Steven Brown – Music for Solo Piano
The instrumental cycle Music For Solo Piano aka Sex + Sorrow was originally recorded for Les Disques du Crépuscule between 1982 and 1983, and remains one of Steven Brown’s best regarded works.
The piano pieces range from modern to classically-informed, and on several tracks he is joined on violin by Tuxedomoon colleague Blaine L. Reininger. Remastered for CD, the 6 bonus tracks include 2 previously unreleased selections from Tuxedomoon’s ambitious ‘opera without words’ The Ghost Sonata.
Cover art by Patrick Roques. CD booklet contains detailed liner notes.
Tracklist:
1. Piano #1
2. Waltz
3. The Ball
4. Hold Me While I’m Naked
5. Close Little Sixes
6. Fanfare
7. Egypt
8. The Fall
9. Fantasy for Clarinet and Violin
10. r.w.f.
11. Rotterdam Lullabye
12. The Ghost Sonata #1
13. The Ghost Sonata #2
14. Music #2 (version)
15. Basso Pomade (orchestral)
16. Licorice Stick Ostinato (orchestral)
17. Music #2 Reprise (orchestral)
