• A Shrinking Planet Compact Disc

  Compact Disc (CD)

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  CD is professionally mastered and manufactured, in jewel case, shrink-wrapped, new (not used). Recorded at CBC Glenn Gould Studio, Toronto.
  
  Concert pianist Rea Beaumont's first album "A Shrinking Planet" (2006) features virtuoso works by Canadian composers, including 3 *premiere recordings and "In Search Of..." (Chan Ka Nin) commissioned by CBC for Rea Beaumont).
  
  "A Shrinking Planet" exemplifies global connectedness as the composers from different cultural and generational backgrounds explore a universal theme: mankind's innate desire to search.
  
  REVIEWS
  "The works are beautiful, the sound quality is great, ... performance excellent, ... a special CD indeed" -Radio Amsterdam
  "remarkable new recording" - CBC Radio 2
  "A Shrinking Planet is a beautiful and thoughtful CD by Réa Beaumont"- The Wholenote (Toronto)
  "Music of Barbara Pentland ... Beautiful" - CBC Radio 2
  
  WORKS
  *Alice Ho: Garage (2005)
  *Barbara Pentland: Small Pieces for a Shrinking Planet (1988-90)
  *Chan Ka Nin: In Search Of... (2004)
  Walter Buczynski: Sonata: Sounds (1967)
  
  Artwork: © NASA: Earthrise. Program notes: French, English, Spanish
  
  TRACK LISTINGS:
  1 Garage (Alice Ho)
  2 Small Pieces for a Shrinking Planet: Vigil (Barbara Pentland)
  3 Small Pieces for a Shrinking Planet: Escape
  4 Small Pieces for a Shrinking Planet: Surf
  5 Small Pieces for a Shrinking Planet: Walls
  6 Small Pieces for a Shrinking Planet: Reflection
  7 In Search of...: I. Presto
  8 In Search of...: II. Rubato
  9 In Search of...: III. Allegro Con Brio
  10 In Search of...: IV. Dolcissimo
  11 Sonata No. 1: Dzwicki [Sounds]
  
  PRODUCT DETAILS:
  Original Release Date ‏ : ‎ 2006
  Label ‏ : ‎ Shrinking Planet Productions
  Number of discs ‏ : ‎ 1
  
  ℗ 2022 Rea Beaumont © 2022 Shrinking Planet Productions®
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