Life Sketches: Piano Music of Nils Vigeland

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Life Sketches: Piano Music of Nils Vigeland
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Studio album by
ReleasedSeptember 2, 2014
Recorded2013 in New York City
Genre Classical
Length64:42
Label Naxos Records
Producer Jenny Q Chai; Nils Vigeland
Jenny Q Chai chronology
New York Love Songs
(2010)
Life Sketches: Piano Music of Nils Vigeland
(2014)

Life Sketches: Piano Music of Nils Vigeland is pianist Jenny Q Chai's second album, consisting of compositions by her mentor and collaborator Nils Vigeland. The track listing five works spanning forty years in their date of composition. It was released under the Naxos Records label on September 2, 2014. [1]

Allora e ora is a suite of character pieces on various Italian subjects, and has an elaborate use of the sostenuto pedal. [2]

Five Pieces is also a character suite, though the subject matter is abstract, and focuses on the textural aspects of the piano. [3] Vigeland composed Five Pieces specifically for Chai. [4] [5]

Track listing

All pieces composed by Nils Vigeland.

Alla e Ora (2013)
No.TitleLength
1."Santa Fina (1238-1253)"3:57
2."Accusi va er monno" (C.G. Belli-Roma, 14 November 1831)2:22
3."Ricercare"6:23
4."I Turisti"2:47
Five Pieces (2010)
No.TitleLength
5."1."1:32
6."2."2:09
7."3."4:47
8."4.—"4:23
9."5."5:08
Life Sketches (1994) in memory of Yvar Mikhashoff
No.TitleLength
10."Wild Hopes"1:24
11."Profane Dance"2:15
12."Trumpets"2:02
13."Im Volkston"2:08
14."Cambiata Waltz"2:12
15."Barcarolle"5:48
No.TitleLength
16."L’empire des lumières" (hommage à René Magritte)5:06
17."all in due time (1973)"11:03

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  2. "Nils Vigeland allora e ora".
  3. "Nils Vigeland Five Pieces".
  4. "Peter McDowell Spectrum NYC Press Release".
  5. "Jenny Q Chai Recording". Archived from the original on 2013-11-07.