Diversions, for piano: No. 1. Sarcasm (Allegro moderato)
Diversions, for piano: No. 2. Solitude (Adagio)
Diversions, for piano: No. 3. The Mouse and the Bear (Moderato con moto)
Diversions, for piano: No. 4. Night (Andante)
Diversions, for piano: No. 5. Petrushka (Allegro moderato)
Diversions, for piano: No. 6. Specter (Moderato con moto)
Diversions, for piano: No. 7. Windmills (Allegro)
Diversions, for piano: No. 8. Homage to Prokofiev (Allegro festivo)
Epigrams, Book One, for piano: 1. Calm
Epigrams, Book One, for piano: 2. Sarcastic
Epigrams, Book One, for piano: 3. Flowing
Epigrams, Book One, for piano: 4. Declamatory
Epigrams, Book One, for piano: 5. Dream-like
Epigrams, Book One, for piano: 6. Singing
Epigrams, Book One, for piano: 7. Jaunty
Epigrams, Book One, for piano: 8. Somber
Epigrams, Book One, for piano: 9. Vigorous
Epigrams, Book One, for piano: 10. Dispassionate
Epigrams, Book One, for piano: 11. Angry
Leningrad Rag (Mutations on Scott Joplin), for piano
Winter Nocturne, for piano
Toccata No. 1, for piano
Ode for F.D.R., for piano
Toccata No. 2, for piano
Piano Sonata No. 4: 1. Monologue with Arabesques
Piano Sonata No. 4: 2. Fantasy-Ballade
Primitivo, for piano
After the huge critical success of the first CD of Phillip Ramey's piano music (TOC 29), Toccata is pleased to announce the release of a second disc! For this volume, the composer has designed a program around important wo... more »rks omitted from the first volume: the Piano Sonata No. 4, the early (1966) Diversions, and a collection that represented a crucial stylistic breakthrough: Epigrams, Book One. A 48-page booklet includes music examples and photographs, full analytical texts by Benjamin Folkman, and an essay by Mirian Conti.« less
After the huge critical success of the first CD of Phillip Ramey's piano music (TOC 29), Toccata is pleased to announce the release of a second disc! For this volume, the composer has designed a program around important works omitted from the first volume: the Piano Sonata No. 4, the early (1966) Diversions, and a collection that represented a crucial stylistic breakthrough: Epigrams, Book One. A 48-page booklet includes music examples and photographs, full analytical texts by Benjamin Folkman, and an essay by Mirian Conti.