"The ten works in this volume were commissioned by The Carnegie Hall Corporation"--T.p. verso.
"... for pianists of intermediate through professional level"--Back cover.
Accompanying CD contains performances of the pieces, by Ursula Oppens, piano (recorded Sept. 7, 13, 20 and Dec. 10, 1999 at the American Academy of Arts and Letters).
Notes by the composers and the pianist in English, German and French; brief biographies of composers in English.
Contents of score and compact disc: Two diversions / Elliott Carter (8:02) -- The days fly by / Frederic Rzewski (8:20) -- On an unwritten letter / John Harbison (4:32) -- Ba ban / Chen Yi (5:57) -- Zwiesprache / Wolfgang Rihm (16:13) -- Image de Moreau / Louis Andriessen (3:43) -- The old order changeth / Milton Babbitt (6:33) -- Dew-fall-drops / Tan Dun (6:32) -- Lament / Ellen Taaffe Zwilich (7:05) -- John Brown and blue / Hannibal (7:39)