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01. Raymond Chapman Smith - Traktat vom Licht: 01. Andante con moto
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02. Raymond Chapman Smith - Traktat vom Licht: 02. Allegro assai
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03. Raymond Chapman Smith - Traktat vom Licht: 03. Moderato cantabile
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04. Raymond Chapman Smith - Traktat vom Licht: 04. Quasi allegretto
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05. Raymond Chapman Smith - Traktat vom Licht: 05. Allegro moderato
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06. Raymond Chapman Smith - Traktat vom Licht: 06. Allegro, ma non troppo
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07. Raymond Chapman Smith - Traktat vom Licht: 07. Allegretto, con moto e cantabile
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08. Raymond Chapman Smith - Traktat vom Licht: 08. Molto grazioso
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09. Raymond Chapman Smith - Traktat vom Licht: 09. Andante, molto sostenuto
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10. Raymond Chapman Smith - Traktat vom Licht: 10. Allegro
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11. Raymond Chapman Smith - Traktat vom Licht: 11. Molto moderato
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12. Raymond Chapman Smith - Traktat vom Licht: 12. Vivace assai
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13. Raymond Chapman Smith - Traktat vom Licht: 13. Poco adagio, espressivo e molto cantabile
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14. Raymond Chapman Smith - Traktat vom Licht: 14. Andante sostenuto
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15. Raymond Chapman Smith - Traktat vom Licht: 15. Allegro, ma non troppo
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16. Raymond Chapman Smith - Traktat vom Licht: 16. Presto
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17. Raymond Chapman Smith - Traktat vom Licht: 17. Andantino
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18. Raymond Chapman Smith - Traktat vom Licht: 18. Andante, molto espressivo
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19. Raymond Chapman Smith - Traktat vom Licht: 19. Vivace, ma non troppo
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20. Raymond Chapman Smith - Traktat vom Licht: 20. Adagio, ma non troppo
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21. Raymond Chapman Smith - Traktat vom Licht: 21. Allegretto, quasi andante
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22. Raymond Chapman Smith - Traktat vom Licht: 22. Allegretto
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23. Raymond Chapman Smith - Traktat vom Licht: 23. Allegro assai
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24. Raymond Chapman Smith - Traktat vom Licht: 24. Andante cantabile
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25. Raymond Chapman Smith - Traktat vom Licht: 25. Quasi allegretto
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26. Raymond Chapman Smith - Traktat vom Licht: 26. Andante cantabile e con moto
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27. Raymond Chapman Smith - Variations on a Minuet by Mozart: Thema: Tempo di minuetto (Mozart K.1), G Major
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28. Raymond Chapman Smith - Variations on a Minuet by Mozart: Var. I Tempo di minuetto, E-flat Major
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29. Raymond Chapman Smith - Variations on a Minuet by Mozart: Var. II Allegretto, C minor
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30. Raymond Chapman Smith - Variations on a Minuet by Mozart: Var. III Andante sostenuto, A-flat Major
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31. Raymond Chapman Smith - Variations on a Minuet by Mozart: Var. IV Presto, F minor
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32. Raymond Chapman Smith - Variations on a Minuet by Mozart: Var. V Adagio sostenuto, D-flat Major
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33. Raymond Chapman Smith - Variations on a Minuet by Mozart: Var. VI Allegro, ma non troppo, A Major
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34. Raymond Chapman Smith - Variations on a Minuet by Mozart: Var. VII Andante, F-sharp minor
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35. Raymond Chapman Smith - Variations on a Minuet by Mozart: Var. VIII Vivace, D Major
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36. Raymond Chapman Smith - Variations on a Minuet by Mozart: Var. IX Allegretto, B-flat Major
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37. Raymond Chapman Smith - Variations on a Minuet by Mozart: Var. X Allegro, G minor
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38. Raymond Chapman Smith - Variations on a Minuet by Mozart: Var. XI Larghetto 'For Sarastro', E-flat Major
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39. Raymond Chapman Smith - Variations on a Minuet by Mozart: Var XII Allegro molto, G Major (Coda)
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ARTIST
SMITH, RAYMOND CHAPMAN
TITLE
Amir Farid Performs Traktat Vom Licht: Piano Music Of Raymond Chapman Smith
FORMAT
CD
LABEL
DE LA CATESSEN RECORDS
CATALOG #
DLC 018CD
DLC 018CD
GENRE
CLASSICAL
RELEASE DATE
8/29/2025
"Light is the vehicle of the community -- of the universe. All that is visible clings to the invisible. That which can be heard to that which cannot -- that which can be felt to that which cannot. Perhaps the thinkable to the unthinkable. Like ourselves, the stars float between illumination and darkening in turn -- but even in the state of darkness we are granted, as they are, a consoling, hopeful glimmer of companion stars that are luminous and illuminated."
--
Novalis
,
Traktat vom Licht
Amir Farid
returns to De la Catessen Records with the premiere recordings of
Traktat vom Licht/Variations on a Minuet by Mozart
-- the second volume in an ongoing survey of endearingly quixotic piano music by Adelaidean composer
Raymond Chapman Smith
. In this new collection, following on from 2023's
Nachschriften/Ländler
(DLC 013CD), pianist Amir Farid sheds further light on a fruitful period of Chapman Smith's work, in which he utters in a uniquely mellifluous voice a beautiful old language recognized by so many but spoken by so few. Chapman Smith's musical journey, through Sydney's experimental scene of the early '70s, to his study with Australian modernist doyen
Richard Meale
, and his leadership of the notorious
ACME New Music
through the '90s, has led him to -- of all places -- the green pastures of nineteenth century German romanticism, where he invites listeners to join him in thoughtful spiritual contentedness through the current phase of his craft. The title of Chapman Smith's 26-part
Traktat vom Licht
is borrowed from a cycle of 26 poetic-scientific-metaphysical fragments by
Novalis
, a crucial voice in the formulation of the first phase of German Romanticism. Written in 2006 as an acknowledgement of the 250th anniversary of Mozart's birth,
Variations on a Minuet by Mozart
takes the theme from the first piece in Mozart's catalogue -- his K1, written when he was five years old -- and turns it through a set of twelve variations.
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