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Butterflying

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Butterflying : piano music by Elena Kats-Chernin / Tamara-Anna Cislowska, Elena Kats-Chernin.

  • Published by ABC Classics — 2016 [481 2625] — 2 CDs (128 min.)
  • Sales Availability: Buy Butterflying on the iTunes Store
  • Library Availability: CD 2757 — Reference (not for loan) copy only

Featured Australian works

  Work Composer PerformersDuration
Adrift (2013) — solo piano
Recorded/performed at: Eugene Goossens Hall, ABC Ultimo Centre, Sydney, on Aug 15.
World premiere recording.
Elena Kats-Chernin Tamara Anna Cislowska 5 mins, 36 sec.
Afterwards for piano duo (4 hands)
Recorded/performed at: Eugene Goossens Hall, ABC Ultimo Centre, Sydney, on Aug 15.
Elena Kats-Chernin Tamara Anna Cislowska, Elena Kats-Chernin 4 mins, 37 sec.
All things conspire — solo piano
Recorded/performed at: Eugene Goossens Hall, ABC Ultimo Centre, Sydney, on Aug 15.
Elena Kats-Chernin Tamara Anna Cislowska 2 mins, 31 sec.
Autumn (2006) — solo piano
Recorded/performed at: Eugene Goossens Hall, ABC Ultimo Centre, Sydney, on Aug 15.
Elena Kats-Chernin Tamara Anna Cislowska 3 mins, 30 sec.
Black tie (2014) — solo piano
Recorded/performed at: Eugene Goossens Hall, ABC Ultimo Centre, Sydney, on Aug 15.
World premiere recording.
Elena Kats-Chernin Tamara Anna Cislowska 2 mins, 6 sec.
Blue silence (2006) for solo piano
Elena Kats-Chernin Tamara Anna Cislowska 7 mins, 57 sec.
Blue tears (2013) — solo piano
Recorded/performed at: Eugene Goossens Hall, ABC Ultimo Centre, Sydney, on Aug 15.
World premiere recording.
Elena Kats-Chernin Tamara Anna Cislowska 2 mins, 59 sec.
Butterflying (2007) for solo piano
Recorded/performed at: Eugene Goossens Hall, ABC Ultimo Centre, Sydney, on Aug 15.
Elena Kats-Chernin Tamara Anna Cislowska 4 mins, 10 sec.
Chorale (1999) — solo piano
Recorded/performed at: Eugene Goossens Hall, ABC Ultimo Centre, Sydney, on Aug 15.
Elena Kats-Chernin Tamara Anna Cislowska 2 mins, 35 sec.
Cinema (2008) — solo piano
Recorded/performed at: Eugene Goossens Hall, ABC Ultimo Centre, Sydney, on Aug 15.
Elena Kats-Chernin Tamara Anna Cislowska 1 mins, 13 sec.
Conversation (2015) for piano duo (4 hands)
Recorded/performed at: Eugene Goossens Hall, ABC Ultimo Centre, Sydney, on Aug 15.
World premiere recording.
Elena Kats-Chernin Tamara Anna Cislowska, Elena Kats-Chernin 2 mins, 24 sec.
Dance of the Paper Umbrellas (2019) for piano duo (4 hands)
Recorded/performed at: Eugene Goossens Hall, ABC Ultimo Centre, Sydney, on Aug 15.
Elena Kats-Chernin Tamara Anna Cislowska, Elena Kats-Chernin 4 mins, 2 sec.
Eliza Aria for piano duo (4 hands)
Recorded/performed at: Eugene Goossens Hall, ABC Ultimo Centre, Sydney, on Aug 15.
Elena Kats-Chernin Tamara Anna Cislowska, Elena Kats-Chernin 4 mins, 47 sec.
For Richard (2011) for piano (4 hands)
Recorded/performed at: Eugene Goossens Hall, ABC Ultimo Centre, Sydney, on Aug 15.
World premiere recording.
Elena Kats-Chernin Tamara Anna Cislowska, Elena Kats-Chernin 7 mins, 5 sec.
Lullaby for Nick for piano duo (4 hands)
Recorded/performed at: Eugene Goossens Hall, ABC Ultimo Centre, Sydney, on Aug 15.
Elena Kats-Chernin Tamara Anna Cislowska, Elena Kats-Chernin 3 mins, 18 sec.
Marcato (2014) for piano duo (4 hands)
Recorded/performed at: Eugene Goossens Hall, ABC Ultimo Centre, Sydney, on Aug 15.
World premiere recording.
Elena Kats-Chernin Tamara Anna Cislowska, Elena Kats-Chernin 2 mins, 40 sec.
Naive waltz (2008) — solo piano
Recorded/performed at: Eugene Goossens Hall, ABC Ultimo Centre, Sydney, on Aug 15.
Elena Kats-Chernin Tamara Anna Cislowska 2 mins, 54 sec.
Play properly (2001) — solo piano
Recorded/performed at: Eugene Goossens Hall, ABC Ultimo Centre, Sydney, on Aug 15.
