O'halloran, Dustin (Pianist) / Vorleben
| Album: | Vorleben | Collection: | Classical | |
| Artist: | O'halloran, Dustin (Pianist) | Added: | Aug 2011 | |
| Label: | Fatcat Records | |||
A-File Activity
| Add Date: | 2011-08-14 | Pull Date: | 2011-10-16 | Charts: | Classical/Experimental |
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| Week Ending: | Aug 21 |
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| Airplays: | 1 |
Recent Airplay
| 1. | Aug 16, 2011: | A Mind Redefined
Opus 54. 4:37. |
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Album Review
Larry
Reviewed 2011-08-12
Reviewed 2011-08-12
O’Halloran, D / Vorleben (piano compositions)
Label: Fatcat Records
Larry K.
Reviewed 08-08-2011
DUSTIN O’HALLORAN: Vorleben (original compositions)
Recorded before a live audience in Berlin’s Grunewald Church in 2009, OHalloran’s piano solo compositions are generally somber by virtue of their emphasis on minor keys, but with singing melodies and many lovely harmonic effects. No virtuoso effects. All drama is of a quiet type.
1. Opus 54. 4:37. Descending arpeggiated harmonies.
2. Opus 7. 3:18. Slow, minor key, elegiac march.
3. Prelude No. 3. 3:47. Adagio, minor key, arpeggios, melodies consisting of short phrases.
4. Opus 21. 3:49. Slow, mazurka-like, then 4/4, lovely melody.
5. Opus 15. 2:57. Minor key chorale.
6. Opus 28. 3:18. Evokes flowing water via accompaniment.
7. Opus 17. 1:58. Reminiscent of a two-voice Bach Prelude.
8. Opus 23. 2:58. Lyrical, remembrance.
9. Opus 38. 5:50. Slow, 7th chords, minor harmonies, descending.
10. Opus 37. 3:49. Like a slow Debussy prelude.
Label: Fatcat Records
Larry K.
Reviewed 08-08-2011
DUSTIN O’HALLORAN: Vorleben (original compositions)
Recorded before a live audience in Berlin’s Grunewald Church in 2009, OHalloran’s piano solo compositions are generally somber by virtue of their emphasis on minor keys, but with singing melodies and many lovely harmonic effects. No virtuoso effects. All drama is of a quiet type.
1. Opus 54. 4:37. Descending arpeggiated harmonies.
2. Opus 7. 3:18. Slow, minor key, elegiac march.
3. Prelude No. 3. 3:47. Adagio, minor key, arpeggios, melodies consisting of short phrases.
4. Opus 21. 3:49. Slow, mazurka-like, then 4/4, lovely melody.
5. Opus 15. 2:57. Minor key chorale.
6. Opus 28. 3:18. Evokes flowing water via accompaniment.
7. Opus 17. 1:58. Reminiscent of a two-voice Bach Prelude.
8. Opus 23. 2:58. Lyrical, remembrance.
9. Opus 38. 5:50. Slow, 7th chords, minor harmonies, descending.
10. Opus 37. 3:49. Like a slow Debussy prelude.
Track Listing
| 1. | Opus 54. 4:37. | 6. | Opus 28. 3:18. | |||
| 2. | Opus 7. 3:18. | 7. | Opus 17. 1:58. | |||
| 3. | Prelude No. 3. 3:47. | 8. | Opus 23. 2:58 | |||
| 4. | Opus 21. 3:49. | 9. | Opus 38. 5:50. | |||
| 5. | Opus 15. 2:57. | 10. | Opus 37. 3:49. |