Studies for Player Piano

by Conlon Nancarrow

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Compiles the visionary composer's life work, exclusively utilizing meticulously hand-punched player piano rolls to achieve speeds and polyrhythms impossible for human performers. The compositions violently expand the boundaries of boogie-woogie and jazz into staggering, hyper-complex avant-garde territory. The recordings stand as a mind-bending monument to his isolated, mechanical genius.

Genres

  • Modern Classical
  • Mechanical Music
  • Étude

Tracklist

  1. Study For Player Piano No. 3a
  2. Study For Player Piano No. 3b
  3. Study For Player Piano No. 3c
  4. Study For Player Piano No. 3d
  5. Study For Player Piano No. 3e
  6. Study For Player Piano No. 20
  7. Study For Player Piano No. 44
  8. Study For Player Piano No. 41a
  9. Study For Player Piano No. 41b
  10. Study For Player Piano No. 41c
  11. Study For Player Piano No. 4
  12. Study For Player Piano No. 5
  13. Study For Player Piano No. 6
  14. Study For Player Piano No. 14
  15. Study For Player Piano No. 22
  16. Study For Player Piano No. 26
  17. Study For Player Piano No. 31
  18. Study For Player Piano No. 35
  19. Study For Player Piano No. 32
  20. Study For Player Piano No. 37
  21. Study For Player Piano Tango?
  22. Study For Player Piano No. 40a
  23. Study For Player Piano No. 40b