Johnson,Kirsten Florence Price Piano Music CD

WORLD PREMIERE RECORDINGS OF 34 FLORENCE PRICE WORKS ON THESE CDS/2CDs FOR THE PRICE OF ONE CD/Following her pioneering set of Amy Beach's complete piano music on Guild, fellow American, Kirsten Johnson turns her attention to the piano music of Florence Price, with this generous selection. Florence (Smith) Price was a pianist first and foremost. Born on April 9, 1887, in Little Rock, Arkansas, she was taught the piano by her mother from a young age, playing in her first piano recital at the age of four and having her first composition published at eleven. She went on to study organ, piano and composition at the New England Conservatory in Boston, graduating as a double major with a teacher's diploma in piano and a soloist's diploma in organ. After her studies, Florence returned to Arkansas to teach music at local colleges, and after several years moved to Atlanta to lecture at Clark University. In 1912 she moved back to Arkansas upon her marriage to Thomas Price and set up a piano studio. Price wrote masterfully for piano, leaving a significant contribution to the mainstream piano repertoire. She died of a stroke on June 3, 1953, in Chicago, Illinois. Her music and legacy live on. Kirsten Johnson has released 22 discs of solo piano music, including the complete piano music of Amy Beach, Arthur Foote, Benjamin Carr and James Hewitt. Her career as a recording artist was launched with the release of K?ng? - Albanian Piano Music, in 2003, soon followed by a second disc of this amazing repertoire, Rapsodi.

1. Ticklin' Toes 2. Dances in the Canebrakes Nimble Feet 3. Tropical Noon 4. Silk Hat and Walking Cane 5. Preludes Allegro Moderato 6. Andantino Cantabile 7. Allegro Molto 8. Allegretto Con Tenerezza Wistful 9. Allegro 10. To a Certain Pair of Newlyweds 11. A Day in the Life of a Washerwoman Morning 12. Dreaming at the Washtub 13. A Gay Moment 14. Evening Shade 15. Honeysuckle a Southern Sky 16. Rainbow Waltz 17. A Hillside 18. Dream Boat 19. In the Land O' Cotton 20. At the Cotton Gin 21. Dreaming 22. Song Without Words 23. Dance 24. Barcarolle 25. At Our House the Washing Machine 26. Practice Time 27. Tip-Toe to the Cookie Jar 28. The Goblin and the Mosquito 29. Cherry Blossoms in Her Hair Debutante Waltz 30. Sonata in E minor Andante Allegro 31. Andante 32. Scherzo Allegro 33. Placid Lake 34. Jig Jog 35. Honeysuckle at Dusk 36. Song Without Words Pleading 37. Whirl Away Waltz 38. On a Quiet Lake 39. Song Without Words in a Major 40. Dark Pool 41. Coquette 42. Reverie 43. Bayou Dance 44. Andante 45. Memory Mist 46. Cabin Capers 47. On a Summer's Eve