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Sounds of North - A comprehensive anthology of Canadian piano music European-based musical genres have been created in Canada for over three hundred years. Gradually Canadian composers have developed a sense of place in their musical creations. Celebrated concert pianist and connoisseur of Canadian musical heritage, Elaine Keillor takes the listener on a unique journey through compositions written between 1807 and 2010 including, for the first time on record, works by women composers and contemporary composers like Glenn Gould. A unique and comprehensive portrait of Canadian music engineered by award-winning EMI alumnus Anton Kwiatowski. The piano pieces presented on these four CDs show how composers moved beyond just giving a
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Canadian-influenced title to their composition. In different ways they allowed the space of their Canadian region to seep into their approach to organizing sounds and wrestled with the great myth of Canada as North. *Over 90 Canadian compositions for the first time ever on record. Read less
Works on This Recording
1.
General Craig's March, for piano by F. Glackemeyer
Performer:
Elaine Keillor (Piano)
Period: Classical
Written: 1807
Venue: Dunrobin Sonic Gym, Ottawa, Ontario, Can
Length: 1 Minutes 39 Secs.
2.
Canadian Dance, for piano by George Pfeiffer
Performer:
Elaine Keillor (Piano)
Period: Romantic
Venue: Dunrobin Sonic Gym, Ottawa, Ontario, Can
Length: 3 Minutes 16 Secs.
3.
Waltz for the Literary Garland, for piano by W.H. Warren
Performer:
Elaine Keillor (Piano)
Period: Romantic
Written: 1838
Venue: Dunrobin Sonic Gym, Ottawa, Ontario, Can
Length: 1 Minutes 6 Secs.
4.
The Burlington Galop, for piano by James Paton Clarke
Performer:
Elaine Keillor (Piano)
Period: Romantic
Written: 1851
Venue: Dunrobin Sonic Gym, Ottawa, Ontario, Can
Length: 2 Minutes 14 Secs.
5.
Favorite Toronto Air, for piano by James Paton Clarke
Performer:
Elaine Keillor (Piano)
Period: Romantic
Venue: Dunrobin Sonic Gym, Ottawa, Ontario, Can
Length: 3 Minutes 19 Secs.
6.
The Monklands Polka, for piano by Jean-Crysostome Brauneis
Performer:
Elaine Keillor (Piano)
Period: Romantic
Written: 1849
Venue: Dunrobin Sonic Gym, Ottawa, Ontario, Can
Length: 3 Minutes 32 Secs.
7.
Mazurka Caprice, for piano, Op. 190 by Charles Wugk Sabatier
Performer:
Elaine Keillor (Piano)
Period: Romantic
Written: circa 1855
Venue: Dunrobin Sonic Gym, Ottawa, Ontario, Can
Length: 3 Minutes 13 Secs.
8.
The Newfoundland Camp Gallopade, for piano by H.C. Tillmann
Performer:
Elaine Keillor (Piano)
Period: Romantic
Written: 1853
Venue: Dunrobin Sonic Gym, Ottawa, Ontario, Can
Length: 2 Minutes 32 Secs.
9.
Scherzo for piano by Romain-Octave Pelletier
Performer:
Elaine Keillor (Piano)
Period: Romantic
Written: 1862
Venue: Dunrobin Sonic Gym, Ottawa, Ontario, Can
Length: 1 Minutes 26 Secs.
10.
Scintillation, for piano by Damis Paul
Performer:
Elaine Keillor (Piano)
Period: Romantic
Written: 1863
Venue: Dunrobin Sonic Gym, Ottawa, Ontario, Can
Length: 3 Minutes 55 Secs.
11.
La Comète, for piano by Gustave Smith
Performer:
Elaine Keillor (Piano)
Period: Romantic
Venue: Dunrobin Sonic Gym, Ottawa, Ontario, Can
Length: 2 Minutes 23 Secs.
12.
Air Savoyard, for piano by Gustave Smith
Performer:
Elaine Keillor (Piano)
Period: Romantic
Written: 1884
Venue: Dunrobin Sonic Gym, Ottawa, Ontario, Can
Length: 2 Minutes 39 Secs.
