MANíA
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MANíA
James Rhodes (piano)
[ Signum / CD ]
Release Date: Friday 14 March 2025
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For this album, Manía, I wanted to create a playlist of pieces that accompany me and my insomnia, my anxiety, my desperation and my fears in the middle of the night and provide the kind of relief that only music and prescription meds can give. I include an Argentinian composer (Ginastera) for the first time as a nod of admiration towards my incredible, beautiful, life-enhancing wife Mica, a Buenos Aires native. And I also include Albeniz as a mark of profound gratitude that my life is now immeasurably improved as a Spanish citizen living in Madrid. Obviously there is a ton of Bach (in transcriptions that make me weep for all the right reasons), a couple of Chopin nocturnes that are, in every way, quantifiably more than the sum of their parts, some percussive, crunchy, world-weary Prokofiev, opposing sides of Rachmaninov (the eerily calm and the hyper-heroic) and even a transcription of a Strauss song (the good Strauss). Variety is the spice etc… These are some of the pieces that ground me, that calm me and that remind me of what is real and true in a world that seems more and more removed from both reality and truth. I hope you enjoy listening to them as much as I enjoyed recording them.
Tracks:
[1] Suite Española, Op. 47, No. 5: Asturias (Ley-
enda) - Isaac Albéniz
[2] Fantasias (7 Piano Pieces), Op. 116: VI. Inter-
mezzo in E Major. Andantino teneramente - Johannes Brahms
[3] 6 Lieder, Op. 17, TrV 149: No. 2, Serenade (Arr.
Walter Gieseking) - Richard Strauss
[4] Nocturne in D Flat, Op. 27 No 2 - Frédéric Chopin
[5] Danzas Argentinas, Op. 2, No. 2, Danza de la
moza donosa - Alberto Ginastera
[6] Violin Sonata No. 2 in A minor, BWV 1003: An-
dante (Trans. Alexander Siloti) - Johann Sebastian Bach
[7] Nocturne in E Major, Op. 62/2 - Frédéric Chopin
[8] Sonata for Solo Violin No.3 in C Major, BWV
1005: I. Adagio (Arr. Víkingur Ólafsson) - Johann Sebastian Bach
[9] 6 Moment Musicaux, Op. 16 No. 6 in C Major,
Maestoso - Sergei Rachmannioff
[10] Études-tableaux, Op. 33: No. 3 in C Minor. Gra
ve - Sergei Rachmannioff
[11] Pieces (10) for Piano from "Romeo and Juliet",
Op. 75: VI. Montagues and Capulets (arr. for piano
by Sergei Prokofiev) - Sergei Prokofiev
[12] Organ Sonata No. 4, BWV 528: 2. Andante
[Adagio] (Transcr. August Stradal) - Johann Sebastian Bach
[13] Pieces (10) for Piano from "Romeo and Juli-
et", Op. 75: X. Romeo Bids Juliet Farewell (arr. for piano by Sergei Prokofiev) - Sergei Prokofiev
