Daniel Lentz (performed by Arlene Dunlap) - Point Conception (1984)

An epic 36-minute work for nine piano parts played in octaves, overdubbed in a 'cascading echo system', Point Conception was written by Pennsylvania-born composer Daniel Lentz in 1979.  It was named for the headland on the California coast that separates Southern and Central CA, and the layers of piano performed by Lentz's longtime collaborator Arlene Dunlap ably evoke the ebb and flow of the great tides.  The seemingly endless waves of sound are often like a grander version of John Adams' early piano pieces, e.g. Phrygian Gates.  Stirring stuff.

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Previously posted at SGTG: Music For Three Pianos, with Harold Budd & Ruben Garcia