PERFECT MOODS - Piano Music of the 21st Century (6 CDs)

Perfect Moods is a collection of acclaimed albums that together present a multi-cultural journey of inspiring and contemplative modern piano repertoire for the 21st century. Armenian pianist Mikael Ayrapetyan explores his countryman Haro Stepanian’s exquisite Preludes; the spiritual and sensual Melodies of the Upper Worlds by the prominent Kabbalist Baal HaSulam; as well as Ayrapetyan’s own A Whole in 12. Composer-pianist Tanya Ekanayaka performs her Twelve Piano Prisms – a diverse mix of melodies from her native Sri Lanka combined with music from other countries and genres. The album devoted to Valentin Silvestrov presents an essential overview of this Ukrainian composer’s ‘post-modern’ piano music, with its lingering allusions to the past. For Philip Glass the focus is on love, not least in music for the BAFTA-winning score for The Hours, but also in the breathtaking Modern Love Waltz. All of the composers included in this set showcase contemporary piano music at its most accessible, tonal and expressive.

BAAL HASULAM: Melodies of the Upper Worlds (Ayrapetyan)  GP808
STEPANIAN, H.: Preludes, Opp. 47, 48 and 63 (Ayrapetyan)  GP760
SILVESTROV, V.: Piano Music - Naive Music / Der Bote / 2 Waltzes / 4 Pieces / 2 Bagatelles / Kitsch-Musik (Blumina)  GP639
GLASS, P.: Glassworlds, Vol. 4 - Hours (The) / Modern Love Waltz / Notes on a Scandal / Music in Fifths (On Love) (Horvath)  GP692
EKANAYAKA, T.: 12 Piano Prisms (Ekanayaka)  GP785
AYRAPETYAN, M.: Whole in Twelve (A) (Ayrapetyan)  GP809

