Timo Andres (1985-)
Nice is Different Than Good, d'après "I Know Things Now" de Stephen Sondheim

Mark Bennett (20ème siècle)
Everybody Says Don't, extrait de la comédie musicale de Stephen Sondheim "Anyone Can Whistle"

Stephen Hough (1961-)
Pretty Lady: Gymnopédie, d'après "Pretty Lady" de Stephen Sondheim

Jon Batiste (1986-)
The Gun Song/The Ballad of Booth, extrait de la comédie musicale "Assassins"

Ted Hearne (1982-)
Another National Anthem, extrait de la comédie musicale "Assassins" de Stephen Sondheim

Conrad Tao (1994-)
Move On, extrait de la comédie musicale "Sunday in the Park with George" de Stephen Sondheim

Christopher Cerrone (1984-)
Kimm Me after the song, extrait de la comédie musicale "Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street" de Stephen Sondheim

Mark Schubring (1968-)
Rhapsody in Red, d'après "Goodbye Now" de Stephen Sondheim

Meredith Monk (1942-)
Dialogue, d'après "Poems" de Stephen Sondheim

Paola Prestini (1975-)
Always, d'après "I Wish I Could Forget You" de Stephen Sondheim

Jeff Beal (1963-)
Not a Day Goes By, extrait de la comédie "Merrily We Roll Along" de Stephen Sondheim

Max Richter (1966-)
Anyone Can Whistle, extrait de la comédie musicale "Anyone Can whistle" de Stephen Sondheim

Kevin Puts (1972-)
Being Alive, extrait de la comédie musicale "Company" de Stephen Sondheim

Anthony de Mare (20ème siècle)
All Things Bright and Beautiful, extrait de la comédie musicale "Follies" de Stephen Sondheim

Anthony de Mare, piano
Conrad Tao, piano

Pianist extraordinaire Anthony de Mare’s landmark commissioning project, Liaisons: Re-Imagining Sondheim from the Piano, reaches Volume II with a diverse range of 14 tracks by a roll call of contemporary composers from the worlds of classical, jazz, film, indie, pop and musical theatre, including Jon Batiste, Stephen Hough, Meredith Monk, Max Richter, Conrad Tao, with the soloist himself contributing the title track “All Things Bright and Beautiful”. Launched in 2015 (on ECM Records) with an acclaimed three-volume set – “a revelation … De Mare’s playing superb throughout, a combination of lyrical reflection and extroverted pyrotechnics” (San Francisco Chronicle) – Liaisons II extends the ambitious endeavour that brings together the world’s leading composers to re-imagine the legendary musical theatre composer’s songs for solo piano. Sondheim, the ever-eloquent wordsmith, proclaimed he was “thrilled” with the music: “I think the new pieces are terrific,’ he wrote in October of 2021, simultaneously praising de Mare: “I also like how they show off your piano-playing chops.” Timed to coincide with the 95th anniversary of Sondheim’s birth, Liaisons II: All Things Bright and Beautiful stands as a celebration of the life and enduring legacy of the exceptional musical theatre giant.