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ID: DDA25007
CDs: 1
Type: CD
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Collection: Great Performers
Subcollection: Piano
Peter Seivewright has spent a good deal of time on a research mission to Venice and other European cities, retrieving the unpublished manuscript scores and preparing performing editions. One of the great revelations brought about by this work is that Galuppi, far from being a straightforward baroque composer writing for the traditional keyboard instruments (harpsichord and clavichord), which have been employed in all previous recordings, actually waited until the piano had been developed before creating most of his phenomenal output. Many of the original manuscripts are titled "Sonata for Pianoforte", and much of the writing, making substantial use of the sustain pedal, simply do not work on the earlier instruments. |
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ID: DDA25006
CDs: 1
Type: CD
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Collection: Great Performers
Subcollection: Piano
Peter Seivewright has spent a good deal of time on a research mission to Venice and other European cities, retrieving the unpublished manuscript scores and preparing performing editions. One of the great revelations brought about by this work is that Galuppi, far from being a straightforward baroque composer writing for the traditional keyboard instruments (harpsichord and clavichord), which have been employed in all previous recordings, actually waited until the piano had been developed before creating most of his phenomenal output. Many of the original manuscripts are titled "Sonata for Pianoforte", and much of the writing, making substantial use of the sustain pedal, simply do not work on the earlier instruments. |
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ID: DDA25085
CDs: 1
Type: CD
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Collection: Great Performers
Subcollection: Piano
Arensky was a fine pianist who actually made several recordings in the 1890s; his pianism is evident in his compositions for the instrument and he could easily be thought of as the Russian Chopin - brilliantly conceived works in the high Romantic tradition which deserve to be highly popular.
“[Arensky’s] music, that includes symphonies, concertos, chamber and instrumental pieces is extremely well crafted, and a strong melodic vein is a constant feature. The piano works that make up this issue reveal a master miniaturist. Many of the pieces last just over a minute, but their idiomatic timbre and graceful subtlety make them highly attractive creations. As in the previous recordings, Anthony Goldstone's love for this music is all too apparent, and his advocacy for these Arensky gems is splendidly accurate and spontaneous. That emotional touch is not amiss either. This is an exciting and wonderful conclusion to an innovative series” – Gerald Fenech (Classical Net) |
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ID: DDH27804
CDs: 1
Type: CD
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Collection: Historical Recordings
HISTORIC SOUND
Original recording 1934-35 (digitally remastered) |
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ID: DDA25080
CDs: 1
Type: CD
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Collection: Great Performers
Subcollection: Piano
McLachlan has long had a fine reputation as a performer of Russian music, as well as championing briliant but little-known composers such as Williamson and Chisholm (see the composer index). On this CD, he presents the Piano Sonatas nos 1 and 2 by Shostakovich with works by composers in his circle; though not Russian, the piece by Roland Stevenson is included both because it is based on Shostakovich's name, but also because Stevenson, politically, can genuinely be called a 'comrade' of those devoted to Socialism but fighting the Stalinist regime.
“Eloquent intensity.... McLachlan’s performance of [the Shostakovich 2] is very good indeed... McLachlan makes his personality felt in his firm delineation and intense lyricism” Performance - Recording - Calum MacDonald (BBC Music Magazine)
“An illuminating context [for the two Shostakovich sonatas]. Murray McLachlan plays with tremendous enthusiasm and conviction... the disc offers considerable pleasures. Those who opt for this release will be amply rewarded.” – Peter J,. Rabinowitz (Fanfare)
“A bounty of piano treats… Murray McLachlan’s programme offers a colourful cross-section of composition by the household names of the era. McLachlan’s idiomatic connection to the works on the programme is clearly evident as he brings off each with complete authority. The disparate elements of the [first Shostakovich Sonata] gel thanks to the driving momentum and vigorous brilliance of his playing.” – Louis Blois (DSCH Journal) |
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ID: DDA25003
CDs: 1
Type: CD
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Subcollection: Piano
Most of the piano works of McCunn (whose operas are being rediscovered), McEwen, and Mackenzie, who is acknowledged to be one of Elgar's main influences, are on this disc, all for the first time. Pieces ranging in mood from Chopin to Debussy via Liszt, and all with an unmistakeable Scottish lilt. Voted one of the best CDs of 1996 by "Scotland's Music" |
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ID: DDA25005
CDs: 1
Type: CD
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Collection: Great Performers
Subcollection: Piano
The first recording for some twenty years by a performer whose pioneering version of the Bliss piano concerto for EMI in the 1960's (now re-issued on Divine Art CD24106) drew undiluted praise. Trevor plays the great Bach/Busoni transcriptions, Myra Hess' version of "Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring" and (for the first time on CD) works by Australian composers Margaret Sutherland Felix Werder and Nigel Butterley. |
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ID: DDA25084
CDs: 1
Type: CD
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Collection: Great Performers
Subcollection: Piano
Our series continues with one of the lesser known figures of 20th century Russian music - and some wonderful music which is brilliantly constructed. This is high Romantic music at its very best; a sumptuous Sonata, and several more pieces which can be considered equal to the established repertoire and is truly among the most virtuosic and rich music ever written. |
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ID: DDA25083
CDs: 1
Type: CD
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Collection: Great Performers
Subcollection: Piano
Unknown piano gems written from 1906 to 1909 by the late-Romantic doyen of Russian early/mid 20th-century music, including the towering 25 Preludes, Op. 30, Mazurkas and Esquisses. Exquisite high Romantic music from a composer far better-known for his epic symphonies and orchestral works.
Reinhold Glière was born in Kiev and by 1913 had won fame both as a composer and conductor. For over 20 years from 1920 he was Professor of Composition at the Moscow Conservatory. He was probably the greatest musical survivor of his time - as well as being a highly respected teacher.
His music has characteristics of the style of Scriabin. The Preludes feature memorable melodies ranging from the virtuosic to the intense to intimate. They are considered to be the most important of Glière’s solo piano pieces - numbering over one hundred.
Originally briefly available on Olympia, this disc forms the third volume in a series exploring Russian Piano Music.
Described by The New York Times as “a man whose nature was designed with pianos in mind”, Anthony Goldstone is one of Britain’s most respected pianists. A sixth-generation pupil of Beethoven through his great teacher Maria Curcio, Anthony Goldstone was born in Liverpool. He studied with Derrick Wyndham at the Royal Manchester College of Music (which later honoured him with a Fellowship), later with Curcio in London.
“Expressively varied, cleverly crafted and thematically memorable works. Goldstone has the technique and the style to perform these works. The composer could hardly wish for a better advocate. Recommended? But of course.” – Barry Brenesal (Fanfare) |
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