MINIMAL PIANO COLLECTION, VOL. XI-XX

Works by John Adams, Jurriaan Andriessen, Louis Andriessen, Marcel Bergmann, William Duckworth, Julius Eastman, Douwe Eisenga, Morton Feldman, Graham Fitkin, Joep Franssens, Kyle Gann, Philip Glass, Gabriel Jackson, Tom Johnson, Simeon ten Holt, David Lang, Colin McPhee, Chiel Meijering, Wim Mertens, John Metcalf, Carlos Michans, Meredith Monk, Arvo Pärt, Michael Parsons, Alexander Rabinovitch, Steve Reich, Frederic Rzewski, Tim Seddon, Jeroen van Veen, Jacob ter Veldhuis and Kevin Volans.

CD X Simeon ten Holt

CD XI Duckworth, Eisenga, Jackson, Parsons

CD XII Gann, Glass, Monk

CD XIII Feldman, Bergmann / Van Veen

CD XIV Adams, Bergmann, Mcphee, Michans

CD XV Meijering, Pärt

CD XVI Reich, Volans, Metcalf, Seddon

CD XVII Andriessen, Mertens, Ter Veldhuis

CD XVIII Fitkin, Johnson, Rzewski, Eastman

CD XIX Glass, Eisenga, Lang, Van Veen

CD XX Franssens, Rabinovitch, Monk

Elizabeth Bergmann

Marcel Bergmann

Tamara Rumiantsev

Sandra and Jeroen van Veen

Fanfare Music: “Dutch pianist and composer, Jeroen van Veen, the leading exponent of minimalism in Holland today”, Alan Swanson, Jan 2010.

The Minimal Piano Collection for one piano (BC8551) ended with “In C” by Terry Riley. Many of the composers on this new 11 Cd box have stated that this particular piece was a starting point for them to compose in a new way, exploring the ways that were created, the spaces between the notes, the emptiness, the freedom.

Elizabeth Bergmann & Marcel Bergmann, Tamara Rumiantsev and Sandra van Veen & Jeroen van Veen recorded 83 compositions. From two pianos up to six pianos, from Steve Reich ‘standard’ Pianophase to Six Pianos.

On the included Cd-ROM you can find all the biographies, background information and some sheet music. Van Veen recorded many pieces on his own using multi track technique.

Brilliant Classics 11cds plus cd rom 9171