13.
Royal Canadian Lancers, for piano by William Bayley
Performer:
Elaine Keillor (Piano)
Period: Romantic
Written: 1878
Venue: Dunrobin Sonic Gym, Ottawa, Ontario, Can
Length: 4 Minutes 16 Secs.
14.
Shake Again Galop, for piano by Calixa Lavallée
Performer:
Elaine Keillor (Piano)
Period: Romantic
Written: 1866
Venue: Dunrobin Sonic Gym, Ottawa, Ontario, Can
Length: 3 Minutes 10 Secs.
15.
Mouvement à la Pavane, for piano by Calixa Lavallée
Performer:
Elaine Keillor (Piano)
Period: Romantic
Written: 1886
Venue: Dunrobin Sonic Gym, Ottawa, Ontario, Can
Length: 2 Minutes 27 Secs.
16.
Chant de voyageur, for piano by Susie F. Harrison
Performer:
Elaine Keillor (Piano)
Period: Romantic
Written: 1887
Venue: Dunrobin Sonic Gym, Ottawa, Ontario, Can
Length: 2 Minutes 33 Secs.
17.
Joy and Grief, for piano by George W. Strathy
Performer:
Elaine Keillor (Piano)
Period: Romantic
Written: 1888
Venue: Dunrobin Sonic Gym, Ottawa, Ontario, Can
Length: 4 Minutes 44 Secs.
18.
Modulation Sketch, for piano by George W. Strathy
Performer:
Elaine Keillor (Piano)
Period: Romantic
Written: 1893
Venue: Dunrobin Sonic Gym, Ottawa, Ontario, Can
Length: 1 Minutes 48 Secs.
19.
The Aberdeen Waltzes, for piano by F.J.H. Moore
Performer:
Elaine Keillor (Piano)
Period: Post-Romantic
Written: 1894
Venue: Dunrobin Sonic Gym, Ottawa, Ontario, Can
Length: 7 Minutes 41 Secs.
20.
Happy Moments, gavotte for piano by Charles A. E. Harriss
Performer:
Elaine Keillor (Piano)
Period: Post-Romantic
Venue: Dunrobin Sonic Gym, Ottawa, Ontario, Can
Length: 3 Minutes 26 Secs.
21.
Marriage Bells, for piano by Charles A. E. Harriss
Performer:
Elaine Keillor (Piano)
Period: Post-Romantic
Written: 1887
Venue: Dunrobin Sonic Gym, Ottawa, Ontario, Can
Length: 2 Minutes 22 Secs.
22.
Cave of the winds, for piano by R. Nathaniel Dett
Performer:
Elaine Keillor (Piano)
Period: Modern
Written: 1902
Venue: Dunrobin Sonic Gym, Ottawa, Ontario, Can
Length: 1 Minutes 49 Secs.
23.
Raggity Rag, for piano by Jean-Baptiste Lafrenière
Performer:
Elaine Keillor (Piano)
Period: Modern
Written: 1907
Venue: Dunrobin Sonic Gym, Ottawa, Ontario, Can
Length: 2 Minutes 0 Secs.
24.
The Imperial Native March, for piano by J. Nelson
Performer:
Elaine Keillor (Piano)
Period: Post-Romantic
Written: 1907
Venue: Dunrobin Sonic Gym, Ottawa, Ontario, Can
Length: 2 Minutes 24 Secs.
25.
Chanticleer March & Two Step, for piano by Jeanne Delmar
Performer:
Elaine Keillor (Piano)
Period: Post-Romantic
Written: 1910
Venue: Dunrobin Sonic Gym, Ottawa, Ontario, Can
Length: 1 Minutes 55 Secs.
26.
Some Rag, for piano by William Eckstein
Performer:
Elaine Keillor (Piano)
Period: Modern
Written: 1910
Venue: Dunrobin Sonic Gym, Ottawa, Ontario, Can
Length: 2 Minutes 12 Secs.
27.
