Porat,Matan Dances For Zoe CD

For his fourth CD for Mirare, brilliant pianist and composer Matan Porat chose these colorful pieces, spanning through four centuries of music from Couperin to Ad?s, displaying the different and similar approaches of composers to dance. Through this program, which he dedicates to his daughter Zoe, he invites us to celebrate the colorful world of childhood and to discover new facets of his talent, both as a performer and as a composer.

1. Brahms: Waltz, Op.39 No.1: Tempo giusto 2. Brahms: Waltz, Op.39 No.11 3. Brahms: Waltz, Op.39 No.6: Vivace 4. Brahms: Waltz, Op.39 No.3 5. Brahms: Waltz, Op.39 No.14 6. Brahms: Waltz, Op.39 No.15 7. Scriabin: Mazurka, Op.25 No.2 8. Ades: Mazurka, Op.27 No.2 9. Ravel: Le tombeau de Couperin: V. Menuet. Allegro moderato 10. C.P.E. Bach: Dance Movements in G Wq/H desunt: Menuet 11. Porat: Waltz for Bill 12. Evans: Waltz for Debbie 13. Stravinsky: Tango 14. Nancarrow: Study No.6: Tango (Arr. Matan Porat) 15. Rameau: Suite in A Minor: III. Sarabande 16. Satie: Sarabande No.3 17. Scriabin: Valse, Op.38 18. Couperin: Quatri?me Concert: V. Sarabande 19. Ravel: Le tombeau de Couperin: III. Forlane. Allegretto 20. Lachenmann: Ein Kinderspiel: VII. Schattentanz 21. Shostakovich: Dances of the Dolls: V. Scherzwalzer