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01. Milan Knizak - Mostly Fast Piano Sonata (1991)
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02. Milan Knizak - Piano Sketch (1997)
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03. Milan Knizak - The White with a Bit of the Grey (2010)
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04. Milan Knizak - Sadness Intruding (2016)
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05. Milan Knizak - Miniature (2019)
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06. Milan Knizak - Tramp Sonate or Looking for Context (2021)
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ARTIST
KNIZAK, MILAN
TITLE
Another State of Stagnation / Piano Pieces (1991-2021)
FORMAT
CD
LABEL
SUB ROSA
CATALOG #
SR 526CD
SR 526CD
GENRE
EXPERIMENTAL
RELEASE DATE
9/30/2022
"My piano compositions are a mixture of musical reminiscences and a confession of my love for disharmonic chords on the one hand, and lascivious melodies on the other. As in the case of almost all my pieces, I wrote them 'dry', at a desk, without using any musical instruments. I only worked with memory and a little bit of imagination. The compositions often come across as randomly taken out of a pot, which contains a blend of fragments of works of a variety of periods, styles and creators." --
Milan Knízák
, Mongrelised Piano
Another State of Stagnation
contains six unreleased piano pieces by Milan Knízák, written between 1991 and 2021. Played by Czech piano virtuoso
Miroslav Beinhauer
in August 2020 and recorded in August 2021 at Czech Radio Ostrava under the
Petr Bakla
's recording direction. The author of the title and cover is Milan Knízák. Produced by re-set production. In the second movement, at least two references to Czech "tramping" (hiking, country) music can be read or heard: Ceka huãí and Táboráku, plápolej. They are among the numerous references to other pieces, while they can concurrently be something else -- for instance, a
Beethoven
minuet. Beinhauer pointed out: "Milan KníÏák's piano works abound in these 'quotations', some of which are just very similar to well-known melodies, while others are true quotations... I do not even recognize some of them at first listen, but that is not actually the point. If someone does identify these quoted fragments when listening, they can feel good about themselves or can even remember the whole piece better, but I myself do not deem it essential in the case of Milan's compositions. Alternation of styles is more important."
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