The Ottawa Rag, for piano by George E. Lynn
Performer:
Elaine Keillor (Piano)
Period: Modern
Venue: Dunrobin Sonic Gym, Ottawa, Ontario, Can
Length: 1 Minutes 55 Secs.
28.
Yvonne, for piano by Alexis Contant
Performer:
Elaine Keillor (Piano)
Period: Post-Romantic
Written: 1903
Venue: Dunrobin Sonic Gym, Ottawa, Ontario, Can
Length: 3 Minutes 46 Secs.
29.
Wiegenlied, for piano by W.O Forsyth
Performer:
Elaine Keillor (Piano)
Period: Post-Romantic
Venue: Dunrobin Sonic Gym, Ottawa, Ontario, Can
Length: 2 Minutes 38 Secs.
30.
Evening Song, for piano by W.O Forsyth
Performer:
Elaine Keillor (Piano)
Period: Post-Romantic
Venue: Dunrobin Sonic Gym, Ottawa, Ontario, Can
Length: 1 Minutes 29 Secs.
31.
Confession, for piano by W.O Forsyth
Performer:
Elaine Keillor (Piano)
Period: Post-Romantic
Venue: Dunrobin Sonic Gym, Ottawa, Ontario, Can
Length: 2 Minutes 29 Secs.
32.
In the Vale of Shadowland, for piano by W.O Forsyth
Performer:
Elaine Keillor (Piano)
Period: Post-Romantic
Venue: Dunrobin Sonic Gym, Ottawa, Ontario, Can
Length: 2 Minutes 49 Secs.
33.
Prelude for piano by W.O Forsyth
Performer:
Elaine Keillor (Piano)
Period: Post-Romantic
Venue: Dunrobin Sonic Gym, Ottawa, Ontario, Can
Length: 1 Minutes 44 Secs.
34.
Mazurkas (2) for piano by Clarence Lucas
Performer:
Elaine Keillor (Piano)
Period: Romantic
Written: 1890
Venue: Dunrobin Sonic Gym, Ottawa, Ontario, Can
Length: 6 Minutes 39 Secs.
35.
Praeludium con fuga for piano by Clarence Lucas
Performer:
Elaine Keillor (Piano)
Period: Romantic
Written: 1898
Venue: Dunrobin Sonic Gym, Ottawa, Ontario, Can
Length: 4 Minutes 32 Secs.
36.
Valse impromptu for piano by Clarence Lucas
Performer:
Elaine Keillor (Piano)
Period: Romantic
Written: 1904
Venue: Dunrobin Sonic Gym, Ottawa, Ontario, Can
Length: 4 Minutes 53 Secs.
37.
Valse lente for piano by Clarence Lucas
Performer:
Elaine Keillor (Piano)
Period: Romantic
Written: 1905
Venue: Dunrobin Sonic Gym, Ottawa, Ontario, Can
Length: 2 Minutes 4 Secs.
38.
Lullalo: An Irish Lullaby, for piano by W.C. Barron
Performer:
Elaine Keillor (Piano)
Period: Post-Romantic
Written: 1890
Venue: Dunrobin Sonic Gym, Ottawa, Ontario, Can
Length: 3 Minutes 40 Secs.
39.
Conversazione, gavotte for piano by Joseph Vézina
Performer:
Elaine Keillor (Piano)
Period: Post-Romantic
Venue: Dunrobin Sonic Gym, Ottawa, Ontario, Can
Length: 3 Minutes 43 Secs.
40.
Mazurka sentimentale for piano by Arthur Letondal
Performer:
Elaine Keillor (Piano)
Period: Post-Romantic
Written: 1897
Venue: Dunrobin Sonic Gym, Ottawa, Ontario, Can
Length: 2 Minutes 34 Secs.
41.
Fête des roses, for piano by Arthur Wellesley Hughes
Performer:
Elaine Keillor (Piano)
Period: Modern
Venue: Dunrobin Sonic Gym, Ottawa, Ontario, Can
Length: 2 Minutes 54 Secs.
42.
To Daffodils, for piano by Edmund Hardy
Performer:
Elaine Keillor (Piano)
Period: Post-Romantic
Venue: Dunrobin Sonic Gym, Ottawa, Ontario, Can
Length: 1 Minutes 39 Secs.
