Artist: Conrad Tao
Album: American Rage
Genre: Classical
Release Date: 2019
Audio Format:: FLAC (tracks) 24 bit, 96 kHz
Duration: 59:13
Total Tracks: 6
Total Size: 1013 MB

Tracklist:

1. Conrad Tao – Rzewski: Which Side Are You On (15:45)
2. Conrad Tao – Copland: Piano Sonata: I. Molto moderato – Allegro (09:11)
3. Conrad Tao – Copland: Piano Sonata: II. Vivace (04:48)
4. Conrad Tao – Copland: Piano Sonata: III. Andante sostenuto (12:09)
5. Conrad Tao – Wolfe: Compassion (06:46)
6. Conrad Tao – Rzewski: Winnsboro Cotton Mill Blues (10:32)

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Pianist/composer Conrad Tao’s third Warner Classics album, entitled American Rage, traces the roots of rebellion from the 1930s Harlan County labor disputes, through the trauma of 9/11, to the deep divisions of the present day. Bookended by two expansive works by Frederic Rzewski – Which Side Are You On?, based on Florence Reece’s 1931 protest song, and Winnsboro Cotton Mill Blues, an industrial folk song that reflects the unjust factory working conditions – the album centres on Julia Wolfe’s Compassion, written in the wake of 9/11, and Aaron Copland’s elegiac Piano Sonata.