• David Rakowski
  • Études Book 1
    (Nos. 1-10)

  • C.F. Peters Corporation (World)
  • pf
  • 31 min 30 s

Programme Note

No. 1: E-Machines, piano étude (1988) [repeated note étude/for Martin Butler]

No. 2: Bam!, piano étude (1991) [étude on swirls of notes/for Karen Harvey]

No. 3: Nocturnal, piano étude (1992) [étude on slow repeated notes/for Lyn Reyna]

No. 4: Trillage, piano étude (1993) [trill étude/for Alan Feinberg]

No. 5: Figure Eight, piano étude (1994) [octave étude]

No. 6: Mano à Mano, piano étude (1995) [étude on alternating hands/for Lisa Moore]

No. 7: Les arbres embués, piano étude (1995) [étude on thick sonorities and embedded lines/for Martin Butler]

No. 8: Close Enough for Jazz, piano étude ( 1995) [ostinato étude/for Sandra Sprecher] -

No. 9: Pollici e Mignoli, or The Virus That Ate New York, piano étude (1995) [étude for thumbs and pinkies]

No. 10: Corrente, piano étude (1996) [étude on left-hand running notes]