Aleck Karis

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Metamorphosis One (Glass) 05:55 Tools
Metamorphosis Two (Glass) 07:23 Tools
Metamorphosis Three (Glass) 05:42 Tools
Metamorphosis Five (Glass) 05:10 Tools
Mad Rush (Glass) 15:41 Tools
Metamorphosis Four (Glass) 06:57 Tools
Opening (Glass) 05:11 Tools
Wichita Vortex Sutra (Glass) 07:12 Tools
Modern Love Waltz (Glass) 03:54 Tools
Glass: Wichita Vortex Sutra 07:12 Tools
Glass: Modern Love Waltz 03:54 Tools
Metamorphosis One 05:55 Tools
Ragtime 04:47 Tools
Metamorphosis Two 07:23 Tools
Mad Rush 15:41 Tools
Metamorphosis Three 05:42 Tools
Five Easy Pieces for Piano Duet: IV. Napolitana 03:00 Tools
Metamorphosis Five 05:10 Tools
Circus Polka 05:11 Tools
Metamorphosis Four 06:57 Tools
Opening 05:11 Tools
Glass: Mad Rush 15:42 Tools
Glass: Metamorphosis I 05:55 Tools
Glass: Metamorphosis II 07:23 Tools
Glass: Metamorphosis IV 06:57 Tools
Glass: Metamorphosis V 05:10 Tools
Glass: Metamorphosis III 05:43 Tools
Glass: Opening 05:11 Tools
Sonatas and Interludes for Prepared Piano: I. Sonata No. 1 03:00 Tools
Sonatas and Interludes for Prepared Piano: II. Sonata No. 2 02:02 Tools
Sonatas and Interludes for Prepared Piano: VI. Sonata No. 5 01:54 Tools
Sonatas and Interludes for Prepared Piano: III. Sonata No. 3 02:35 Tools
Sonatas and Interludes for Prepared Piano: VII. Sonata No. 6 02:23 Tools
Sonatas and Interludes for Prepared Piano: IV. Sonata No. 4 02:21 Tools
Sonatas and Interludes for Prepared Piano: VIII. Sonata No. 7 02:30 Tools
Sonatas and Interludes for Prepared Piano: V. Interlude No. 1 03:39 Tools
Three Mazurkas, Op. 63: B Major 02:33 Tools
Three Mazurkas, Op. 63: C Sharp Minor 02:27 Tools
Two Nocturnes, Op. 62: E Major 05:41 Tools
Barcarolle, Opus 60 08:36 Tools
Three Mazurkas, Op. 59: A Minor 04:45 Tools
Two Nocturnes, Op. 62: B Major 07:17 Tools
Three Waltzes, Op. 64: D Flat Major 01:47 Tools
Sonatas and Interludes for Prepared Piano: IX. Sonata No. 8 02:56 Tools
My Windows - Tian (Heaven) 02:33 Tools
Three Mazurkas, Op. 63: F Minor 02:09 Tools
Sonatas and Interludes for Prepared Piano: X. Interlude No. 2 04:12 Tools
Synchronisms No. 6 07:06 Tools
Three Mazurkas, Op. 59: A Flat Major 02:44 Tools
Berceuse, Op. 57 04:20 Tools
Polonaise-Fantasie, Op. 61 13:21 Tools
My Windows - Seven Rays Of The Sun 04:19 Tools
Three Mazurkas, Op. 59: F Sharp Minor 03:28 Tools
Three Waltzes, Op. 64: A Flat Major 03:54 Tools
Tango (1940) 04:16 Tools
Sonatas and Interludes for Prepared Piano: XI. Interlude No. 3 01:47 Tools
Three Waltzes, Op. 64: C Sharp Minor 04:07 Tools
Piano 00:30 Tools
Sonatas and Interludes for Prepared Piano: XIII. Sonata No. 10 00:42 Tools
Sonatas and Interludes for Prepared Piano: XIV. Sonata No. 11 03:47 Tools
Sonatas and Interludes for Prepared Piano: XII. Sonata No. 9 04:28 Tools
My Windows - Pausing, Awaiting The Wind To Rise 02:57 Tools
My Windows - Magma 02:09 Tools
Sonatas and Interludes for Prepared Piano: XX. Sonata No. 16 04:37 Tools
Synchronisms No. 6 for Piano and Tape 07:09 Tools
The Five Fingers: V. Moderato 00:42 Tools
Sonatas and Interludes for Prepared Piano: XVIII. Sonata No. 14 03:23 Tools
Sonatas and Interludes for Prepared Piano: XVI. Interlude No. 4 03:03 Tools
Sonatas and Interludes for Prepared Piano: XIX. Sonata No. 15 03:25 Tools
Three Movements from Petrouchka: I. Russian Dance 00:42 Tools
Three Movements from Petrouchka: II. Petrouchka's Room 00:42 Tools
The Five Fingers: I. Andantino 02:44 Tools
Sonatas and Interludes for Prepared Piano: XVII. Sonata No. 13 04:10 Tools
The Five Fingers: VIII. Pesante 01:19 Tools
Three Movements from Petrouchka: III. Shrovetide Fair 03:23 Tools
Piano-Rag-Music 01:19 Tools
Sonatas and Interludes for Prepared Piano: XV. Sonata No. 12 03:28 Tools
Valse pour les enfants 02:09 Tools
The Five Fingers: III. Allegretto 04:07 Tools
The Five Fingers: II. Allegro 04:07 Tools
Sonata for Piano No. 8 in A Minor, K. 310: I. Allegro Maestoso 04:37 Tools
Form 03:27 Tools
Form IV - Broken Sequences 00:30 Tools
Metamorphosis I 05:55 Tools
The Five Fingers: IV. Larghetto 04:10 Tools
Serenade in A: I. Hymne 04:10 Tools
Serenade in A: II. Romanze 03:10 Tools
