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Special offer. Machover:...but not simpler…

Music of Tod Machover, Vol. 5

Michael Chertock (hyperpiano)

Odense Symphony Orchestra, iO Quartet, Paul Mann

Machover:...but not simpler…
Machover's own music seems to have become more and more soft-centred. The pieces on this disc all date from the last decade – one of them, Jeux Deux, is a work for hyperpiano and orchestra,...

Special offer. Machover:...but not simpler…

Music of Tod Machover, Vol. 5

Michael Chertock (hyperpiano)

Odense Symphony Orchestra, iO Quartet, Paul Mann

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Machover's own music seems to have become more and more soft-centred. The pieces on this disc all date from the last decade – one of them, Jeux Deux, is a work for hyperpiano and orchestra,...

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This collection of Tod Machover's music focuses on chamber and orchestral music composed during the last decade, both with and without electronic enhancement. Machover's music is a fascinating blend of expressive and lyrical melody combined with a sophisticated ear for textural complexity. The resulting music is always a treat for the ears - colourful, vibrant, and rhythmically propulsive. The largest composition on this disc is the piano concerto Jeux Deux, scored for large orchestra (the work was commissioned and first performed by the Boston Symphony Orchestra), with the soloist performing on a “hyperpiano”- a concert grand piano which interacts with sensors and computer programs in order to expand its technical possibilities.

Contents and tracklist

No. 1, Glade
Track length1:47
No. 2, Winding Line
Track length2:04
No. 3, Punchy
Track length1:13
I. Swift and Stealthy
Track length5:55
II. Freely Lyrical
Track length7:01
III. Buoyant and Precise
Track length4:07

Awards and reviews

2nd February 2012

Machover's own music seems to have become more and more soft-centred. The pieces on this disc all date from the last decade – one of them, Jeux Deux, is a work for hyperpiano and orchestra, while Sparkler layers real-time electronic treatments on to the live orchestral sound. It's all slickly done, and some of the results are pretty enough
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