Fantaisie Sonata Michael Kieran Harvey

• Michael Bertram (b. 1935): Fantaisie Sonata:
• 1 Fantaisie Sonata First Movement 20:43
• 2 Fantaisie Sonata Second Movement 13:46
• 3 Fantaisie Sonata Third Movement 14:04
• Michael Bertram:
• 4 Six Bagatelles #2 Chant 04:49
• 5 Violet 2 04:45
• 6 Six Bagatelles #5 Uranus 03:46
• Seven Sarcasms for an Out of Tune Piano:
• 7 Seven Sarcasms for an Out of Tune Piano I 02:19
• 8 Seven Sarcasms for an Out of Tune Piano II 02:13
• 9 Seven Sarcasms for an Out of Tune Piano III 02:03
• 10 Seven Sarcasms for an Out of Tune Piano IV 01:43
• 11 Seven Sarcasms for an Out of Tune Piano V 01:46
• 12 Seven Sarcasms for an Out of Tune Piano VI 01:16
• 13 Seven Sarcasms for an Out of Tune Piano VII 01:07
• Total Runtime 01:14:20

Info for Fantaisie Sonata

Larry Sitsky wrote that composer Michael Bertram 'writes fierce but exciting piano music'. Michael Kieran Harvey performance on this disc is the equal of that description. As well as a long major work this recording presents an interesting variety of shorter works all by Bertram.

Larry Sitsky went on to describe the 'Fantasia-Sonata' as a 'massively ambitious work on a grand romantic scale' exhibiting a brand of self-belief that reminded him of Scriabin ... 'I have a feeling that the composer has something to say and is not afraid to say it in the face of current fashions, which I find admirable'.

The shorter works are contrasting pieces, concluding with the iconoclastic 'Seven Sarcasms for an Out-of-Tune Piano'.

Michael Kieran Harvey premiered 'Fantasie-Sonata' in 2001 which was reviewed at the time by The Age critic Clive O'Connell: "He performed with involvement and intensity, outlining the work's characteristics in broad strokes, observing every change of texture and emotion. The sonata takes full advantage of its fantasy nomenclature ... the effect is an elongated improvisation which Bertram has couched in a variety of languages."

“Michael Kieran Harvey’s excellent track record in championing the piano music of Australian composers is evidenced again in this compelling interpretation of Michael Bertram’s impressive major piano work, Fantaisie-Sonata. Bertram’s flamboyant approach to piano composition is ideally suited to the virtuosic brilliance of Harvey’s pianism. In a way the smaller works filling out the CD are as worthy of attention and promotion as Bertram’s major piano work, Fantaisie-Sonata. Michael Kieran Harvey certainly gives them the interpretive respect they deserve.” (Michael Hannan, Loud Mouth – Music Trust E-Zine)

Michael Kieran Harvey, piano

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