43.
Pièces de genre (2) for piano by Henri Gagnon
Performer:
Elaine Keillor (Piano)
Period: Post-Romantic
Venue: Dunrobin Sonic Gym, Ottawa, Ontario, Can
Length: 3 Minutes 37 Secs.
44.
Sérénade for piano by Leo Roy
Performer:
Elaine Keillor (Piano)
Period: Modern
Venue: Dunrobin Sonic Gym, Ottawa, Ontario, Can
Length: 4 Minutes 33 Secs.
45.
Chevauchée, for piano by Rodolphe Mathieu
Performer:
Elaine Keillor (Piano)
Period: Post-Romantic
Written: 1911
Venue: Dunrobin Sonic Gym, Ottawa, Ontario, Can
Length: 3 Minutes 14 Secs.
46.
A l'Aurore, for piano by Emiliano Renaud
Performer:
Elaine Keillor (Piano)
Period: Post-Romantic
Venue: Dunrobin Sonic Gym, Ottawa, Ontario, Can
Length: 2 Minutes 54 Secs.
47.
Souvenir, for piano by Emiliano Renaud
Performer:
Elaine Keillor (Piano)
Period: Post-Romantic
Venue: Dunrobin Sonic Gym, Ottawa, Ontario, Can
Length: 3 Minutes 3 Secs.
48.
Valse triste for piano by Alberto Guerrero
Performer:
Elaine Keillor (Piano)
Period: Contemporary
Venue: Dunrobin Sonic Gym, Ottawa, Ontario, Can
Length: 3 Minutes 7 Secs.
49.
Prélude et Filigrane, for piano by Claude Champagne
Performer:
Elaine Keillor (Piano)
Period: Modern
Written: 1918
Venue: Dunrobin Sonic Gym, Ottawa, Ontario, Can
Length: 4 Minutes 17 Secs.
50.
Gavotte pompadour for piano by George-Émile Tanguay
Performer:
Elaine Keillor (Piano)
Period: Modern
Venue: Dunrobin Sonic Gym, Ottawa, Ontario, Can
Length: 2 Minutes 42 Secs.
51.
Pièces brèves (3) for piano by George-Émile Tanguay
Performer:
Elaine Keillor (Piano)
Period: Post-Romantic
Written: 1918
Venue: Dunrobin Sonic Gym, Ottawa, Ontario, Can
Length: 4 Minutes 51 Secs.
52.
Préludes (3) for piano by George M. Brewer
Performer:
Elaine Keillor (Piano)
Period: Modern
Venue: Dunrobin Sonic Gym, Ottawa, Ontario, Can
Length: 3 Minutes 29 Secs.
53.
Suite canadienne, for piano by Léo-Pol Morin
Performer:
Elaine Keillor (Piano)
Period: Contemporary
Venue: Dunrobin Sonic Gym, Ottawa, Ontario, Can
Length: 10 Minutes 10 Secs.
54.
Lydia, for piano by Henri Miro
Performer:
Elaine Keillor (Piano)
Period: Post-Romantic
Written: 1910
Venue: Dunrobin Sonic Gym, Ottawa, Ontario, Can
Length: 3 Minutes 2 Secs.
55.
Scènes mauresques, for piano by Henri Miro
Performer:
Elaine Keillor (Piano)
Period: Modern
Written: 1936
Venue: Dunrobin Sonic Gym, Ottawa, Ontario, Can
Length: 9 Minutes 2 Secs.
56.
Suite for piano by Leo Smith
Performer:
Elaine Keillor (Piano)
Period: Modern
Written: 1930s
Venue: Dunrobin Sonic Gym, Ottawa, Ontario, Can
Length: 14 Minutes 54 Secs.
57.
The Concertina, for piano by Leo Smith
Performer:
Elaine Keillor (Piano)
Period: Modern
Venue: Dunrobin Sonic Gym, Ottawa, Ontario, Can
Length: 3 Minutes 50 Secs.
58.
