The music of award-winning composer Paul Reale has a truly authentic American voice: eclectic in its cultural references and having a respect for tradition, but with a knife-sharp edge that keeps listeners alert. This collection of piano pieces represents the widest possible variety in his catalog chosen together with soloist John Jensen, a pianist with whom Reale has worked for most of his life and considers his ideal interpreter. Atmospheres of jazz-infused bar-life, Piazzolla's tangos and a comic pastiche on Beethoven contrast with the dark and austere 'Stroke of Midnight', the chiming bells of which confront the harsh realities of mortality.
1) At First Sight ()
2) Touch ()
3) Cannot Be ()
4) Happily Ever... ()
5) Chocolate Soccer Ball ()
6) Alberto of Barracas ()
7) Waltz ()
8) Waldorf Astoria ()
9) Concert Etude No. 2 ()
10) Dusk ()
11) Nightfall ()
12) Midnight ()
13) Beethoven for the Brain Dead ()