Mirabella : a tarantella / Stephen Montague (3:00) -- Eleanor Rigby / John Lennon and Paul McCartney ; arr. by Toby Twining (2:23) -- Satie blues / Toby Twining (6:03) -- Three landscapes for Peter Wyer / Jed Distler (5:42) -- Modern love waltz / Philip Glass ; transc. Margaret Leng Tan (3:25) -- Miracle ear / David Lang (3:55) -- Nightmare rag / Toby Twining (3:51) -- East broadway / Julia Wolfe (3:30) -- Sonata in C-sharp minor op. 27, no. 2 : Moonlight. Adagio sostenuto / Beethoven ; transc. by Margaret Leng Tan (4:37) -- Sweet Chinoiserie. Not with my chopsticks you don't! ; Silent as swans ; The mark of a hero / Guy Klucevsek (7:15) -- Star-spangled etude #3 : "Furling Banner" / Raphael Mostel (1:15) -- Gymnopédie : no. 3 / Erik Satie ; transc. Margaret Leng Tan (2:31).
Note
"All works are world premiere recordings except tracks 2, 9, and 12 which are world premiere toy piano recordings."
The 1st and 4th works, for toy piano; 2nd work arranged for toy piano by Toby Twining; the 3rd and 7th, arranged for toy piano and piano by the composer; the 5th, transc. for 2 toy pianos by Margaret Leng Tan; the 6th, for toy piano and 3 metal cans; the 8th, for toy piano and toy boombox; the 9th transc. for 2 toys pianos by Margaret Leng Tan; the 10th, arranged for 2 toy pianos, toy accordion, melodica, toy drums and rattles, glasses, soya sauce dishes and cat food cans by the composer; the 11th, for toy piano, toy siren, police whistle and cap guns; and the 12th, transc. for toy piano and piano by Margaret Leng Tan.
Title
The art of the toy piano.
Publisher
[France] : Universal Classics, [1997]
Copyright date
℗1997
Type of content
performed music
Type of medium
computer
Type of carrier
online resource
Digital file characteristics
audio file
Performer
Margaret Leng Tan, toy piano, piano, toy accordion, melodica, percussion, whistles and cap guns.
Event
Recorded 1996 October and December American Academy & Institute of Arts & Letters and Brielle studios, New York City.