American Rage | Warner 9029535477

American Rage

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Label: Warner

Cat No: 9029535477

Format: CD

Number of Discs: 1

Genre: Instrumental

Release Date: 25th October 2019

Contents

Works

Copland, Aaron

Piano Sonata

Rzewski, Frederic

North American Ballads
» no.2 Which Side are You on?
» no.4 Winnsboro Cotton Mill Blues

Wolfe, Julia

Compassion

Artists

Conrad Tao (piano)

Works

Copland, Aaron

Piano Sonata

Rzewski, Frederic

North American Ballads
» no.2 Which Side are You on?
» no.4 Winnsboro Cotton Mill Blues

Wolfe, Julia

Compassion

Artists

Conrad Tao (piano)

About

Pianist/composer Conrad Tao's third Warner Classics album, entitled American Rage, traces the roots of rebellion from the 1930s Harlan County labour disputes, through the trauma of 9/11, to the deep divisions of the present day. Bookended by two expansive works by Frederic Rzewski - Which Side Are You On?, based on Florence Reece’s 1931 protest song, and Winnsboro Cotton Mill Blues, an industrial folk song that reflects the unjust factory working conditions - the album centres on Julia Wolfe's Compassion, written in the wake of 9/11, and Aaron Copland's elegiac Piano Sonata.

A performance of the American Rage programme in a Harlem Crypt was among the New York Times' "Best Performances of 2017".

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