SOMM Recordings is thrilled to announce African Pianism, a revelatory collection of music by seven African composers. Released to coincide with Black History Month in the United States, it marks the label's solo debut of rian-Romanian pianist Rebeca Omordia.
First recordings include three haunting Nocturnes and percussion- enhanced En attente du printemps by Moroccan, Nabil Benabdeljalil. And Five Kaleidoscopes for Piano by Ghanaian-born to rian parents, Fred Onovwerosuoke, best known for Bolingo, featured in the 2006 Robert de Niro film, The Good Shepherd. They evocatively reference a beehive, love of homeland, Nubian folklore and the elemental power of Nature.
African Pianism takes its title from Ghanaian J.H. Kwabena Nketia's set of Twelve Pedagogical Pieces, richly influenced by the rhythmic, tonal accent of African percussion music. Ayo Bankole's Egun Variations, remarks Robert Matthew-Walker in his booklet notes, "skilfully melds. rian musical language within a European G major tonal structure".
Fellow rians Christian Onyeji and Akin Euba also interrogate African drumming technique to brilliant effect in the former's Ufie (Igbo Dance), the latter's Three Yoruba Songs Without Words celebrating indigenous song. David Earl's 'Princess Rainbow', from his autobiographical Scenes from a South African Childhood, is a touching memory of fly-fishing with his father.
Hailed as an "African classical music pioneer" (BBC World Service) and "a classical music game changer" (Classical Music), award-winning pianist Rebeca Omordia is an exciting virtuoso with a wide-rag career as soloist, chamber musician and recording artist.
She is artistic director of the African Concert Series in London, part of Wigmore Hall's Family of Partners. The 2022 series launches at London's Africa Centre on January 25.
Rebeca's previous SOMM release, The Piano Music of Ralph Vaughan Williams (SOMMCD 0164), was hailed by MusicWeb International as "spellbinding music". Gramophone declared her collaboration with Mark Bebbington "a classy anthology.[both] finding a unrting logic, sweep and concentration that thrill to the marrow".
Tracklist
1. Rebeca Omordia – Egun Variations in G Major (07:36)
2. Rebeca Omordia – African Pianism (Excerpts): Play (01:18)
3. Rebeca Omordia – African Pianism (Excerpts): Dagarti Work Song (01:20)
4. Rebeca Omordia – African Pianism (Excerpts): Builsa Work Song (01:06)
5. Rebeca Omordia – African Pianism (Excerpts): Volta Fantasy (02:55)
6. Rebeca Omordia – Ufie: I. Moderately Fast (06:49)
7. Rebeca Omordia – Ufie: II. Slow (05:37)
8. Rebeca Omordia – Ufie: III. Fast (02:03)
9. Rebeca Omordia – 5 Kaleidoscopes for Piano: No. 1, With Vigor (02:28)
10. Rebeca Omordia – 5 Kaleidoscopes for Piano: No. 2, Adagio molto parlando (01:48)
11. Rebeca Omordia – 5 Kaleidoscopes for Piano: No. 3, Larghetto espressivo (03:05)
12. Rebeca Omordia – 5 Kaleidoscopes for Piano: No. 4, Lentissimo e languendo (04:41)
13. Rebeca Omordia – 5 Kaleidoscopes for Piano: No. 5, Vivace con brio (03:08)
14. Rebeca Omordia – Scenes from a South African Childhood: II. Princess Rainbow (04:33)
15. Rebeca Omordia – Nocturne No. 4 for Piano Solo (05:09)
16. Rebeca Omordia – Nocturne No. 5 for Piano Solo (05:00)
17. Rebeca Omordia – Nocturne No. 6 for Piano Solo (08:05)
18. Rebeca Omordia & Abdelkader Saadoun – En attente du printemps (04:24)
19. Rebeca Omordia & Abdelkader Saadoun – 3 Yoruba Songs Without Words: No. 1, Ore meta (01:53)
20. Rebeca Omordia – 3 Yoruba Songs Without Words: No. 2, Mo ja'we gbegbe (02:04)
21. Rebeca Omordia – 3 Yoruba Songs Without Words: No. 3, L'ori oke ati petele (02:15)



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