Gundersen / Buene / Yoshida- My Microtonal Piano (CD)
To compose microtonal piano music, to explore the infinitesimal gaps between the white and black keys, is to embrace the necessity to rethink, retool and, of course, retune the instrument in order to expand or simply reconfigure it's tonal makeup and capabilities. Such an exploration extends to other aspects too, to timbre, structure, melody, and most obviously - and radically - to harmony. The five composers on this album, Eivind Buene, Keiko Harada, Oyvind Mæland, Michelle Agnes Magalhaes and Andreas Gundersen, all take a distinct, individual approach in their exploration beyond the conventional limits of the piano.
To compose microtonal piano music, to explore the infinitesimal gaps between the white and black keys, is to embrace the necessity to rethink, retool and, of course, retune the instrument in order to expand or simply reconfigure it's tonal makeup and capabilities. Such an exploration extends to other aspects too, to timbre, structure, melody, and most obviously - and radically - to harmony. The five composers on this album, Eivind Buene, Keiko Harada, Oyvind Mæland, Michelle Agnes Magalhaes and Andreas Gundersen, all take a distinct, individual approach in their exploration beyond the conventional limits of the piano.