Elena Kats-Chernin Tamara Anna Cislowska 31 sec.
The rain puzzle (2015) Many hands remix
Recorded/performed at: Eugene Goossens Hall, ABC Ultimo Centre, Sydney, on Aug 15.
  World premiere recording.
Elena Kats-Chernin Tamara Anna Cislowska, Elena Kats-Chernin 4 mins, 48 sec.
The rain puzzle (2014) — solo piano
Recorded/performed at: Eugene Goossens Hall, ABC Ultimo Centre, Sydney, on Aug 15.
World premiere recording.
Elena Kats-Chernin Tamara Anna Cislowska 1 mins, 7 sec.
Russian rag for piano duo (4 hands)
Recorded/performed at: Eugene Goossens Hall, ABC Ultimo Centre, Sydney, on Aug 15.
Elena Kats-Chernin Tamara Anna Cislowska, Elena Kats-Chernin 3 mins, 12 sec.
Russian toccata (2013) — duos: 2 pianos
Recorded/performed at: Eugene Goossens Hall, ABC Ultimo Centre, Sydney, on Aug 15.
  World premiere recording.
Elena Kats-Chernin Tamara Anna Cislowska, Elena Kats-Chernin 2 mins, 54 sec.
Scherzino for piano duo (4 hands)
Recorded/performed at: Eugene Goossens Hall, ABC Ultimo Centre, Sydney, on Aug 15.
World premiere recording.
Elena Kats-Chernin Tamara Anna Cislowska, Elena Kats-Chernin 5 mins, 41 sec.
The Schubert blues (1996) — solo piano
Recorded/performed at: Eugene Goossens Hall, ABC Ultimo Centre, Sydney, on Aug 15.
Elena Kats-Chernin Tamara Anna Cislowska 12 mins, 30 sec.
Slicked back tango for piano duo (4 hands)
Recorded/performed at: Eugene Goossens Hall, ABC Ultimo Centre, Sydney, on Aug 15.
Elena Kats-Chernin Tamara Anna Cislowska, Elena Kats-Chernin 2 mins, 12 sec.
The Sunshine journal (2015) for piano duo (4 hands) — Excerpts only - I. Allegro, III. Moderato, and IV. Vivace
Recorded/performed at: Eugene Goossens Hall, ABC Ultimo Centre, Sydney, on Aug 15.
World premiere recording.
Elena Kats-Chernin Tamara Anna Cislowska, Elena Kats-Chernin 10 mins, 16 sec.
Vocalise (2011) — solo piano
Recorded/performed at: Eugene Goossens Hall, ABC Ultimo Centre, Sydney, on Aug 15.
World premiere recording.
Elena Kats-Chernin Tamara Anna Cislowska 10 mins, 5 sec.
Waltz of things past (2011) — solo piano
Recorded/performed at: Eugene Goossens Hall, ABC Ultimo Centre, Sydney, on Aug 15.
World premiere recording.
Elena Kats-Chernin Tamara Anna Cislowska 4 mins, 23 sec.
Zerno (2015) for piano duo (4 hands)
Recorded/performed at: Eugene Goossens Hall, ABC Ultimo Centre, Sydney, on Aug 15.
  World premiere recording.
Elena Kats-Chernin Tamara Anna Cislowska, Elena Kats-Chernin 2 mins, 39 sec.

Product details

Performed by ARIA-Award winner Tamara-Anna Cislowska and the composer herself, Butterflying is the first major survey of the piano music of Elena Kats-Chernin.

Ever since her childhood in Uzbekistan, the piano has been - in her own words - Kats-Chernin's 'best friend'. At the age of six she wrote her first piano piece, 'Lullaby', which she later revised for her youngest son and is presented on this album as Lullaby for Nick. From this work to pieces written in 2015, Butterflying presents the full range of Kats-Chernin's extraordinary compositional palette: irresistibly lyrical works such as Waltz of Things Past and Butterflying (originally composed for the opening ceremony of the 2003 Rugby World Cup), rags and waltzes, and iconic works such as Eliza Aria and Slicked Back Tango. The album features 14 world premiere recordings.
Many of the pieces are performed solo by Tamara-Anna Cislowska. Others are presented in versions for piano four hands, with Elena joining Tamara-Anna to resume their long-standing friendship and collaboration in performances which are half-composed, half-improvised.

Duration: 128 min.

Liner booklet includes programme notes by the composer, and biographical notes on the composer and performer.


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