William Brittelle

Composer-prankster William Brittelle is too smart for his own good, as shown on this album of 27 "hyper-romantic solo compositions" for piano. The stream-of-conscious run of generic Hollywood, crooner tunes, jazz melodies, soap-opera theme songs and Debussy exoticism sounds like a mad genius in a rehab unit where the piano is the only nurse. If you love the sustain pedal, legato melodies and an amnesiac's constant shift of focus, this is your album.