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ID: NMCD090 (EAN: 5023363009027) | 2 CD | DDD Released in: 2003
- LABEL:
- NMC
- Subcollection:
- Piano
- Composers:
- WEIR, Judith
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Interprets:
- BLENDIS, Simon (violin) | CASEN, Petra (piano) | HOWARD, William (piano) | TOMES, Susan (piano)
- Ensembles:
- Schubert Ensemble
- Other info:
Judith Weir's own choice of her chamber music featuring piano explore Weir's fascination with folk music: the sparkling Piano Concerto explores her Scottish roots.
Disc 1 was recorded for NMC in 2002; Disc 2 was originally released on Collins Classics.
Reissued with funding from Arts Council England.
CD 1
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| WEIR, Judith (b. 1954) | | | 1. | William Howard, piano/ The Schubert Ensemble; Piano Concerto: I | 8:06 | | | 2. | William Howard, piano/ The Schubert Ensemble; Piano Concerto: II The Sweet Primeroses | 4:31 | | | 3. | William Howard, piano/ The Schubert Ensemble; Piano Concerto: III | 3:17 | | | 4. | Simon Blendis, violin/ William Howard, piano; Music for 247 Strings | 8:56 | | | 5. | The Schubert Ensemble; Piano Trio - I | 4:57 | | | 6. | The Schubert Ensemble; Piano Trio - II | 4:52 | | | 7. | The Schubert Ensemble; Piano Trio - III | 6:14 | | | 8. | The Schubert Ensemble; Arise! Arise! You slumbering sleepers | 2:29 | | | 9. | The Schubert Ensemble; Piano Quartet: I | 9:46 | | | 10. | The Schubert Ensemble; Piano Quartet: II Blanche comme la neige | 8:15 | |
CD 2
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| 1. | Domus; Distance & Enchantment | 8:40 | | | 2. | Domus; The Bagpiper's String Trio: Salute | 2:31 | | | 3. | Domus; The Bagpiper's String Trio: Nocturne | 1:24 | | | 4. | Domus; The Bagpiper's String Trio: Lament, over the sea | 2:56 | | | 5. | William Howard, piano; The Art of Touching the Keyboard | 9:55 | | | 6. | The Schubert Ensemble; I Broke off a Golden Branch: I - Calm | 9:21 | | | 7. | The Schubert Ensemble; I Broke off a Golden Branch: II | 5:26 | | | 8. | William Howard & Petra Casen, pianos; Ardnamurchan Point | 8:28 | | | 9. | The Schubert Ensemble; El Rey de Francia | 1:38 | | | 10. | Susan Tomes, piano; The King of France | 7:31 | | "Small-scale and elusive... but they are anything but diminutive in their emotional power… she has the ability to make the most mundane of musical material seem surprising."
The Guardian Classical CD of the Week 2003
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