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Label: Telarc
Catalog: Music
Release date: 2008-09-23
Media: Audio CD
discs number: 1
Ean: 0089408071126
Upc: 089408071126

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Album tracks: (11)

Chopin: Ètude, Op. 10, No. 12 in C Minor \"The Revolutionary\"

Bach: \"Evolutionary\" Toccata and Fugue in D Minor, BWV 565 WORLD PREMIERE

Solitude

Demessieux: Octaves, from Six Ètudes, Op. 5

Liszt: Mephisto Waltz No. 1 (The Dance in the Village Inn)

Carpenter: Love Song No. 1 (2008) WORLD PREMIERE

Dupré: Prelude and Fugue in B Major, Op. 7, No. 1

Chopin: Ètude in C Major, Op. 10, No. 1

Bach: Chorale Prelude on Nun komm, der heiden Heiland, BWV 659, from the Great Eighteen Chorales

Horowitz: Variations on a theme from Bizet's Carmen

Carpenter: Homage to Klaus Kinski WORLD PREMIERE

Professional Review:

Revolutionary showcases an artist who is not only breaking ground, but who runs a musical gamut that any musician would be extremely hard-pressed to match. There are only four organ works included. Three are major pinnacles of the organ repertoire (the blistering, nearly unplayable Etude in Octaves by the French modernist Jeanne Demessieux; Prelude and Fugue in B major by Marcel Dupré; and Bach's deeply moving chorale-prelude Now Come, Savior of the Gentiles, while the fourth is the world premiere recording of Cameron's suggestive Love Song No. 1 (2008). The album's major departures, though, are found in Duke Ellington's Solitude (wittily combined with Bach's Sheep May Safely Graze); Liszt's Mephisto Waltz, and Vladimir Horowitz' Carmen Variations. Here are two of Chopin's Études in versions so convincing that they might have been organ music; and Cameron's Evolutionary Toccata and Fugue in D Minor, an outrageous survey of the various instrumental arrangements that made Bach's work famous. All this is recorded not on a pipe organ, but on the equally revolutionary Marshall & Ogletree Virtual Pipe Organ at Trinity Church Wall Street in New York City - an organ that, rising out of the destruction of Trinity's pipe organ on September 11, 2001, continues to challenge the status quo of the pipe organ and the artistic possibilities of organ playing in general.

User Reviews:

Written on October 1, 2008
Summary: Revolutionary Indeed!
The reviews are mixed as I expected. There is so much to consider with the CD/DVD. The purists will hate it. The novice will be blown away.
I have been learning as much as I can about Cameron from the web. As a former/retired teacher I see Cameron as a true genius- not for his technical ability, but the way he is put together mentally. He is so far beyond what the average person can grasp or comprehend, that he is completely misunderstood.
Can he play tradition organ music in a tradition fashion- musically? Of course he can. So can many fine talented organists. Will those performances reach the common public? Perhaps not. Will his performances reach the common public? Probably. And in this day when youth demands over-stimulation to catch their attention, this will do it. Contrary to what the purists say, he IS very musical. The performances are just so different in their renderings, that the purists don't see/hear it- or can't accept it. Probably the latter.
Cameron is another Virgil Fox or Jean Gilliou. Both were/are misunderstood, both were/are controversial, both were/are very musical and talented. Different does NOT mean BAD!!! Different is JUST different.
If you can grasp what Cameron is trying to say on his recent Pipedreams {www.pipedreams.org} program #0837, he tells what he is trying to do. He has the purpose to reach a new generation and let them know that the organ is still the greatest instrument of all time and not just something found in a church for Sunday worship services.
I hope to see more of Cameron Carpenter, not just hear more. Visually, he is captivating in his technical ability. I hope he will do more improvisations done on the spot and not written previously for performance. He is so good at them.
Keep an open mind. Know that you are watching/hearing a genius. We have so few among us today.
Good Luck, Cameron!

