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ID: DCD34009
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Type: CD
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Collection: Instrumental
Subcollection: Piano
*world premiere recordings
Simon Smith’s astounding debut recording features a kaleidoscope of piano works by Scottish composers James MacMillan and Stuart MacRae. Smith’s fluency in these contemporary pieces is exuberant and definitive, from subtle murmur to virtuosic flourish.
"Simon Smith is a phenomenal pianist... A strong, meaty recital, played with complete authority by a remarkable young musician" - The Herald
"I'm impressed with the way Simon Smith plays this piece - he brings an extraordinary energy to the first movement and a good deal of sensitivity and shape to the second, and I'm very glad his interpretation has been recorded here." - Stuart MacRae
Track listing
James MacMillan
1. In angustiis...I
2. Birthday Present
3. Barncleupédie
4. Lumen Christi
Piano Sonata
5. I. Adagio
6. II. Grandioso ed affretando
7. III. Adagio
8. For Ian
9. A Cecilian Variation for JFK
10. Angel
Stuart MacRae
Piano Sonata
11. I. Variation
12. II. Erosion/Glacial
This recording was made possible with the assistance of the Scottlsh Arts Council. |
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ID: MCD2911
CDs: 1
Type: CD
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Collection: Chamber Music
Subcollection: Piano
24 Préludes Op. 28 : Agitato, Lento, Vivaco, Largo, Molto allegro, Lento assai, Andantino, Molto agitato, Largo, Molto allegro, Vivace, Presto, Lento, Allegro, Sostenuto, Presto con fuoco, Allegretto, Molto allegro, Vivace, Largo, Cantabile, Molto agitato, Moderato, Allegro appasionato, 4 Mazurkas op. 67: -, Vivace (1835) -, Cantabile (1849)-, Allegretto (1 35)-, Allegretto (1 46) -, 2 Nocturnes Op. 48 (1841): Lento -, Andantino
Carlo Levi Minzi: Piano |
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ID: QTZ2089
CDs: 1
Type: CD
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Collection: Instrumental
Subcollection: Piano
Chisato Kusunoki’s performances are highly regarded for their lyrical intensity and subtle virtuosity. They demonstrate an affinity for such important composer-pianists as Rachmaninoff and Medtner. The Times remarked on her ‘wonderfully fleet and supple fingers, quick to locate the music’s inner voices’ |
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ID: QTZ2088
CDs: 1
Type: CD
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Collection: Instrumental
Subcollection: Piano
John McCabe became known as a pianist, although he had written thirteen symphonies by the age of thirteen!
He has written for solo instrument, particularly for piano and this new CD from Quartz represents some of the finest. Upon Entering a Painting was commissioned by Piano 4 Hands, to whom it has been dedicated. |
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ID: 5060192780130
CDs: 1
Type: CD
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Collection: Instrumental
Subcollection: Piano
This is a sparkling compilation of English solo piano music and includes music by Delius, Quilter, Grainger, Warlock, Moeran, Bax, Gardner, Austin, O’Neill and Scott. All the works are performed by the Delius devotee, pianist and broadcaster Paul Guinery. This year we celebrate the 150th anniversary of Delius’ birth, so this is a timely release. |
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ID: CC5005
CDs: 1
Type: CD
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Collection: Instrumental
An Album of popular and not so well known romantic piano works.
Helen Reid makes her debut for Omnibus Classics
Helen Reid first came to public attention when she reached the Keyboard finals of the BBC Young Musician of the Year. She has given recitals at venues including the Wigmore Hall, Purcell Room, Fairfield Halls and Blackheath Halls, London, St. George's, Bristol, Cheltenham, the Bridgewater Hall, Manchester and the Aldeburgh and Buxton Festivals. In 2006 she was named a 'rising star' in The Independent. Helen is professor of piano at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama and Trinity College of Music Junior Department. |
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ID: CC2002
CDs: 1
Type: CD
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Subcollection: Piano
The CD booklet contains an article by Keith Fraser (in English, French and German) on the relationship between Robert and Clara Schumann and a description of each piece, accompanied by session photographs.
How much do pictures reflect reality? The image on the front of this CD is an anonymous copy of a photograph taken of Robert and Clara Schumann in 1850, the year after most of the pieces here were written. Robert, standing soberly by the piano, was actually addicted to wine, women and song. His drinking was referred to by Clara's father Friedrich Wieck in his attempts to prevent their marriage, and Robert's affairs were a problem for Clara. Not so the songs, of which he wrote more than 100 in 1840, the year he married Clara. He was 40 years old in this picture, by this time a thoroughly respected composer, though more successful in some genres than others. His earlier intention, to be a concert pianist, had been thwarted by a (possibly self-inflicted) injury to his right hand. And what of Clara? She was 31 and an acclaimed pianist. She had already given birth to six of her eight children (of whom seven survived). At this period she was also performing, but her pregnancies (and Robert's encouragement) had led to a flowering of her compositional skills. Her face - in common with other photos of her - seems to express a kind of abstracted melancholy. But here the copyist has lied; in the original photograph she is almost smiling. Certainly the years from her marriage until Robert's physical and mental health began its final decline in 1852 contained much ecstatic happiness. As she wrote in her diary soon after their marriage: "I am supremely happy, and becoming more so all the time - if my Robert is as happy as I am, then I will wish for nothing further - because of my love I could sometimes hurt him with my kisses; instead of becoming quieter (as they say one gets to become in a marriage) I become more fiery! - my poor beloved husband! Their relationship was one of mutual love and mutual support, though perhaps Clara was able to support Robert more than the other way round. She encouraged him constantly, and by performing his works at her concerts brought them into the public domain. Robert sometimes described her as his own "right hand". She was sociable and outgoing, he more private and reserved outside his own circle of friends. He needed her support, and indeed sometimes felt inadequate and depressed on her concert tours when she was the star soloist and and he could no longer play the piano properly. Clara's encouragement of Robert was from a position of equality, and the anonymous illustrator has made a blatent distortion in the picture by moving the angle of her head from upright in the original photograph to a more submissive position - forward and down. Copyright Jeremy Polmear 2002 |
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ID: AHR001
CDs: 1
Type: CD
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Collection: Instrumental
Subcollection: Piano
Christine Rayner plays Ludovico Einaudi’s music for solo piano in aid of UK Cancer Charities and Research. The calming influence of the pieces selected for this collection create a sanctuary in which the stresses of daily life have no place.
“On first hearing the beautiful Le Onde by Ludovico Einaudi in 2009 I was captivated. This piece touched me deeply, and playing his music has since become a vital part of my life.
The calming influence of many of Einaudi’s works creates for me a sanctuary in which the stresses of daily life have no place. His music would undoubtedly have inspired and uplifted me during the dark months of my chemotherapy eleven years ago, and I regret that it was unknown to me at that time.
With this in mind, I humbly present my selected pieces from Einaudi’s past albums as a compilation intended to offer the listener a restful hour of peace, calm and relaxation.”
At least £1 per copy sold will be Gift-Aid donated to UK Cancer Charities. Donations from sales will also go to directly help fund Prof. Roy Bicknell’s research into alternative treatments to chemotherapy. |
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ID: ART179
CDs: 1
Type: CD
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Subcollection: Piano
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ID: ERP7513
CDs: 1
Type: CD
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Collection: Instrumental
Recorded in Estonia Concert Hall on Nov 2nd and 3rd, 2013 |
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