Tour de Force

The opera The Great Gatsby was commissioned by the Metropolitan Opera to honor the 25th anniversary of James Levine's debut. To assist in its preparation, the Met asked me to suggest a pianist to make a tape, with my participation, of the entire vocal score.
My choice was Judith Gordon. Her splendid account of the piece, in addition to its practical value, was a pianistic tour de force.
As a measure of my gratitude I made her a piece, the details of which she had already practiced. The three Gatsby Etudes do not follow the operatic chronology, but instead pursue some of its motivic trains of thought. They are pianistically challenging and fun to play. They conect without pause. They are dedicated, in gratitude and friendship, to Judy Gordon.
- John Harbison

Lista utworów:
THE GREEN LIGHT (Harbison John)
PARLORS (Harbison John)
PARTIES (Harbison John)

16 jazz classics from the '50s and '60s, including: Airegin (Sonny Rollins, Miles Davis) • The Champ (Dizzy Gillespie, Jimmy Smith) • Giant Steps (John Coltrane, Tommy Flanagan) • I Remember Clifford (Lee Morgan, Dizzy Gillespie) • Mercy, Mercy, Mercy (Cannonball Adderley, Joe Zawinul) • Song for My Father (Kenny Burrell, Horace Silver) • This Here (Bobby Timmons, Cannonball Adderly) • and more.