Description:
Artist: Julia Hamos
Title: Ellis Island
Year Of Release: 2025
Label: Naive
Genre: Classical Piano
Quality: flac lossless (tracks)
Total Time: 00:59:09
Total Size: 207 mb
Tracklist
01. Játékok, Volume I: No. 74, Perpetuum mobile (objet trouvé)
02. Ellis Island (Version for Solo Piano)
03. 8 Klavierstücke, Op. 3: I. Inesorabile. Andante con moto
04. 8 Klavierstücke, Op. 3: II. Calmo
05. 8 Klavierstücke, Op. 3: III. Sostenuto
06. 8 Klavierstücke, Op. 3: IV. Scorrevole
07. 8 Klavierstücke, Op. 3: V. Prestissimo possibile
08. 8 Klavierstücke, Op. 3: VI. Grave
09. 8 Klavierstücke, Op. 3: VII. Adagio
10. 8 Klavierstücke, Op. 3: VIII. Vivo
11. Myself When I Am Real
12. Etudes, Book 1: No. 4, Fanfares
13. Mikrokosmos, Sz. 107: No. 148, Six Dances in Bulgarian Rhythm, No. 1
14. Mikrokosmos, Sz. 107: No. 149, Six Dances in Bulgarian Rhythm, No. 2
15. Mikrokosmos, Sz. 107: No. 150, Six Dances in Bulgarian Rhythm, No. 3
16. Mikrokosmos, Sz. 107: No. 151, Six Dances in Bulgarian Rhythm, No. 4
17. Mikrokosmos, Sz. 107: No. 152, Six Dances in Bulgarian Rhythm, No. 5
18. Mikrokosmos, Sz. 107: No. 153, Six Dances in Bulgarian Rhythm, No. 6
19. Játékok, Volume V: No. 33, Capriccioso – luminoso
20. Játékok, Volume III: No. 34, Play with Overtones (4)
21. Játékok, Volume VII: No. 23, Tears
22. Játékok, Volume VI: No. 30, Doina
23. 15 Hungarian Peasant Songs, Sz. 71: No. 1, Rubato
24. 15 Hungarian Peasant Songs, Sz. 71: No. 2, Andante
25. 15 Hungarian Peasant Songs, Sz. 71: No. 3, Poco rubato
26. 15 Hungarian Peasant Songs, Sz. 71: No. 4, Andante
27. 15 Hungarian Peasant Songs, Sz. 71: No. 5, Scherzo (Allegro)
28. 15 Hungarian Peasant Songs, Sz. 71: No. 6, Ballad. Theme with variations (Andante)
29. 15 Hungarian Peasant Songs, Sz. 71: No. 7, Allegro
30. 15 Hungarian Peasant Songs, Sz. 71: No. 8, Allegretto
31. 15 Hungarian Peasant Songs, Sz. 71: No. 9, Allegretto
32. 15 Hungarian Peasant Songs, Sz. 71: No. 10, L'istesso tempo
33. 15 Hungarian Peasant Songs, Sz. 71: No. 11, Assai moderato
34. 15 Hungarian Peasant Songs, Sz. 71: No. 12, Allegretto
35. 15 Hungarian Peasant Songs, Sz. 71: No. 13, Poco più vivo
36. 15 Hungarian Peasant Songs, Sz. 71: No. 14, Allegro
37. 15 Hungarian Peasant Songs, Sz. 71: No. 15, Allegro
38. Ungarische Melodie in B Minor, D. 817
"Ellis Island" is an odyssey in sound, the story of a pianist with dual origins, Julia Hamos, who, in this very first album, looks at her family roots, American and Hungarian, and displays a longing for adventure. She looks towards the Hungary of Bartok and Kurtag, engaging in a dialogue with the memory of her ancestors from Transylvania. Originally from the same region as Kurtag, her maternal grandfather knew Ligeti as a child.
This journey with it's haunting poetry will lead us also to New York, the pianist's first home, a place of hope and inspiration, which always feeds her creativity. Myself When I Am Real by Charles Mingus bursts forth, a fabulous moment, both poetic and pianistic, the zenith of this unusual and personal journey where the pianist, with a mellow yet clear sound palette, will have brought together in a fluid gesture the waking dreams of Schubert (Ungarische melodie, 1824), the very earthy and despair-tinged folklore of Bartok (Fifteen Hungarian Peasant Songs) and the torrential and enigmatic explosions of early Kurtag (8 Pieces Op. 3).
In this eminently personal journey, however, there is no narcissistic temptation. Because if the young musician plays, she above all wants to speak to us, with modesty, but not without determination. Her piano assembles words, choreographs rhythms, and also deploy it's range of pastels colours. This is demonstrated by the subtle selection of Jatekok, where the piano will embody a thousand faces, in turn itself (Capriccioso), percussion (Play with Overtones), harp (Perpetuum mobile) or violin duet with viola (Tears).
The two cycles of Bartok, with their characters so ironically sketched (Fifteen Hungarian Peasant Songs) and their sparkling rhythms (6 Dances in Bulgarian Rhythm), are no less alive. From the pianist's supple playing, from her silky legato, final streaks of melancholy will often escape.In all respects, "Ellis Island" is a fascinating experience - that of an artist who has found her voice.
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