1-1        Krivu Li = Draw Close To Me (1926)    5:15
1-2        Ki Chilattzta Nafshi = You Saved My Soul (1926)    3:34
1-3        Hamol Al Masecha = Have Pity On Your Deeds (1926)    4:21
1-4        Nigun = Melody (1926)    4:07
Bneii Heichala = The Sons Of King's Palace (1926)    (8:00)
1-5        Part I    4:47
1-6        Part II    3:38
1-7        Chasal Seder Pesach = Passover Meal (1926)    2:00
1-8        Kel Mistater = The Creator Hides In Secrecy (1926)    3:45
1-9        March (1926)    3:17
1-10        Ia'ale Tachanuneinu = Accept Our Prayers (1926)    4:25
1-11        Hiney Ke Homer = Like Matter Is His Hands (1926)    4:39
1-12        Mizmor Le David = David's Song (1926)    3:32
1-13        Misod Chachamim = The Assembly Of Sages (1926)    4:39
1-14        Leagid Baboker = To Proclaim In The Morning About Your Mercy (1926)    2:55
1-15        Kadish = Consecration (1926)    3:47
1-16        Tzadik = Saint (1926)    3:17
1-17        Iadid Nefesh = Beloved Of The Soul (1926)    7:12
8 Preludes, Op. 47 (1947)    
2-1        No. 1 In G Minor    2:52
2-2        No. 2 In A Major    1:37
2-3        No. 3 In F Minor    2:33
2-4        No. 4 In F-Sharp Minor    1:41
2-5        No. 5 In G Major    1:59
2-6        No. 6 In F Minor    2:29
2-7        No. 7 In C Minor    3:06
2-8        No. 8 In F-Sharp Minor    1:43
8 Preludes, Op. 48 (1948)    (17:03)
2-9        No. 1 In E Minor    1:41
2-10        No. 2 In C Minor    2:30
2-11        No. 3 In A Major    2:15
2-12        No. 4 In A Minor    1:42
2-13        No. 5 In F Minor    1:59
2-14        No. 6 In F-Sharp Minor    2:37
2-15        No. 7 In G Minor    2:20
2-16        No. 8 In F Major    1:59
8 Preludes, Op. 63 (1956)    (14:32)
2-17        No. 1 In E Minor    2:01
2-18        No. 2 In G Minor    1:29
2-19        No. 3 In F-Sharp Major    1:52
2-20        No. 4 In A Minor    1:23
2-21        No. 5 In B Minor    2:31
2-22        No. 6 In B Minor    1:18
2-23        No. 7 In B Major    2:01
2-24        No. 8 In G Minor    1:57
2-25        Prelude In A Major (1964)    2:41
2-26        Prelude In F Minor (1965)    2:30
Naive Music (1955)    (26:36)
3-1        No. 1. Waltz    3:42
3-2        No. 2. Nocturne    2:36
3-3        No. 3. Fairy Tale    6:53
3-4        No. 4. Idyll    4:43
3-5        No. 5. Nocturne    2:14
3-6        No. 6. Prelude    2:06
3-7        No. 7. Waltz    4:22
3-8        The Messenger = Der Bote (1996) (Version For Piano)    7:30
2 Waltzes, Op. 153 (2009)    (5:00)
3-9        No. 1. Allegro Assai    1:57
3-10        No. 2. Allegretto    2:28
4 Pieces, Op. 2 (2006)    (8:00)
3-11        No. 1. Lullaby: Moderato    2:46
3-12        No. 2. Pastorale: Vivace    2:02
3-13        No. 3. Bagatelle: Moderato    2:12
3-14        No. 4. Postludium: Moderato    2:01
2 Bagatelles, Op. 173 (2011)    (4:00)
3-15        No. 1. Moderato    1:27
3-16        No. 2. Andantino    2:08
Kitsch-Musik    (16:22)
3-17        I. Allegro Vivace    3:24
3-18        II. Moderato    3:57
3-19        III. Allegretto    3:02
3-20        IV. Moderato    2:43
3-21        V. Allegretto    1:46
The Hours (2002)    (47:22)
4-1        The Poet Acts    3:20
4-2        Morning Passages    5:06
4-3        Something She Has To Do    2:55
4-4        For Your Own Benefit    1:55
4-5        Vanessa And The Changelings    1:29
4-6        I'm Going To Make A Cake    3:02
4-7        An Unwelcome Friend    4:17
4-8        Dead Things    2:49
4-9        The Kiss    3:37
4-10        Why Does Someone Have To Die?    3:05
4-11        Tearing Herself Away    3:20
4-12        Escape!    3:08
4-13        Choosing Life    3:44
4-14        The Hours    5:35
4-15        Modern Love Waltz (1977)    3:36
4-16        Notes On A Scandal: The Harts - I Knew Her (Version For Piano) (2006)    4:15
4-17        Music In Fifths (1969)    5:59
5-1        Piano Prism No. 1. E Flat - July 2016/17 (2017)    4:36
5-2        Piano Prism No. 2. B Flat - Armenia To A Pearl (2017)    2:40
5-3        Piano Prism No. 3. C - Emerald Lapwing Karpet (2017)    5:36
5-4        Piano Prism No. 4. D Flat - Intuition, Auld Lang Syne & An Asian Sacred (2017)    4:14
5-5        Piano Prism No. 5. G - With Paaru Kavi (2016)    5:33
5-6        Piano Prism No. 6. F - Renewal & Goyam Kapuma (2016)    8:32
5-7        Piano Prism No. 7. E - Arrow-and (2017)    2:10
5-8        Piano Prism No. 8. A - Zuni Sea (2017)    3:23
5-9        Piano Prism No. 9. A Flat Scintilla: Komitas Unto Childhood (2017)    3:05
5-10        Piano Prism No. 10. B - Of Vannam & Zhuang Tai Qiu Si (2017)    1:56
5-11        Piano Prism No. 11. F Sharp - Kitty & Bambaru (2016)    9:45
5-12        Piano Prisms No. 12. D - Hana Hare    4:03
6-1        Autumnal (2018)    4:31
6-2        The Lady Plays (2018)    5:03
6-3        Longing (2018)    4:21
6-4        Dilemma (2018)    4:30
6-5        Arousal (2018)    4:24
6-6        Prayer (2018)    5:06
6-7        Clouds (2018)    4:52
6-8        The First Snow (2018)    3:18
6-9        Christmas Eve (2018)    4:37
6-10        Totality (2018)    5:15
6-11        Rain And Rendezvous (2018)    4:15
6-12        Finality (2018)    4:15