Immigration is the backdrop to this programme of American piano music, from the ethnic origins of the composers featured and, indeed, the pianist, to the album title (‘out of many, one’ in English). Liza Stepanova, Belarussian by birth, has curated a thoughtful and fascinating programme of music which, in one way or another, celebrates the heritage of each composer and their diversity in general. This ranges from the wistfully Stravinskian motion of Lera Auerbach’s ‘An Old Photograph from the Grandparents’ Childhood’ (one of 12 Scenes from Childhood, 2000) to the riotous Andean-Eastern European fusion of Karnavalito No 1 (2013) by Gabriela Lena Frank, of Peruvian, Chinese and Lithuanian Jewish ancestry. These bookend the disc.

The fractured flow of Chaya Czernowin’s fardanceCLOSE (2012) and British-born Anna Clyne’s On Track (2007) are the most advanced in technique, the former harmonically, the latter through its tape component, which manipulates harp figurations and a phrase from a speech by Queen Elizabeth II. The subject of Reinaldo Moya’s The Way North (2017, like Auerbach’s a cycle in 12 movements) is the act of migration itself: ‘La bestia’ (‘The Beast’) is a train used by migrants travelling through Mexico; ‘Rain Outside the Church’ depicts a shower along the way.

Inspirations vary. Pablo Ortiz’s milonga-tango fusion honours the late Argentinian writer Ricardo Piglia (1941-2017). Eun Young Lee’s Mool (Korean for ‘water’; 2012) is a tone-painting of Lake Michigan, although with resonances of Emily Dickinson, while Badie Khaleghian’s large triptych Táhirih the Pure (2017) depicts the mystical poetess Táhirih, who inspired 19th-century Persian women to throw off religious subjugation. (The refusal of the Iranian government to allow Khaleghian’s parents to attend his graduation in 2017 prompted this recording project.) Multiple playing techniques are used in this by turns dramatic yet meditative work, and (including vocalisations) in Kamran Ince’s volatile, at times volcanic single-movement Symphony in Blue (2012), depicting Burhan Dog˘ançay’s vibrant artwork Mavi Senfoni. Stepanova brings remarkable commitment and impressive virtuosity to these performances. Particularly good sound, too.