Name: If You Could Read My Mind by Cameron Carpenter
Brand: Cameron Carpenter
SKU: 886444235686
Price: 9.9 USD
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Rating: 3 (189 reviews)

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In this CD/DVD package from Sony, Cameron Carpenter presents a stunning program of classical pieces and popular song arrangements for organ, paired with a documentary, Birth of the International Touring Organ. Treating virtuoso organ playing as an extreme sport, Carpenter frequently delivers wildly inventive and exciting recitals that have made him a pop star, and such flights of fancy as Music for an Imaginary Film, and his Song Paraphrases, are explorations of his undeniably mad skills as a performer and as a composer of startling ingenuity and freshness. Carpenter's renditions of other composers' works are, at their core, faithful transcriptions, though they sometimes turn into outlandish improvisations that display his incredible dexterity and athleticism. For example, his version of Bach's Prelude from the First Cello Suite starts out as a note-for-note exercise for the pedals, but quickly turns into a fantastic elaboration that sends Bach's original flying off into another dimension. Yet as flamboyant and physically exhausting as his take on Bernstein's Candide Overture is, it is quite true to the original music and remains close to its orchestral colors. Equally accurate and effective are his subdued versions of Rachmaninov's Vocalise and Piazzola's Oblivion, and his rather straightforward performances of Dupré's Variations sur un Noël, Scriabin's Piano Sonata No. 4, and Bach's Organ Sonata No. 6 in C major remind one that Carpenter really is a serious organist when he isn't having a great time showing off, which is obvious here. ~ Blair Sanderson

If You Could Read My Mind

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1. Cello Suite Elaboration (After Cello Suite No. 1 in G Major, BWV 1007: Prelude)

2. Candide: Overture (Arranged for Organ by Cameron Carpenter)

3. Vocalise, Op. 34, No. 14 (Arranged for Organ by Cameron Carpenter)

4. Music for an Imaginary Film

5. Oblivion (Arranged for Organ by Cameron Carpenter)

6. Variations sur un Noël pour orgue, Op. 20: Moderato

7. Variations sur un Noël pour orgue, Op. 20: Variation I: Larghetto

8. Variations sur un Noël pour orgue, Op. 20: Variation II: Poco animato

9. Variations sur un Noël pour orgue, Op. 20: Variation III: Canon à l'octave

10. Variations sur un Noël pour orgue, Op. 20: Variation IV: Vif

11. Variations sur un Noël pour orgue, Op. 20: Variation V: Vivace

12. Variations sur un Noël pour orgue, Op. 20: Variation VI: Canon à la quarte et à la quinte

13. Variations sur un Noël pour orgue, Op. 20: Variation VII: Vivace

14. Variations sur un Noël pour orgue, Op. 20: Variation VIII: Canon à la seconde

15. Variations sur un Noël pour orgue, Op. 20: Variation IX: Animé

16. Variations sur un Noël pour orgue, Op. 20: Variation X: Non troppo vivace

17. Variations sur un Noël pour orgue, Op. 20: Presto

18. If You Could Read My Mind (Arranged for Organ by Cameron Carpenter)

19. Alfie (Arranged for Organ by Cameron Carpenter)

20. Sisters of Mercy (Arranged for Organ by Cameron Carpenter)

21. Pure Imagination (Arranged for Organ by Cameron Carpenter)

22. Back in Baby's Arms (Arranged for Organ by Cameron Carpenter)

23. Piano Sonata No. 4 in F-Sharp Major, Op. 30 (Arranged for Organ by Cameron Carpenter): I. Andante

24. Piano Sonata No. 4 in F-Sharp Major, Op. 30 (Arranged for Organ by Cameron Carpenter): II. Prestissimo volando

25. Organ Sonata No. VI in G Major, BWV 530: I. Vivace

26. Organ Sonata No. VI in G Major, BWV 530: II. Lento

27. Organ Sonata No. VI in G Major, BWV 530: III. Allegro

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