In diesem faszinierenden Projekt zollt der amerikanische Konzertpianist Anthony de Mare dem Musicalkomponisten Stephen Sondheim Tribut. De Mare lud einen ausgewählten Kreis zeitgenössischer Komponisten - von Jazz über Klassik bis hin zur Filmmusik - dazu ein, einen Song von Sondheim als Stück für Solo-Klavier neu zu komponieren. Unter den insgesamt 36 mitwirkenden Komponisten aus insgesamt sieben Nationen befinden sich u.a. Steve Reich, Wynton Marsalis, Mark-Anthony Turnage, Fred Hersch, Ethan Iverson, William Bolcom, Frederic Rzewski, Nils Vigeland, Gabriel Kahane, Thomas Newman, Jake Heggie. Der New York Times sagte Anthony de Mare: "Jeder einzelne Komponist tritt in einen Dialog mit Herrn Sondheim [] durch sein Material, seine Einflüsse, seinen musikalischen Witz und seine Kunstfertigkeit." Sondheims Reaktion? "Dass Komponisten mein Werk aufgreifen und es ernst nehmen ist schlichtweg hinreißend!"

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A Little Night Fughetta (Arranged By William Bolcom) - Anthony De Mare
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Color And Light (Arranged By Nico Muhly) - Anthony De Mare
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Finishing The Hat - 2 Pianos (Arranged By Steve Reich) - Anthony De Mare
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The Ladies Who Lunch (Arranged By David Rakowski) - Anthony De Mare
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Perpetual Happiness (Arranged By Eve Beglarian) - Anthony De Mare
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Birds Of Victorian England (Arranged By Jason Robert Brown) - Anthony De Mare
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Johanna In Space (Arranged By Duncan Sheik) - Anthony De Mare
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You Could Drive A Person Crazy (Arranged By Eric Rockwell) - Anthony De Mare
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That Old Piano Roll (Arranged By Wynton Marsalis) - Anthony De Mare
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Sorry-Grateful (Arranged By Derek Bermel) - Anthony De Mare
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No One Is Alone (Arranged By Fred Hersch) - Anthony De Mare
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A Bowler Hat (Arranged By Annie Gosfield) - Anthony De Mare
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I'm Excited. No You're Not. (Arranged By Jake Heggie) - Anthony De Mare
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The Demon Barber (Arranged By Kenji Bunch) - Anthony De Mare
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Send In The Clowns (Arranged By Ethan Iverson) - Anthony De Mare
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The Worst (Empanadas) In London (Arranged By Ricardo Lorenz) - Anthony De Mare
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I Think About You (Arranged By Paul Moravec) - Anthony De Mare
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Very Put Together (Arranged By Mason Bates) - Anthony De Mare
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I'm Still Here (Arranged By Frederic Rzewski) - Anthony De Mare
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Love Is In The Air (Arranged By David Shire) - Anthony De Mare
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Epiphany (Arranged By John Musto) - Anthony De Mare
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Pretty Women (Arranged By Mark-Anthony Turnage) - Anthony De Mare
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Paraphrase (Someone In A Tree) (Arranged By Phil Kline) - Anthony De Mare
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In And Out Of Love (Arranged By Bernadette Speech) - Anthony De Mare
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Another Hundred People (Arranged By Daniel Bernard Roumain) - Anthony De Mare
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Into The Woods (Arranged By Andy Akiho) - Anthony De Mare
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Every Day A Little Death (Arranged By Ricky Ian Gordon) - Anthony De Mare
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Merrily We Roll Along (Arranged By Nils Vigeland) - Anthony De Mare
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Notes On "Beautiful" (Arranged By Rodney Sharman) - Anthony De Mare
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Being Alive (Arranged By Gabriel Kahane) - Anthony De Mare
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Not While I'm Around (Arranged By Thomas Newman) - Anthony De Mare
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The Ballad Of Guiteau (Arranged By Jherek Bischoff) - Anthony De Mare
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Now (Arranged By Mary Ellen Childs) - Anthony De Mare
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A Child Of Children And Art (Arranged By Peter Golub) - Anthony De Mare
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Going... Gone (Arranged By Tania Leon) - Anthony De Mare
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Everybody's Got The Right (Arranged By Michael Daugherty) - Anthony De Mare
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Sunday In The Park - Passages (Arranged By Anthony De Mare) - Anthony De Mare