Stress Position (CD)
Stress Position (CD)
Released by New Focus Recordings in October 2011, Stress Position features the piano works of Drew Baker played by renowned pianist Marilyn Nonken. See description below for more information and click images to view liner notes and artwork. Digital downloads available at iTunes and Amazon.
"Stress Position is an album of piano music by Chicago based composer and pianist Drew Baker; it is brilliant. His way of writing for the piano is based on the sonorities—the unique sounds a piano makes and the idiosyncratic way a piano makes them. It is extremely inventive and aurally seductive, and each piece speaks with its own voice."
- Ira Byelick, American Record Guide
Stress Position features 5 stunning performances of Drew Baker's piano music by renowned pianist Marilyn Nonken. Each piece presents the piano in a different light, from the eery resonances of Asa Nisi Masa to the otherworldly sounds of Gaeta to the politically-charged title track.
The CD features extensive liner notes by the composer and the beautiful cover art and graphic design by Jennifer Boyd.