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Table of Contents:

• Tango? / Nancarrow (2:47)
• The dead moth tango / Balcom [i.e. Bolcom] (5:07)
• Night fantasies / Carter (21:32)
• Tango from the exiles cafe / Sahl (3:42)
• Parchment / Hemphill (5:32)
• Phrygian gates / Adams (24:40)
• The curriculum vitae tango / Foss (2:12)
• Tango / Jaggard (3:11)
• Two canons for Ursula. Canon A (6:02) ; Canon B (5:48) / Nancarrow
• Mayn yingele / Rzewski (13:49)
• The blue bamboula / Wuorinen (11:02)
• Old and lost rivers / Picker (4:10)
• Piano sonata no. 1 / Harbison (16:14)
• Middle passage / Davis (7:29).

Author/Creator:

Oppens, Ursula

Contributors:

Nancarrow, Conlon, 1912-1997

Bolcom, William

Carter, Elliott, 1908-2012

Sahl, Michael, 1934-

Hemphill, Julius

Adams, John, 1947-

Foss, Lukas, 1922-2009

Jaggard, David

Rzewski, Frederic

Wuorinen, Charles

Picker, Tobias, 1954-

Harbison, John

Davis, Anthony, 1951-

Main Work:

American piano music of our time [by Oppens, U.]

Included Works:

Tango? [by Nancarrow, C.]

Dead moth tango [by Bolcom, W.]

Night fantasies [by Carter, E.]

Exiles' café [by Sahl, M.] > Tango (arranged)

Parchment [by Hemphill, J.]

Phrygian gates [by Adams, J.]

Curriculum vitae tango [by Foss, L.]

Elastic tango [by Jaggard, D.]

Canons for Ursula [by Nancarrow, C.]

Mayn yingele [by Rzewski, F.]

Blue bamboula [by Wuorinen, C.]

Old and lost rivers [by Picker, T.] (arranged)

Sonatas, piano [by Harbison, J.] > No. 1

Middle passage [by Davis, A.]

Subjects:

Piano music — United States — 20th century

Tangos

Sonatas (Piano)

1900-1999

Piano music

United States

Performers:

Ursula Oppens, piano.

Performance Medium:

1 performer: piano

General Notes:

The 12th work originally for orchestra.
CD no. 1 recorded at State University of New York, Purchase, in 1989 ; CD no. 2 recorded at the American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters, New York, in 1991.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (1 audio file)
no. 1

Audio Characteristics:

digital

Digital Characteristics:

audio file

Call Numbers:

Online Audio

Other Standard Numbers:

International Standard Recording Code: USB8U1025464
International Standard Recording Code: USB8U1025465
International Standard Recording Code: USB8U1025466
International Standard Recording Code: USB8U1025467
International Standard Recording Code: USB8U1025468
International Standard Recording Code: USB8U1025469
International Standard Recording Code: USB8U1025470
International Standard Recording Code: USB8U1025472
International Standard Recording Code: USB8U1025473
International Standard Recording Code: USB8U1025474
International Standard Recording Code: USB8U1025475
International Standard Recording Code: USB8U1025476
International Standard Recording Code: USB8U1025477
International Standard Recording Code: USB8U1025478
International Standard Recording Code: USB8U1025471
Publisher Number, Naxos Digital Services/Music and Arts Programs of America: CD-4862

OCLC Numbers:

704930756