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Title: Liaisons II - All Things Bright & Beautiful, Re-imagining Sondheim from the Piano
Artist: Anthony de Mare
Label: Avie
Product Type: COMPACT DISCS
UPC: 822252269420
Genre: Classical Artists
Release Date: 2025-03-21
Number of Discs: 1

Pianist extraordinaire Anthony de Mare's landmark commissioning project, Liaisons: Re-Imagining Sondheim from the Piano, reaches Volume II with a diverse range of 14 tracks by a roll call of contemporary composers from the worlds of classical, jazz, film, indie, pop and musical theatre, including Jon Batiste, Stephen Hough, Meredith Monk, Max Richter, Conrad Tao, with the soloist himself contributing the title track "All Things Bright and Beautiful". Launched in 2015 on ECM Records with an acclaimed three-volume set - "a revelation. de Mare's playing superb throughout, a combination of lyrical reflection and extroverted pyrotechnics" (San Francisco Chronicle) - Liaisons II extends the ambitious endeavour that brings together the world's leading composers to re-imagine the legendary musical theatre composer's songs for solo piano. Sondheim, the ever-eloquent wordsmith, proclaimed he was "thrilled" with the music: "I think the new pieces are terrific,' he wrote in October of 2021, simultaneously praising de Mare: "I also like how they show off your piano-playing chops. " Timed to coincide with the 95th anniversary of Sondheim's birth, Liaisons II: All Things Bright and Beautiful stands as a celebration of the life and enduring legacy of the exceptional musical theatre giant.

Tracks:
1.1 Nice is Different Than Good
1.2 Everybody Says Don't
1.3 Pretty Lady: gymnopédie
1.4 Gun Song / The Ballad of Booth
1.5 Another National Anthem
1.6 Move On
1.7 Kiss Me
1.8 Rhapsody in Red
1.9 Dialogue
1.10 Always
1.11 Not a Day Goes By
1.12 Anyone Can Whistle
1.13 Being Alive
1.14 All Things Bright and Beautiful