Piano Northwest

- This disc's dramatic pianism reflects thespacious prairie beauty of the CanadianNorthwest.- The music on Piano Northwest rangesfrom small scale and intimate tolarge scale and orchestral; from musicsimple in it's clarity to works dense withcomplexity, requiring great resources ofvirtuosity on the part of the performer.- William Pura is a multi-disciplinarycomposer who has worked in a varietyof media, both digital and analogue.- The Edmonton-based pianist SylviaShadick-Taylor's highly expressiveperformances reflect intenseexplorations of composers' artisticvisions.