James Rhodes - MANíA (2025) [Official Digital Download 24/96]

Acclaimed pianist James Rhodes presents an album of music that provides relief and comfort, including pieces by Albéniz, Brahms, Chopin, Bach, Rachmaninov and Prokofiev.

For this album, Manía, I wanted to create a playlist of pieces that accompany me and my insomnia, my anxiety, my desperation and my fears in the middle of the night and provide the kind of relief that only music and prescription meds can give. I include an Argentinian composer (Ginastera) for the first time as a nod of admiration towards my incredible, beautiful, life-enhancing wife Mica, a Buenos Aires native. And I also include Albeniz as a mark of profound gratitude that my life is now immeasurably improved as a Spanish citizen living in Madrid. Obviously there is a ton of Bach (in transcriptions that make me weep for all the right reasons), a couple of Chopin nocturnes that are, in every way, quantifiably more than the sum of their parts, some percussive, crunchy, world-weary Prokofiev, opposing sides of Rachmaninov (the eerily calm and the hyper-heroic) and even a transcription of a Strauss song (the good Strauss).

TRACKLIST

1. James Rhodes - Suite española No. 1, Op. 47: V. Asturias (Leyenda)
2. James Rhodes - 7 Fantasies, Op. 116: VI. Intermezzo. Andantino teneramente
3. James Rhodes - 6 Lieder, Op. 17, TrV 149 (Arr. for Piano by Walter Gieseking): II. Serenade
4. James Rhodes - Nocturnes, Op. 27: No. 2 in D-Flat Major, 'Lento sostenuto'
5. James Rhodes - Danzas Argentinas, Op. 2: No. 2, Danza de la moza donosa
6. James Rhodes - Violin Sonata No. 2 in A Minor, BWV 1003 (Transcr. for Piano by Alexander Siloti): III. Andante
7. James Rhodes - Deux Nocturnes, Op. 62: II. Lento
8. James Rhodes - Violin Sonata No. 3 in C Major, BWV 1005 (Arr. for Piano by Víkingur Ólafsson): I. Adagio
9. James Rhodes - 6 Moment Musicaux, Op. 16: VI. Maestoso
10. James Rhodes - Études-tableaux, Op. 33: III. Grave
11. James Rhodes - 10 Pieces for piano from "Romeo and Juliet", Op. 75: VI. The Montagues and Capulets
12. James Rhodes - Organ Sonata No. 4, BWV 528 (Transcr. for Piano by August Stradal): II. Andante
13. James Rhodes - 10 Pieces for piano from "Romeo and Juliet", Op. 75: X. Romeo and Juliet Before Parting



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