℗ 2024 Melody Eötvös, licensed exclusively to Australian Broadcasting Corporation
| Released | August 30, 2024 |
| Duration | 42m 42s |
| Record Label | ABC Classic |
| Catalogue No. | ABCL0093D |
| Genre | Classical (Keyboard) |
A Story from the Sand Dunes: Solo Piano Works by Melody Eötvös
Alex Raineri
Available in 48 kHz / 24-bit AIFF, FLAC audio formats
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Piano Sonata No. 2 "A Story from the Sand Dunes"
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1.1
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I. The Shore's Playground
Melody Eötvös; Alex Raineri |
5:55 | |||
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1.2
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II. The Party
Melody Eötvös; Alex Raineri |
4:10 | |||
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1.3
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III. Aesepige
Melody Eötvös; Alex Raineri |
6:30 | |||
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1.4
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IV. Your Crime Will Cost You Your Life
Melody Eötvös; Alex Raineri |
7:23 | |||
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1.5
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V. The King's Son Clasped His Maiden Fair
Melody Eötvös; Alex Raineri |
4:59 | |||
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Six Minikins
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1.6
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I.
Melody Eötvös; Alex Raineri |
1:37 | |||
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1.7
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II. For Taylah
Melody Eötvös; Alex Raineri |
1:33 | |||
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1.8
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III.
Melody Eötvös; Alex Raineri |
0:53 | |||
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1.9
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IV.
Melody Eötvös; Alex Raineri |
1:59 | |||
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1.10
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V. Hailey's Minikin
Melody Eötvös; Alex Raineri |
2:40 | |||
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1.11
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VI. Decembers
Melody Eötvös; Alex Raineri |
1:34 | |||
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1.12
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Danaid
Melody Eötvös; Alex Raineri |
3:29 | |||
Award-winning Australian composer Melody Eötvös communicates mystery and adventure within deeply sophisticated ideas in musical craft. For this album, she focuses on music for solo piano, with performances by internationally acclaimed ‘born communicator’ pianist Alex Raineri.
The main work, "A Story from the Sand Dunes", draws on the Hans Christian Andersen story of the young man Jörgen, raised in humble circumstances among the fisher-folk of Jutland, unaware that he is the orphan son of a noble Spanish couple, whose ship was wrecked in a storm. Eötvös has given the movements whimsical titles that seem to suggest a ‘happy ever after’ ending, but this is no quaint fairy tale; it is a profoundly human story of love, loss and justice, its key scenes brought to life in Eötvös’ passionate and eloquent music.
Eötvös’ music is performed here by Alex Raineri, a regular soloist with orchestras around Australia, a frequent guest artist at international festivals, and a passionate advocate for contemporary music who has given more than 140 world premiere performances. His awards include the Australian National Piano Award, ANAM Concerto Competition, and prizes at the APRA/AMCOS Art Music Awards and the Darmstadt Summer Courses for New Music in Germany.
48 kHz / 24-bit PCM – ABC Classic Studio Masters
| Track title | Peak (dB FS) | RMS (dB FS) | LUFS (integrated) | DR | |
Album average Range of values | -4.94 -9.04 to -1.01 | -27.45 -31.13 to -21.89 | -23.68 -26.60 to -18.20 | 12 11 to 16 | |
| 1 | I. The Shore's Playground | -8.10 | -28.34 | -25.3 | 12 |
| 2 | II. The Party | -1.83 | -22.25 | -19.4 | 11 |
| 3 | III. Aesepige | -4.82 | -27.38 | -23.4 | 13 |
| 4 | IV. Your Crime Will Cost You Your Life | -2.20 | -27.22 | -23.9 | 12 |
| 5 | V. The King's Son Clasped His Maiden Fair | -1.01 | -31.13 | -25.2 | 16 |
| 6 | I. | -3.25 | -25.81 | -22.7 | 12 |
| 7 | II. For Taylah | -8.83 | -30.19 | -26.2 | 12 |
| 8 | III. | -2.86 | -21.89 | -18.2 | 11 |
| 9 | IV. | -4.15 | -28.82 | -25.4 | 14 |
| 10 | V. Hailey's Minikin | -9.04 | -30.09 | -26.6 | 11 |
| 11 | VI. Decembers | -8.35 | -29.97 | -25.5 | 11 |
| 12 | Danaid | -4.81 | -26.28 | -22.4 | 11 |