Robert Beaser has emerged as one of the most accomplished creative musicians of his generation. Since 1982, when the New York Times wrote that he possessed a “lyrical gift comparable to that of the late Samuel Barber,” his music has won international acclaim for its balance between dramatic sweep and architectural clarity. “Landscape with Bells, a portrait in miniature, was composed in August of 1986 during an especially bucolic summer sojourn spent at “les Oiseaux”, a private country estate in Tarreytown, New York. There among the well-trimmed lawns, the duck ponds an wisteria, I began to enjoy an otherworldly mix of tranquility and euphoria experienced so rarely in one’s life. As a result, I began producing a series of “Bell” pieces, etching a semblance of my natural and manicured surroundings, drawing upon the distant yet ever present aroma of bells, both real and imagined”. Robert Beaser about the creation of his composition. “Changing Faces” New piano works published by European American Music Corporation Helicon Music Corporation (Introduction by Maurice Hinson)