Classical Music Discoveries

Pianist Gayle Martin achieved international prominence as the sole American laureate of the sixth International Tchaikovsky Piano Competition in Moscow. The Washington Post called her performance “a tour de force” and praised her artistry for its “intense passion and deep-seated emotional response to the music.” The Woodstock Times cited her recital as one “which, if recorded on 78’s, could have fooled the average pianophile into thinking he or she was listening to one of the greats of the past.” Pianist Gayle Martin’s vivid response to literature, sacred writings, ballet and opera inspired this Ravello release TO KEEP THE DARK AWAY, which pairs the emotional fervor, lyrical eloquence and narrative power of contemporary composer Judith Shatin with those same qualities in composers of the Romantic and early modern eras. Transcriptions, both by composers themselves, in the case of Prokofiev and Shatin, and by Liszt, in music of Schumann and Wagner, embody timeless tales, while musical accounts of St. Cecilia, of Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet, and poetry of Emily Dickinson are here transformed into music. To order this CD, please visit https://geo.itunes.apple.com/us/album/to-keep-the-dark-away/id1124228274?mt=1&app=music&at=1l3vtgU TRACK LISTING 1 WIDMUNG - Robert Schumann/Franz Liszt TO KEEP THE DARK AWAY Judith Shatin 2 To Keep the Dark Away 3 A Glee Possesseth Me 4 An Actual Suffering Strengthens 5 The Auroral Light 6 Whose Spokes a Dizzy Music Makes ROMEO AND JULIET, FROM TEN PIECES FOR PIANO, OP. 75 Sergei Prokofiev 7 The Street Awakens 8 Arrival of the Guests 9 The Young Juliet 10 The Montagues and The Capulets 11 Mercutio FANTASY ON ST. CECILIA Judith Shatin 12 Her Struggle 13 Her Passion 14 Her Martyrdom 15 BALLADE OF THE FLYING DUTCHMAN Richard Wagner / Franz Liszt 16 ISOLDES LIEBESTOD Richard Wagner / Franz Liszt ADVERTISERS Southwest Symphony Orchestra www.southwestsymphony.co La Musica International Chamber Music Festival www.lamusicafestival.org Flowers.FM www.flowers.fm CMD Recordings www.ClassicalRecordings.co