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Carlos Cipa is a Münich based composer-pianist. His piano technique and expression is equal to classical concert pianists. He trained classical piano, played drums on various bands and studied composition at the University of Music and Performing Arts in Munich. In 2012, he debut by “The Monarch and the Viceroy” from Denovali Records. He was major debut by “Retronyms” from Warner Classics in 2019.
Solo Albums
“The Monarch and the Viceroy” (Denovali Records, 2012)
Carlos Cipa’s debut album in 2012, and masterpiece of contemporary piano solo music and today’s Post-classical or Neo Classical music, by completed grandiose compositions and high skills. High tempo technical piano pieces. The melancholic and pathetic mood is common to all songs of this album. At the same time his songs recall various human emotions. For example, “Perfect Circles” suggests the feeling of new beginning and anxiety, “Monarch and the Viceroy” suggests loneliness and mediation, “Human Stain” suggests will and hope, “Lost and Delirious” suggests desire and lost.
That is to say this album is one of greatest today’s piano solo music. I want all Post-classical music, Classical music and piano solo music fans to listen.
All Your Life You Walk ((Self Released?), 2014)
A twelve tracked piano solo (?) album by Carlos Cipa released in 2014.
Almost songs left-hand arpeggio backing based middle-tempo songs. Some songs were arranged by effecters or effected piano dubbing. And his piano play made progress in using changing and dynamism of touch from mezzo piano to fortissimo.
“Needle In A Doll” is an impressive dynamic song. The song develops from weak touches of mezzo piano to a passionate expression of fortissimo.
“Broken Light” is a very good song. A sentimental also passionate song a dynamic and hard piano play from mezzo piano to fortissimo.
“Step Out From Home” is a silent and muted but keen impressive nice song like Ryuichi Sakamoto.
“No Where To Be Found” is a simple but impressive melancholic song, it associates the music of Fabrizio Paterlini.
I think the whole taste and the melodies are similar to them of George Winston. A serious and melancholic music is good for self-reflection.
Sculpture ((Self Released?), 2017)
A seven tracked piano solo album. These songs are relatively orthodox, relaxing and sentimental to the debut album. He didn’t use his virtuoso technique in this album, the piano play is calm and delicate.
The compositions are poetic, lyric and ambiguous compostions. Almost tracks have no clear theme and dynamic structure. A good work of Carlos Cipa. You can feel another aspect of Cipa, as the poetic, calm and silent taste.
Correlations (on 11 pianos) (Warner Classics, 2020)
Correlations (on 11 pianos) is a piano solo album by Carlos Cipa from Warner Classics in 2020. The album is consist of 16 tracks played by various acoustic (grand or upright) and electric pianos. All titles are attached the name of piano he played. All tracks are recorded by various piano and various spaces, and he might be compose a song and play by improvisation inspired by the piano and the atmosphere. And he made use of a sound of piano and an acoustics of atmosphere in each place.
This starts by improvisational floating piano pieces. In the middle part, the track 8, “We tell ourselves stories in oder to listen” is his iconic grandiose pathetic song. The track 9 “Promenade III” is a unique composition, cheerful minimal miniature. “Surges” is also Cipa’s iconic grandiose composition and virtuoso piano play song but the song is bright and refreshing one. In the later part, this album ends by improvisational ennui and melancholic songs own or suggest a slight will to the future.
This album is like a journey according to pianos and places by Cipa. Feel and enjoy.
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