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2015 four CD set. Brad Mehldau's 10 Years Solo Live is culled from 19 live recordings made over a decade of the pianist's European solo concerts and is divided into four thematic subsets of four sides each: Dark/Light, The Concert, Intermezzo/Rückblick, and E Minor/E Major. Of the Dark/Light theme, he says, "In concerts, I find that I contrast dark and light emotional energies and highlight the way they depend on each other. Sides 1-4 focus on this dichotomy in pairs, beginning with the dark energy of Jeff Buckley's 'Dream Brother,' which is followed by the grace of Lennon/McCartney's 'Blackbird.'" He further says, "Although the songs on Sides 5-8 (The Concert) come from different concerts, on this set, I arranged them in a sequence similar to that I would perform in a single concert in 2010-11," he continues. "The third set could be thought of as Intermezzo and Rückblick-like in character. I'm thinking of the penultimate movement of Brahms's Third Piano Sonata with that title. Rückblick means a look backward, perhaps a reappraisal. Brahms's Intermezzo movement was a look back at what had taken place in his Sonata before moving to the final movement. Here, the listener is invited to look back to music that was recorded 10 or more years ago, in 2004 and 2005." Mehldau explains that his approach to the sequence of the fourth set "is to focus on the rub between the keys of E minor and E major. I return to the theme of dark and light from the first set, now allowing the listener to focus on how 'dark' and 'light' might manifest in tonality."
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TRACK LISTINGS
Disc: 1
1. Dream Brother (Live)
2. Blackbird (Live)
3. Jigsaw Falling Into Place (Live)
4. Meditation I - Lord Watch Over Me (Live)
5. And I Love Her
6. My Favorite Things
7. This Here
Disc: 2
1. Smells Like Teen Spirit
2. Waltz for J. B.
3. Get Happy
4. I'm Old Fashioned
5. Teardrop
6. Meditation II - Love Meditation
7. Holland
8. Knives Out (Version 1)
Disc: 3
1. Lost Chords
2. Countdown
3. On the Street Where You Live
4. Think of One
5. Medley: Zingaro / Paris
6. John Boy
7. Brahms: Intermezzo in B-flat major, Op. 76: No. 4
8. Junk
9. Los Angeles II
10. Monk's Mood
11. Knives Out (Version 2)
Disc: 4
1. Le Mémoire et la Mer
2. Hey You
3. Bittersweet Symphony / Waterloo Sunset
4. Brahms: Intermezzo in E minor, Op. 119: No. 2 (Live)
5. Interstate Love Song
6. God Only Knows
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