In diesem faszinierenden Projekt zollt der amerikanische Konzertpianist Anthony de Mare dem Musicalkomponisten Stephen Sondheim Tribut. De Mare lud einen ausgewählten Kreis zeitgenössischer Komponisten - von Jazz über Klassik bis hin zur Filmmusik - dazu ein, einen Song von Sondheim als Stück für Solo-Klavier neu zu komponieren. Unter den insgesamt 36 mitwirkenden Komponisten aus insgesamt sieben Nationen befinden sich u.a. Steve Reich, Wynton Marsalis, Mark-Anthony Turnage, Fred Hersch, Ethan Iverson, William Bolcom, Frederic Rzewski, Nils Vigeland, Gabriel Kahane, Thomas Newman, Jake Heggie. Der New York Times sagte Anthony de Mare: "Jeder einzelne Komponist tritt in einen Dialog mit Herrn Sondheim [] durch sein Material, seine Einflüsse, seinen musikalischen Witz und seine Kunstfertigkeit." Sondheims Reaktion? "Dass Komponisten mein Werk aufgreifen und es ernst nehmen ist schlichtweg hinreißend!"
CD 1 | |||
1 | A Little Night Fughetta (Arranged By William Bolcom) | 00:01:42 | |
2 | Color And Light (Arranged By Nico Muhly) | 00:05:37 | |
3 | Finishing The Hat - 2 Pianos (Arranged By Steve Reich) | 00:03:21 | |
4 | The Ladies Who Lunch (Arranged By David Rakowski) | 00:07:19 | |
5 | Perpetual Happiness (Arranged By Eve Beglarian) | 00:06:01 | |
6 | Birds Of Victorian England (Arranged By Jason Robert Brown) | 00:03:04 | |
7 | Johanna In Space (Arranged By Duncan Sheik) | 00:05:57 | |
8 | You Could Drive A Person Crazy (Arranged By Eric Rockwell) | 00:03:01 | |
9 | That Old Piano Roll (Arranged By Wynton Marsalis) | 00:04:38 | |
10 | Sorry-Grateful (Arranged By Derek Bermel) | 00:06:59 | |
11 | No One Is Alone (Arranged By Fred Hersch) | 00:04:03 | |
12 | A Bowler Hat (Arranged By Annie Gosfield) | 00:05:18 | |
13 | I'm Excited. No You're Not. (Arranged By Jake Heggie) | 00:05:15 | |
CD 2 | |||
1 | The Demon Barber (Arranged By Kenji Bunch) | 00:05:07 | |
2 | Send In The Clowns (Arranged By Ethan Iverson) | 00:05:50 | |
3 | The Worst (Empanadas) In London (Arranged By Ricardo Lorenz) | 00:04:53 | |
4 | I Think About You (Arranged By Paul Moravec) | 00:09:00 | |
5 | Very Put Together (Arranged By Mason Bates) | 00:03:08 | |
6 | I'm Still Here (Arranged By Frederic Rzewski) | 00:06:44 | |
7 | Love Is In The Air (Arranged By David Shire) | 00:04:05 | |
8 | Epiphany (Arranged By John Musto) | 00:05:05 | |
9 | Pretty Women (Arranged By Mark-Anthony Turnage) | 00:03:45 | |
10 | Paraphrase (Someone In A Tree) (Arranged By Phil Kline) | 00:05:42 | |
11 | In And Out Of Love (Arranged By Bernadette Speech) | 00:06:00 | |
12 | Another Hundred People (Arranged By Daniel Bernard Roumain) | 00:07:18 | |
CD 3 | |||
1 | Into The Woods (Arranged By Andy Akiho) | 00:08:58 | |
2 | Every Day A Little Death (Arranged By Ricky Ian Gordon) | 00:05:19 | |
3 | Merrily We Roll Along (Arranged By Nils Vigeland) | 00:05:39 | |
4 | Notes On "Beautiful" (Arranged By Rodney Sharman) | 00:05:27 | |
5 | Being Alive (Arranged By Gabriel Kahane) | 00:04:45 | |
6 | Not While I'm Around (Arranged By Thomas Newman) | 00:02:55 | |
7 | The Ballad Of Guiteau (Arranged By Jherek Bischoff) | 00:05:53 | |
8 | Now (Arranged By Mary Ellen Childs) | 00:03:22 | |
9 | A Child Of Children And Art (Arranged By Peter Golub) | 00:08:25 | |
10 | Going... Gone (Arranged By Tania Leon) | 00:07:38 | |
11 | Everybody's Got The Right (Arranged By Michael Daugherty) | 00:04:36 | |
12 | Sunday In The Park - Passages (Arranged By Anthony De Mare) | 00:05:21 |