Picker - Keys to the City
Ursula Oppens, Tobias Picker (pianos)
…Oppens's… account of When Soft Voices Die is richly detailed. In the Brooklyn-Bridge-celebrating title track, Keys to the City, Oppens is joined by the composer in a two-piano reading that...
Picker - Keys to the City
Ursula Oppens, Tobias Picker (pianos)
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…Oppens's… account of When Soft Voices Die is richly detailed. In the Brooklyn-Bridge-celebrating title track, Keys to the City, Oppens is joined by the composer in a two-piano reading that...
About
New York City native Tobias Picker was described by the Wall Street Journal as "our finest composer for the lyric stage" and by BBC Music Magazine as "displaying a distinctively soulful style that is one of the glories of the current musical scene" [Keys to the City].This new Wergo recording, with pianist Ursula Oppens, traces an evolution in the composer's writing for piano.
Contents and tracklist
- Ursula Oppens
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- Ursula Oppens
- Ursula Oppens
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- Ursula Oppens, Tobias Picker
Awards and reviews
March 2009
…Oppens's… account of When Soft Voices Die is richly detailed. In the Brooklyn-Bridge-celebrating title track, Keys to the City, Oppens is joined by the composer in a two-piano reading that is athletic, atmospheric and - no pun intended - unabridged.