Sonatina for piano by Robert Fleming
Performer:
Elaine Keillor (Piano)
Period: Modern
Written: 1941
Venue: Dunrobin Sonic Gym, Ottawa, Ontario, Can
Length: 6 Minutes 6 Secs.
59.
Sonatina for piano No. 1 by Violet Archer
Performer:
Elaine Keillor (Piano)
Period: Modern
Written: 1945
Venue: Dunrobin Sonic Gym, Ottawa, Ontario, Can
Length: 9 Minutes 27 Secs.
60.
Pieces (2) for piano, Nos 1 & 2, complete by Glenn Gould
Performer:
Elaine Keillor (Piano)
Period: Modern
Venue: Dunrobin Sonic Gym, Ottawa, Ontario, Can
Length: 4 Minutes 11 Secs.
61.
Scherzino for piano by Oskar Morawetz
Performer:
Elaine Keillor (Piano)
Period: Modern
Written: 1953
Venue: Dunrobin Sonic Gym, Ottawa, Ontario, Can
Length: 1 Minutes 39 Secs.
62.
A Northern Legend, for piano by Louis Applebaum
Performer:
Elaine Keillor (Piano)
Period: Modern
Written: 1957
Venue: Dunrobin Sonic Gym, Ottawa, Ontario, Can
Length: 10 Minutes 2 Secs.
63.
Aegean Sketches, for piano by Jean Coulthard
Performer:
Elaine Keillor (Piano)
Period: Modern
Written: 1961
Venue: Dunrobin Sonic Gym, Ottawa, Ontario, Can
Length: 9 Minutes 30 Secs.
64.
Aquarelles (7) for piano by Alain Gagnon
Performer:
Elaine Keillor (Piano)
Period: Modern
Written: 1965
Venue: Dunrobin Sonic Gym, Ottawa, Ontario, Can
Length: 10 Minutes 50 Secs.
65.
Cave Pools, for piano by James Gayfer
Performer:
Elaine Keillor (Piano)
Period: Contemporary
Written: 1973
Venue: Dunrobin Sonic Gym, Ottawa, Ontario, Can
Length: 6 Minutes 30 Secs.
66.
Etude & fantaisie for piano by Rhene Jaque
Performer:
Elaine Keillor (Piano)
Period: Modern
Written: 1974
Venue: Dunrobin Sonic Gym, Ottawa, Ontario, Can
Length: 6 Minutes 42 Secs.
67.
Intermezzo III (Grave), for piano by Bengt Hambraeus
Performer:
Elaine Keillor (Piano)
Period: Contemporary
Written: 1984
Venue: Dunrobin Sonic Gym, Ottawa, Ontario, Can
Length: 2 Minutes 0 Secs.
68.
Intermezzo for piano by Rachel Laurin
Performer:
Elaine Keillor (Piano)
Period: Contemporary
Written: 1986
Venue: Dunrobin Sonic Gym, Ottawa, Ontario, Can
Length: 1 Minutes 50 Secs.
69.
Schoenberg vs. Gershwin for piano by Eldon Rathburn
Performer:
Elaine Keillor (Piano)
Venue: Dunrobin Sonic Gym, Ottawa, Ontario, Can
Length: 2 Minutes 40 Secs.
70.
Silver and Shadow, for piano by Patrick Cardy
Performer:
Elaine Keillor (Piano)
Period: Contemporary
Written: 1994
Venue: Dunrobin Sonic Gym, Ottawa, Ontario, Can
Length: 7 Minutes 4 Secs.
71.
March, March!, four short pieces for piano by John Beckwith
Performer:
Elaine Keillor (Piano)
Period: Contemporary
Written: 2001
Venue: Dunrobin Sonic Gym, Ottawa, Ontario, Can
Length: 8 Minutes 20 Secs.
72.
The Jack Pine, for piano by Jocelyn Morlock
Performer:
Elaine Keillor (Piano)
Period: Post-Romantic
Written: 2010
Venue: Dunrobin Sonic Gym, Ottawa, Ontario, Can
Length: 4 Minutes 56 Secs.
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