many customers use the Minimal Collection to get inspired, or to work with or simply to enjoy. Get carried away by the new black box; 854 minutes of wonderful music, enjoy the Minimal Piano Collection, let the journey begin including a few recording premieres!

Tracklist:

CD1: Simeon ten Holt – Canto Ostinato (1:19’14”)
xSimeon ten Holt – Canto Ostinato
01. section 1
02. section 5
03. section 10
04. section 15
05. section 20
06. section 25
07. section 30
08. section 35
09. section 40
10. section 45
11. section 50
12. section 55
13. section 60
14. section 69
15. section 74, Theme I
16. section 80
17. section 83
18. section 86
19. section 88
20. section 89
21. section 92
22. section 95, Theme II
23. section 100
24. section 105
25. section 106
Piano Duo Sandra & Jeroen van Veen

CD2: Duckworth, Parsons, Eisenga, Jackson (1:19’08”)
xWilliam Duckworth
1. Forty Changes
2. Binary Images
Michael Parsons
3. Rhythm Studies, Nr. I
4. Rhythm Studies, Nr. II
Douwe Eisenga
5. City Lines
Gabriel Jackson
6. Rhapsody in Red
Piano Duo Sandra & Jeroen van Veen

CD3: Gann, Glass, Eisenga, Monk (1:16’52”)
xKyle Gann
1. Long Night for Three pianos
Philip Glass
2. Metamorphosis II
3. Metamorphosis III
4. Metamorphosis IV
Douwe Eisenga
5. Les Chants Estivaux
Meredith Monk
6. Ellis Island for two pianos
Piano Duo Sandra & Jeroen van Veen, multitrack pianos

CD4: Feldman, Bergmann & Van Veen (1:18’16”)
xMorton Feldman
1. Two Pianos
Bergmann & Van Veen
2. Two Pianos on Strings
Morton Feldman
3. Intermission 6
Bergmann & Van Veen
4. BACH in Strings for 4 pianos
Morton Feldman
5. Piece for four pianos
Marcel & Elizabeth Bergmann
Sandra & Jeroen van Veen

CD5: Adams, McPhee, Bergmann, Michans, Eisenga (1:19’28”)
xJohn Adams
01. Hallelujah Junction
Colin McPhee
Balinese Ceremonial Music
02. Pemoengkah
03. Gambangan
04. Taboeh Teloe
05. Rebong
06. Lagoe Tjondong
07. Gabor Gong
Marcel Bergmann
08. Morning Train
09. Midnight Journey
10. Incessant Bells
11. Boogie Mania
Carlos Michans
12. Joy
Douwe Eisenga
13. Cloud Atlas
Marcel & Elizabeth Bergmann
Sandra & Jeroen van Veen

CD6: Meijering, Part (1:19’05”)
xChiel Meijering
01. Joke
02. Fast, cheap and out of control
03. Floating into space
04. She dissappears in my dreams
05. A place of coolness
06. Kissing her lips
07. Don’t put me in your box
08. Why is the flag fluttering in the wind
09. Hypnosis
10. Go where the angels are
11. Berceuse
12. I found a new baby
13. Riddle with 3 eyes
14. Hammond
15. Don’t ever leave me again
16. The roof of blue glass
Arvo Part, arr. Jeroen Van Veen
17. Phasing on Arvo Part
Tamara Rumiantsev
Jeroen Van Veen

CD7: Reich, Volans, Metcalf, Seddon (1:16’31”)
xSteve Reich
1. Piano Phase
Kevin Volans
2. Cicada
Steve Reich
3. Six Pianos
John Metcalf
4. Never Odd or Even
Tim Seddon
5. Sixteen
Jeroen van Veen, multitrack pianos

CD8: Jurriaan & Louis Andriessen, Mertens, Part, ter Veldhuis (1:18’17”)
xJurriaan Andriessen – Portrait of Hedwig
01. Canon 1
02. Canon 2
03. Canon 3
04. Canon 4
05. Canon 5
06. Canon 6
07. Canon 7
08. Canon 8
09. Canon 9
10. Canon 10
11. Canon 11
12. Canon 12
Wim Mertens
13. 4 mains
Louis Andriessen
14. The Hague Hacking
Arvo Part
15. Hymn to a Great City
Jacob ter Veldhuis
16. Views from a Dutch Train
Piano Duo Sandra & Jeroen van Veen

CD9: Fitkin, Johnson, Rzewski, Eastman (1:16’34”)
xGraham Fitkin
1. Totti (four pianos)
2. White (four pianos)
Tom Johnson
3. Voicings
Frederic Rzewski
4. Les Moutons de Panurge
Julius Eastman
5. Gay Guerrilla
Jeroen van Veen, multitrack pianos

CD10: Glass, Eisenga, Lang, van Veen (1:15’06”)
Philip Glass
1. In Again Out Again
Douwe Eisenga
2. Theme from Wiek
David Lang
3. Orpheus Over and Under
Jeroen van Veen
4. Incanto nr. I
Piano Duo Sandra & Jeroen van Veen

CD11: Franssens, Рабинович, Monk (1:17’06”)
Joep Franssens
1. Entrata
2. Old Songs New Songs
3. Between The Beats
Александр Рабинович
4. Liebliches Lied
Meredith Monk
5. Phantom Waltz
Piano Duo Sandra & Jeroen van Veen