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ID: SIGCD185 (EAN: 635212018521) | 2 CD | DDD Released in: 2010
- LABEL:
- Signum Records
- Collection:
- Instrumental
- Subcollection:
- Piano
- Composers:
- BACH, Johann Sebastian | BEETHOVEN, Ludwig Van | BUSONI, Ferruccio Benvenuto | CHOPIN, Frédéric François | MARCELLO, Alessandro
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Interprets:
- RHODES, James (piano)
- Other info:
“As someone who has never been to a music college, done my diploma in piano playing or participated in any competitions, I feel particularly blessed to have been able to choose to learn pieces of music for the simple reason that I absolutely love them. I have never been forced to slave for hours over a piece of music that doesn’t make my skin crawl with pleasure or raise my heartbeat to almost viagra-induced levels. This CD is a perfect example of me as a musician and piano-fanatic choosing works that for as long as I can remember have blown my mind.”
James Rhodes
CD 1
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| BACH, Johann Sebastian (1685-1750) / BUSONI, Ferruccio Benvenuto (1866-1924) | | | Toccata, Adagio & Fugue in C major, BWV 564 | | | 1. | Prelude | 7:11 | | | 2. | Intermezzo (Adagio) | 6:58 | | | 3. | Fugue | 5:29 | | | BEETHOVEN, Ludwig van (1770-1827) | | | Piano Sonata No. 30 in E major, Opus 109 L.V. | | | 4. | Vivace ma non troppo: Adagio espressivo | 4:34 | | | 5. | Prestissimo | 2:23 | | | 6. | Gesangvoll, mit innigster Empfindung | 14:57 | | | BACH, Johann Sebastian (1685-1750) | | | Partita No.6 in E minor, BWV 830 | | | 7. | Toccata | 6:24 | | | 8. | Allemanda | 3:12 | | | 9. | Corrente | 4:41 | | | 10. | Air | 1:21 | | | 11. | Sarabande | 8:02 | | | 12. | Tempo di Gavotta | 2:03 | | | 13. | Gigue | 5:00 | | | BACH, Johann Sebastian (1685-1750) / MARCELLO, Alessandro (1669-1747) | | | 14. | Adagio, from Concerto No.3 in D minor, BWV 974 | 4:54 | |
CD 2
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| BONUS CD | | | CHOPIN, Frédéric François (1810-1849) | | | 1. | Prelude No. 4 in E minor, Op. 28 | 2:41 | | | 2. | Etude No. 12 in C minor, Op. 25 | 2:40 | | | Interview with James Rhodes | | | 3. | On the Toccata, Adagio & Fugue in C major | 3:15 | | | 4. | On the Piano Sonata No.30 in E major | 4:04 | | | 5. | On the Partita No.6 in E minor | 3:20 | | | 6. | On the Adagio, from Concerto No.3 in D minor | 2:13 | | | 7. | On Recording | 3:14 | | | BACH, Johann Sebastian (1685-1750) / MARCELLO, Alessandro (1669-1747) | | | 8. | Video - Live at the Roundhouse, London | 5:07 | | “these are accounts to challenge the competition; his musicality and technical mastery held us with complete attention easily … Recommended.”
MusicalPointers.co.uk
“He obviously loves the big-boned majesty of Busoni’s transcription of Bach’s Toccata, Adagio and Fugue in C BWV 564, and brings a wildly emotional, personal insight into both Beethoven’s Sonata No 30 in E opus 10-9 and Bach’s Partita No 6 in E minor BWV 830 … fresh, vital and undeniably exciting.”
The Observer
“… an innovative and imaginative musician of real talent … his best playing here is the Bach Partita, outstanding in every way - lightly pedalled, lucidly voiced, with a lithe, rhythmic buoyancy and deeply expressive Sarabande.”
The Gramophone
“As someone who has never been to a music college, done my diploma in piano playing or participated in any competitions, I feel particularly blessed to have been able to choose to learn pieces of music for the simple reason that I absolutely love them. I have never been forced to slave for hours over a piece of music that doesn’t make my skin crawl with pleasure or raise my heartbeat to almost viagra-induced levels. This CD is a perfect example of me as a musician and piano-fanatic choosing works that for as long as I can remember have blown my mind.”
James Rhodes
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