Variations, op. 27: I. Sehr mässig 01:54 Tools
Serenade in A: IV. Cadenza Finala 03:07 Tools
Serenade in A: III. Rondoletto 02:46 Tools
Reflections 10:19 Tools
The Five Fingers: VI. Lento 05:55 Tools
Five Easy Pieces for Piano Duet: I. Andante 05:55 Tools
Metamorphosis III 05:42 Tools
Synchronisms Nos. 6 (1970) For Piano And Electronic Sounds 05:10 Tools
Three Easy Pieces for Piano Duet: III. Polka 05:42 Tools
Metamorphosis II 07:23 Tools
Fantasy 07:18 Tools
Three Easy Pieces for Piano Duet: II. Waltz 07:23 Tools
Sonata - 1924: I. Quarter note = 112 07:18 Tools
Glass: Metamorphosis Two 07:23 Tools
Metamorphosis V 05:10 Tools
Five Easy Pieces for Piano Duet: II. Espanola 05:10 Tools
Metamorphosis IV 06:57 Tools
Three Easy Pieces for Piano Duet: I. March 05:42 Tools
Variations, op. 27: III. Ruhig fliessend 06:57 Tools
Sonata for Piano No. 12 in F Major, K. 332: I. llegro 07:26 Tools
Night Fantasies 04:06 Tools
Movements from 'Petrouchka' - I Russian Dance 01:54 Tools
Movements from 'Petrouchka' - II Petrouchka's Room 01:54 Tools
Glass: Metamorphosis Three 05:42 Tools
Five Easy Pieces for Piano Duet: III. Balalaika 05:42 Tools
Five Easy Pieces for Piano Duet: V. Galop 05:42 Tools
Duo for Flute and Piano: IV. — 04:06 Tools
Rondo for Piano No. 1 in D Major, K. 485 05:18 Tools
Sonatas and Interludes, for prepared piano 04:06 Tools
Glass: Metamorphosis One 05:55 Tools
Three Movements from "Petrouchka": I. Russian Dance 05:55 Tools
Sonata for Piano No. 8 in A Minor, K. 310: III. Presto 05:55 Tools
Sonatas and Interludes for Prepared Piano: Sonata No. 5 05:55 Tools
Sonata - 1924: III. Quarter note = 112 05:55 Tools
Sonata No. 1 05:55 Tools
Sonata - 1924: II. Adagietto 05:55 Tools
Duo for Flute and Piano: I. — 01:41 Tools
Duo for Flute and Piano: III. — 02:09 Tools
Interlude No. 1 02:09 Tools
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Aleck Karis is a highly regarded American pianist, especially well known for his work in contemporary American music. He obtained his bachelor's degree from the Manhattan School of Music and his masters from the Juilliard School in New York, and teaches piano at the University of California San Diego. He lists his main teachers as Artur Balsam, Beveridge Webster, and William Daghlian. Although his repertory extends over the three centuries of piano music, he is best known for his work as pianist for such groups as Speculum Musicae, the Contemporary Music Group, the League-ISCM Chamber Players, and SONOR. With these and other modern-oriented groups he has played in such works as Sollberger's Angel and Song; Mamlock's Panta Rhei for piano trio; David Rakowski's Imaginary Dances; Wuorinen's Percussion Symphony; Babbitt's Arie da Capo and Groupwise; Crumb's Songs, Drones, and Refrains of Death; Lalo Schifrin's The Nick of Time; Jacob Druckman's Nor Spell nor Charm; William Kraft's Gallery 83; Wolpe's Oboe Quartet and Quintet with Voice; Rand Steiger's Double Concerto for piano and percussion; Poul Ruders' The Veils and Karl Aage Rasmussen's Movements on a Moving Line. Karis has recorded for Deutsche Grammophon, Composers Recordings Inc., Bridge Records, Centaur, Nonesuch, and Koch International. As an accompanist his credits include the complete vocal music of Eliot Carter on the Bridge label, Laura Clayton's Cree Songs, and Tobias Picker's Romance for violin and piano. His solo piano recordings include an unusually programmed release on Bridge featuring music of Fryderyk Chopin, Elliott Carter, and Robert Schumann, Roger Reynold's Variations for solo piano, a set of Mozart sonatas on Bridge, Eleanor Cory's Apertures, and the complete piano music (1911 - 1942) of Igor Stravinsky. He has performed in concert with the New York's Y Chamber Symphony, St. Luke's Chamber Orchestra, the Richmond Symphony, and the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra, and with various major symphony orchestras of the U.S. He has received a solo recitalist's fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts and two Fromm Foundation grants "in recognition of his commitment to music of our time." ~ Joseph Stevenson, All Music Guide Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.