Written on October 1, 2008
Summary: Outrageously Delicious
One thing certain about Cameron Carpenter; he is outrageous. And, that's a good thing. Not since Virgil Fox has someone come along to shake-up the world of "classical" music performance as Cameron has. Mr. Carpenter re-invents the organ, or he would rather me say, organ performance, or maybe performance in general.
As a piano and voice student at Westminster during the '70's I was outnumbered by a lot of very talented organists. I heard more organ concerts and more arm-chair lectures on how to play the damn thing than I care to recollect. But, make no mistake, these organists were a wild lot and Cameron Carpenter is no exception.
Most of the material on the CD is, well, new. Yes, one could go on and on about tampering with Bach, techincal display and ego and the rest of that rubbish. Who cares? It's new - and new is something lacking in music these days. I dare anyone who trashes this effort to do what he does-and do it with a style that is undeniably rebellious, unique and inventive. Kudos to you, Mr. Carpenter. Break all the boundries, smash the status quo to bits and overwhelm us with your technical and imaginative genius. I'd like to hear and see more.

Written on September 30, 2008
Summary: Sheer Brilliance
Perhaps the only thing that breeds more envious contempt than success is brilliance. Especially the brilliant genius of one such as Cameron Carpenter. Hence all the mincingly polite nay-saying in the comments section on this recording, most of it likely penned by Ivory Tower Snobs who haven't even heard it!

What Cameron Carpenter is doing is incredible -- mind boggling -- and will only mean GREAT THINGS for the organ, an instrument that needs all the positive P.R. it can get: In what other profession are some of its members railing against bright new talent when it comes along, even as their profession is dying right at their feet?

"...."There is current in our land ... a kind of nitpicking worship of historic impotence. They want to put Bach -- the greatest musician of all time - on top of a dusty shelf, in some stuffy old museum, underneath a glass case, next to some old queen's comb." -- Virgil Fox, 1912-1980 (another organ revolutionary)

Written on September 30, 2008
Summary: Brilliant new work by one of the greatest artists of our time!
I was not surprised to read some of the very petty remarks passed off as reviews, written by people who most likely embody this same quality. To tell the truth, I would be worried if I didn't see this type of response, because it would mean that Cameron Carpenter had released a product that was not true to his artistic expression and genius. Revolutionary is the most recent chapter in the artistic life of a young man with possibly the greatest organ technique in the world. If you don't care for him artistically, you don't have to by his cd. But, Gregory Loselle, (whoever you are) you are only hurting the stagnant sea of boredom that is the current organ scene by trying to deter people from experiencing this masterful work.

Nowhere else will you ever hear the left-hand runs of the Chopin "Revolutionary" Etude played entirely on the pedals of an organ. Not since Glenn Gould will you experience such an exciting, refreshing, and new approach to Bach. Cameron's own compositions, like Love Song, are a window to his colorful being, and are absolutely stunning.

We sometimes forget that most of the great composers themselves were controversial and revolutionary. As long as there are true artists out there like Cameron, there will be people that wish to degrade the art that they produce. Luckily, Mr. Carpenter is not only brilliant, but also fearless. He gives of himself and his artistry generously in this latest album, and I highly recommend this cd to all!

Written on September 30, 2008
Summary: Cameron lights the organ's fuse!
The bonus DVD alone justifies the purchase price. If you've never seen a virtuoso organist up close and in person, here's your chance to see the individual proclaimed by many, including the noteworthy teacher John Weaver, as having the finest technique on the planet. There are only three compositions on the DVD, but it's still quite a show. Buy this combo CD and watch the bonus DVD in amazement (good headphones or audio system required).

Make no mistake, this is not another organ recording, and it was definitely not intended to be. Be alert to negative comments from the stuffed-shirt purists (Virgil Fox called them "constipated pickles" and "prunes") that have almost single-handedly been responsible for the demise of the organ as a popular concert instrument.

Don't take my word for it or the words of other reviewers. Judge for yourself. Go to YouTube and type in "Cameron Carpenter" to get several dozen examples of what this amazingly talented young man can do. Cameron is one of few performers that routinely fills venues -- see why. Since 2002 I've seen him in 15 concerts, and all had one thing in common - wildly enthusiastic reactions from the audience to his genius. The fact that the "purists" don't like Cameron should be the best recommendation yet!

Cameron said, "The organ is musical dynamite, but its fuse must be lit." Cameron Carpenter has just lit that fuse with "Revolutionary," and it's about time. What a joyride Cameron can take us on, and thank goodness the academic purists won't be coming along.

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