Thomas Sauer — Sovereign Lines (2021)

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Classical, Instrumental

\»It cannot be easy to write for solo piano: so many magnificent sounds of the 18th and 19th centuries abide in the ears of today\’s pianists and concertgoers. By including some of his favorite Chopin miniatures alongside three major piano pieces from the 1990\’s, Thomas Sauer could well stand accused of an all-too-common reluctance to break from the past. He prefers to treat with this vexed situation pragmatically, acknowledging the reality that most of his listeners will perceive the new refracted through the lens of the old, and that some will simply be more inclined to keep listening when given a dose of the familiar together with the strange. All three recent works recorded here bear some imprint of the pianistic past — each in a different way — and yet all three successfully outrun it.

01. Traced Overhead, Op. 15: I. Sursum

02. Traced Overhead, Op. 15: II. Aetheria

03. Traced Overhead, Op. 15: III. Chori

04. 3 Mazurkas, Op. 59, B. 157: No. 1 in A Minor

05. 3 Mazurkas, Op. 59, B. 157: No. 2 in A-Flat Major

06. 3 Mazurkas, Op. 59, B. 157: No. 3 in F-Sharp Minor

07. Piano Sonata: I. Prelude

08. Piano Sonata: II. Scherzo (Epicycles, Tap-Dancing and a Soft Shoe)

09. Piano Sonata: III. Postlude

10. Waltzes, Op. 64, B. 164 (Excerpts): No. 2 in C-Sharp Minor

11. Waltzes, Op. 64, B. 164 (Excerpts): No. 3 in A-Flat Major

12. Nocturnes, Op. 62, B. 161: No. 2 in E Major

13. 10 Studies: No. 1, Traumlied

14. 10 Studies: No. 2, Sturm

15. 10 Studies: No. 3, Arabeske

16. 10 Studies: No. 4, Ende

17. 10 Studies: No. 5, Boogie-Woogie

18. 10 Studies: No. 6, For the Children

19. 10 Studies: No. 7, Blues

20. 10 Studies: No. 8, Rivière d\’oubli

21. 10 Studies: No. 9, Cascades

22. 10 Studies: No. 10, Le trombe del mattino