On modes (vinyl)

Adams, John, Ligeti, Gyorgy, Pärt, Arvo, Romaniuk, Anthony, różni kompozytorzy

Romaniuk, Anthony

Alpha 1242

For his third solo album for Alpha, keyboard polyglot Anthony Romaniuk returns to the piano, exploring the seven modes: derived from the major scale, the basis of ancient Greek music but nowadays endemic in folk, jazz and beyond, each one containing a world of character and mood.

Starting with John Adams' Phrygian Gates, Romaniuk devised a programme comprising music by Pärt, Ligeti, Radiohead and Björk with his own original compositions; arrangements of traditional Catalan and English/Scottish music and improvisations. Continuing his search for a personal and original sound, Romaniuk uses two pianos, including a Klavins upright grand piano (from the collection of Nils Frahm) which, thanks to its massive soundboard and 4 metre long bass strings, overwhelms the listener. The addition of various analogue and digital audio effects together with innovative recording techniques brings the listener into a unique sonic landscape, approaching that of a sound-installation.

Works:

•Romaniuk: Sunrising
•Pärt: Für Alina
•Romaniuk: Rose-Tinted
•anon.: Black Is the Colour (Arr. for Piano by Anthony Romaniuk)
•Ligeti: Musica Ricercata: VIII. Vivace - Energico - Fantasia (7 / 8) [Arr. for Piano by Anthony Romaniuk]
•Romaniuk: Passacaglia
•Colin Charles Greenwood, Philip James Selway, Thomas Edward Yorke, Edward John O'Brien, Jonathan Greenwood: Motion Picture Soundtrack
•anon.: Scarborough
•Björk Guðmundsdóttir, Graham Massey: Army of Me (Arr. for Piano by Anthony Romaniuk)
•Romaniuk: Locrian Waltz
•Romaniuk: Nach Alina
•Adams, J: Phrygian Gates for solo piano

Vinyl x 2

Alpha

19.03.2026

3701624512425