Seascapes Janice Weber

• Bedřich Smetana (1824-1884)
• 1 Am Seegestade Eine Erinnerung, JB 1:80 04:58
• Sergei Bortkiewicz (1877-1952)
• 2 No. 2, Caprices de la mer 03:11
• Eugène Guillaume (1822-1905)
• 3 I. Shining Morning 02:36
• 4 II. The Rocky Beach 02:29
• 5 III. Rough Sea 03:44
• Alec Rowley (1892-1958)
• 6 Moonlight at Sea 03:19
• Emil von Sauer (1862-1942)
• 7 No. 7 in E Minor Flammes de mer 03:19
• Felix Blumenfeld (1863-1931)
• 8 Etude, Op. 14 Sur mer 04:37
• Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco (1895-1968)
• 9 Alghe, Op. 12 04:37
• Ernest Bloch (1880-1959)
• 10 I. Waves 04:15
• 11 II. Chanty 02:44
• 12 III. At Sea 04:11
• Marcelle de Manziarly (1899-1988)
• 13 No. 1, La grève 03:21
• 14 No. 2, Par une journée grise 02:34
• 15 No. 3, Par une journée claire 03:17
• Arthur Farwell (1872-1952)
• 16 No. 2, Marine 04:03
• Leo Sowerby (1895-1968)
• 17 V. The Shining Big Sea-Water 05:23
• Cyril Scott (1879-1970)
• 18 Sea-Marge 03:20
• Theodor Leschetizky (1830-1915)
• 19 I. Jeux des ondes 01:51
• Alec Templeton (1910-1963)
• 20 Skye Variations 09:06
• Total Runtime 01:16:55

Info for Seascapes

The sea has always been a powerful inspiration for composers and musicians, as the piano’s seven-plus octaves provide an ideal vessel for oceanic music. Seascapes is a collection of some of the finest and most interesting pieces in piano literature influenced by or written for the ocean. Each piece in this collection evokes a different sense of the sea’s limitless moods and splendor. The diversity of colors and styles are evident even in just the titles: Bedřich Smetana’s Am Seegestade (On the Seashore), Sergei Bortkiewicz’s Caprices de la mer, Eugène Guillaume’s At the Sea, Suite for Piano (Shining Morning, The Rocky Beach, Rough Sea), Alec Rowley’s Moonlight at Sea, Emil von Sauer's Flammes de Mer (Meeresleuchten), Felix Blumenfeld’s Sur Mer, Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco’s Alghe (from Sea Pieces), Ernest Bloch’s The Sea Pieces: Waves, Chanty, At Sea, Marcelo de Manziarly’s Impressions de mer La grève (The Beach), Par une journée grise (On a Gray Day), Par une journée claire (On a Clear Day), Arthur Farwell’s Marine, Leo Sowerby’s The Shining Big Sea-Water, Cyril Scott’s Sea-Marge: Meditation for Piano, Theodor Leschetizky’s Jeu des Ondes (Play of Waves), and Alec Templeton’s Skye Variations. From peaceful meditations, dramatic reflections of violent waves, to a depiction of marine luminescence, the pieces in Seascapes and Janice Weber’s unique playing truly encompass the vast possibilities for creation that the majestic sea can inspire.

Janice Weber's New York recital debut, performed under the pseudonym Lily von Ballmoos, was an early indication of the eclecticism and fluency for which she has become known. Janice has performed at the White House, Carnegie Hall, Wigmore Hall, National Gallery of Art, and Boston's Symphony Hall. She has appeared with the Boston Pops, Chautauqua Symphony, New Jersey Symphony, Hilton Head Orchestra, Sarajevo Philharmonic, and Syracuse Symphony in concertos of Hanson, Sowerby, Stenhammar, Bernstein, and Leroy Anderson as well as the standard repertoire. She has performed at the Bard, Newport, La Gesse, Husum, and Monadnock summer festivals and has twice toured China under the auspices of the American Liszt Society. Her interest in the uncommon avenues of the piano literature led to a world premiere recording of Liszt's 1838 Transcendental Etudes. Time Magazine noted that “... few can liberate the prophetic music they contain as masterfully as Janice Weber does here.' Other recordings include: A recording of Leo Ornstein's radical works for the Naxos Label. She is heard in Messiaen's Quartet for the End of Time on Ongaku Records and her album, Cascade of Roses for Sono Luminus. She is a member of the piano faculty at Boston Conservatory and MIT.

Janice Weber, piano

Recorded at Sono Luminus Studios, Boyce, Virginia August 19–21, 2013
Recording, Mixing & Mastering Engineer by Daniel Shores
Editing by Daniel Shores, Dan Merceruio
Produced by Dan Merceruio

Janice Weber
Janice Weber's New York recital debut, performed under the pseudonym Lily von Ballmoos, was an early indication of the eclecticism and fluency for which she has become known.

A summa cum laude graduate of the Eastman School of Music, Miss Weber has performed at the White House, Carnegie Hall, Wigmore Hall, National Gallery of Art, and Boston's Symphony Hall. She has appeared with the Boston Pops, Chautauqua Symphony, New Jersey Symphony, Hilton Head Orchestra, Sarajevo Philharmonic, and Syracuse Symphony in concertos of Hanson, Sowerby, Stenhammar, Bernstein, and Leroy Anderson as well as the standard repertoire. She has performed at the Bard, Newport, La Gesse, Husum, and Monadnock summer festivals and has twice toured China under the auspices of the American Liszt Society.

Her interest in the uncommon avenues of the piano literature led to a world premiere recording of Liszt's 1838 Transcendental Etudes. Time Magazine noted, "Liszt later simplified these pieces into the still ferociously difficult Transcendental Etudes (1852 version) for fear that no one else could play them. There may now be several fire-eating piano virtuosos who can execute the original notes, but few can liberate the prophetic music they contain as masterfully as Janice Weber does here."

Her recordings include Rachmaninoff's complete transcriptions; with the Lydian Quartet, Leo Ornstein's vast Piano Quintet; flute and piano works of Sigfrid Karg-Elert; and waltz transcriptions of Godowsky, Rosenthal, and Friedman. Miss Weber recorded Liszt's last Hungarian Rhapsody, one of only two living pianists to be included in a compendium of historic performances by nineteen legendary artists. This disc subsequently won the International Liszt Prize. Her Naxos recording of Leo Ornstein's radical works introduced the charismatic composer to a worldwide audience. She is heard in Messiaen's Quartet for the End of Time on Ongaku Records and her newest disc, Cascade of Roses (Dorian Sono Luminus),features works of twenty-one composers from Adolf Jensen to Billy Mayerl.

She is a member of the piano faculty at Boston Conservatory and MIT. Miss Weber produced the tones for Ivory, the worldwide bestselling virtual piano software.

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