Notes from the Undergrowth: An Ecosystem of Piano Miniatures

Notes from the Undergrowth is the debut album of pianist Hannah Watson Emmrich. Conceived as an “ecosystem” of miniatures exploring a day and night in the forest, it combines well-known voices such as Schumann and Ravel with lesser-known works and new commissions. As Emmrich explains, “I leaned toward pieces that paid attention to individual species or moments rather than broad landscapes, that were evocative but not ‘merely’ beautiful, that had some irregularity or strangeness, some quirk that caught the attention.” The intimate recorded sound draws the listener into Emmrich’s extraordinary rapport with the sonority of the piano, giving the music the vibrant colours and intense detail of nature photography.

1: No. 1. Andante
2: Le Rappel Des Oiseaux
3: Birds at Dawn
4: White Birches
5: Blütenwirbel, Op. 45
6: From the Diary of a Fly
7: Grex
8: La Colombe
9: A Blown-away Leaf
10: Il Pleut, Op. 102
11: Young Birches
12: A Hummingbird
13: Chinesischer Kirschbaum
14: Vogel Als Prophet
15: Les Ombres Errantes
16: Fireflies
17: Evening Breeze
18: Noctuelles
19: Midnight Mushrooms
20: Le Rossignol En Amour
21: Palme Mit Schnee
22: No. 2. Leicht Bewegt Und Verträumt

Composer: Marion Bauer, Bela Bartok, Amy Beach, Mel Bonis, Margrit Schenker, Maurice Ravel, Maki Gajic Murata, Jean-Philippe Rameau, François Couperin, Olivier Messiaen, Fannie Charles Dillon, Timothy Salter, Joshua Borin, Robert Schumann, Dora Pejacevic, Leos Janacek, Emahoy Tsege Mariam Gebru

Number of Discs: 1

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