Studies for Player Piano

Album by Conlon Nancarrow

Studies for Player Piano is a collection of compositions for player piano by Conlon Nancarrow, written and realised between 1947 and 1989. The pieces exploit punched-roll and mechanical-piano techniques to investigate complex polyrhythms, irregular tempo ratios and textures unattainable by live performers, and occupy an important place in mid-20th-century experimental music and in Nancarrow's sustained exploration of rhythm and mechanisation.

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Disc 1

  1. 1.
    Study for Player Piano No. 3a
    3:24
  2. 2.
    Study for Player Piano No. 3b
    5:06
  3. 3.
    Study for Player Piano No. 3c
    3:05
  4. 4.
    Study for Player Piano No. 3d
    2:19
  5. 5.
    Study for Player Piano No. 3e
    2:30
  6. 6.
    Study for Player Piano No. 20
    5:43
  7. 7.
    Study for Player Piano No. 44
    10:05
  8. 8.
    Study for Player Piano No. 41a
    8:00
  9. 9.
    Study for Player Piano No. 41b
    6:37
  10. 10.
    Study for Player Piano No. 41c
    7:59

Disc 2

  1. 2.
    Study for Player Piano No. 4
    3:19
  2. 3.
    Study for Player Piano No. 5
    2:43
  3. 4.
    Study for Player Piano No. 6
    3:16
  4. 5.
    Study for Player Piano No. 14
    1:27
  5. 6.
    Study for Player Piano No. 22
    4:00
  6. 7.
    Study for Player Piano No. 26
    5:00
  7. 8.
    Study for Player Piano No. 31
    1:44
  8. 9.
    Study for Player Piano No. 35
    7:42
  9. 10.
    Study for Player Piano No. 32
    2:46
  10. 11.
    Study for Player Piano No. 37
    10:34
  11. 12.
    Study for Player Piano Tango?
    2:47
  12. 13.
    Study for Player Piano No. 40a
    4:38
  13. 14.
    Study for Player Piano No. 40b
    4:40

Disc 3

  1. 3.
    Study for Player Piano No. 1
    2:32
  2. 4.
    Study for Player Piano No. 2a
    2:14
  3. 5.
    Study for Player Piano No. 2b
    1:21
  4. 6.
    Study for Player Piano No. 7
    6:46
  5. 7.
    Study for Player Piano No. 8
    4:28
  6. 8.
    Study for Player Piano No. 10
    3:06
  7. 9.
    Study for Player Piano No. 15
    1:00
  8. 10.
    Study for Player Piano No. 21
    3:11
  9. 11.
    Study for Player Piano No. 23
    4:48
  10. 12.
    Study for Player Piano No. 24
    4:25
  11. 13.
    Study for Player Piano No. 25
    5:53
  12. 14.
    Study for Player Piano No. 33
    6:18
  13. 15.
    Study for Player Piano No. 43
    7:00
  14. 16.
    Study for Player Piano No. 50
    4:28

Disc 4

  1. 4.
    Study for Player Piano No. 9
    4:27
  2. 5.
    Study for Player Piano No. 11
    3:45
  3. 6.
    Study for Player Piano No. 12
    4:30
  4. 7.
    Study for Player Piano No. 13
    2:55
  5. 8.
    Study for Player Piano No. 16
    3:29
  6. 9.
    Study for Player Piano No. 17
    1:33
  7. 10.
    Study for Player Piano No. 18
    2:21
  8. 11.
    Study for Player Piano No. 19
    1:24
  9. 12.
    Study for Player Piano No. 27
    6:36
  10. 13.
    Study for Player Piano No. 28
    3:25
  11. 14.
    Study for Player Piano No. 29
    4:02
  12. 15.
    Study for Player Piano No. 34
    4:38
  13. 16.
    Study for Player Piano No. 36
    3:48
  14. 17.
    Study for Player Piano No. 46
    3:59
  15. 18.
    Study for Player Piano No. 47
    6:39

Disc 5

  1. 5.
    Study for Player Piano No. 42
    7:37
  2. 6.
    Study for Player Piano No. 45a
    3:18
  3. 7.
    Study for Player Piano No. 45b
    4:48
  4. 8.
    Study for Player Piano No. 45c
    7:13
  5. 9.
    Study for Player Piano No. 48a
    6:42
  6. 10.
    Study for Player Piano No. 48b
    6:31
  7. 11.
    Study for Player Piano No. 48c
    6:44
  8. 12.
    Excerpts From the Concerto for Pianola and Orchestra: Study for Player Piano No. 49a
    1:56
  9. 13.
    Excerpts From the Concerto for Pianola and Orchestra: Study for Player Piano No. 49b
    2:47
  10. 14.
    Excerpts From the Concerto for Pianola and Orchestra: Study for Player Piano No. 49c
    3:25

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