Credits:

Daan Vandewalle

Description:

Frederick Jefsky (19382021), an American composer known for works such as *36 Variations on The Indomitable People.* Darn Vandevelle, a close friend of Jeffskys who has recorded his worksincluding *The Road (Complete)* and *The Complete Nano-Sonatas*for the Passacaille label, now presents this highly anticipated album featuring numerous world premiere recordings.The album title Mensch means human being in Yiddish and reflects his lifelong commitment to humanism and anti-establishment ideals. His debut works, *Chain of Thought* and *Cigarette Smoke*, composed when he was just 15, are particularly rare, and his neoclassical styleinfluenced by Ravel and Shostakovichis fascinating. Another characteristic of Jeffskys piano works is that many include narration by the performer. In *From the Deep Abyss*, he recites Oscar Wildes letters from prison, and in *Mikhail Bakunin, the Living on Unearned In