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Contemporary Australian piano / Larry Sitsky.

Published by Move Records [MD3066] — 1 CD (71 min.)
Sales Availability: We expect this item to be back in stock and available for purchase on 31 Dec 2026.
Library Availability: CD 10 — Available for loan

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We expect this item to be back in stock and available for purchase on 31 Dec 2026.

Featured Australian works

Work	Composer	Performers	Duration	MP3
Arch (Fantasia no. 4) (1980) piano solo Recorded/performed at: Canberra School of Music	Larry Sitsky	Larry Sitsky	4 mins, 9 sec.	Buy as MP3
Three pieces (1966) — solo piano — Cantillation, The spell. Recorded/performed at: Canberra School of Music	Helen Gifford	Larry Sitsky	1 mins, 56 sec.	Buy as MP3
Ragtime (1977) for piano solo — Movement #2: Elite syncopations Recorded/performed at: Canberra School of Music	Mary Mageau	Larry Sitsky	2 mins, 17 sec.	Buy as MP3
Prelude (1983) — solo piano Recorded/performed at: Canberra School of Music	Lawrence Whiffin	Larry Sitsky	7 mins, 41 sec.	Buy as MP3
Sonata No. 1 (1954) — solo piano Recorded/performed at: Canberra School of Music	Keith Humble	Larry Sitsky	2 mins, 38 sec.	Buy as MP3
Sonata No. 2 (1977) — solo piano Recorded/performed at: Canberra School of Music	Keith Humble	Larry Sitsky	4 mins, 10 sec.	Buy as MP3
Masks (1981) — solo piano Recorded/performed at: Canberra School of Music	Haydn Reeder	Larry Sitsky	9 mins, 34 sec.	Buy as MP3
Uttering joyous leaves (1981) piano solo Recorded/performed at: Canberra School of Music	Nigel Butterley	Larry Sitsky	4 mins, 28 sec.	Buy as MP3
Five small pieces (1991) — solo piano Recorded/performed at: Canberra School of Music	John McCaughey	Larry Sitsky	6 mins, 31 sec.	Buy as MP3
Ragings of a one pot screamer (1982) — solo piano Recorded/performed at: Canberra School of Music	Theodore Dollarhide	Larry Sitsky	10 mins, 45 sec.	Buy as MP3
Eshelgharam (1978) — solo piano Recorded/performed at: Canberra School of Music	Ann Ghandar	Larry Sitsky	3 mins, 54 sec.	Buy as MP3
Krebs (1983) — solo piano Recorded/performed at: Canberra School of Music	Mark Pollard	Larry Sitsky	5 mins, 44 sec.	Buy as MP3
Fantasia in memory of Egon Petri (1962) Fantasia no. 1 Recorded/performed at: Canberra School of Music	Larry Sitsky	Larry Sitsky	6 mins, 27 sec.	Buy as MP3

Product details

A valuable collection of Australian compositions for piano, by some of Australia's most respected and inventive composers and performed by pianist-composer, Larry Sitsky. A disc of extreme contrasts, ranging from Keith Humble's fiery 'Sonatas 1 and 2' to the Joplinesque Mary Mageau's 'Elite Syncopations'. It includes Sitsky's own rhapsodic pieces 'Fantasia No. 1 and No. 4'; Helen Gifford's 'The Spell 'and 'Cantillation'; Lawrence Whiffin's 'Prelude', Haydn Reeder's 'Masks', Nigel Butterley's 'Uttering Joyous Leaves', John McCaughey's 'Five Small Pieces', Theodore Dollarhide's 'Ragings of a One Pot Screamer', Ann Ghandar's 'Eshelgharam', and Mark Pollard's 'Krebs'. A truly valuable collection!

Duration: 71 min.

Booklet includes brief programme notes.