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Diagrams & sonatas: discs of solo piano music Arvo Pärt and Ivor Gurney, neither composer well-known for writing in the genre
Ivor Gurney: Piano Sonatas 1 & 3, Adagio from Piano Sonata 2, Five Preludes; George Rowley; NaxosArvo Pärt: Diagrams, complete music for piano; Tähe-Lee Liiv; ERPReviewed 29 January 2024Two contrasting discs of piano music by 20th century composers who are not known for their work in the genre, highlighting our partiality when it comes to looking at repertoireIt is fascinating how fixated on a particular genre we can be with some composers. Sometimes this has to do with availability, until some brave editor makes the music available in a viable edition then with the best will in the world, the composer's recorded output might be a bit partial. But also, it seems that we do rather like pigeon-holing. Two discs from last year rather emphasised this, and both proved admirable showcases for a pair of talented young pianists. British pianist George Rowley recorded of Ivor Gurney's three Piano Sonatas and Five Preludes for Naxos, and […]
2022-03-01 12:12:00
’20 Sonatas’ – Stefanovich: Bach, Soler, Scarlatti, CPE Bach, Ives, Bartók, Eisler, Hindemith, Scriabin, Roslavets, Janáček, and Ustvolskaya, 27 February 2022
Queen Elizabeth HallBach: Sonata in A minor, BWV 965, after Reincken Soler: Sonata in C minor, R.100 Busoni: Sonatina seconda Scarlatti: Sonata in C minor, Kk.158; Sonata in G major, Kk.13 CPE Bach: Sonata in G minor, Wq.65/17 Ives: Three-Page Sonata Scarlatti: Sonata in C major, Kk.406 Bartók: Sonata, Sz.80 Scarlatti: Sonata in G minor, Kk.450 Eisler: Sonata no.1, op.1 Soler: Sonata in D-flat major, R.110 Hindemith: Sonata no.3 in B-flat major Soler: Sonata in G minor Scriabin: Sonata no.9 in F major, op.68, ‘Black Mass’ Scarlatti: Sonata in G minor, Kk.8 Roslavets: Sonata no.2 Scarlatti: Sonata in B minor, Kk.87 Janáček: Sonata in E-flat minor, 1.X.1905, ‘From the Street’ Ustvolskaya: Sonata no.6 Tamara Stefanovich (piano) Twenty piano sonatas over three fifty-minute-long recitals; avoiding the ‘core’ Classical and Romantic (broadly speaking) repertoire, from Haydn to Liszt; asking why composers might time and time again have returned to this genre, if […]
2020-11-21 10:00:39
A restlessness with the present: soprano Katharine Dain chats about her new recital disc 'Regards sur l'infini'
Sam Armstrong and Katharine Dain (Photo Hilde Verweij) The Dutch-American soprano Katharine Dain has a new album out with British pianist Sam Armstrong, Regards sur l'infini on 7 Mountain Records (released on 27 November 2020). The album, containing a century of French song from Claude Debussy (1862-1918), Olivier Messiaen (1908-1992), Claire Delbos (1906-1959), Henri Dutilleux (1916-2013) and Kaija Saariaho (born 1952), is a direct result of lock-down. The songs, which have physical or emotional links (for instance Delbos was Messiaen's first wife), all have music or text which was written at times of pivotal change, and more than that the album would not have come about in its present form without the space that lockdown gave for Katharine and her pianist friend Sam Armstrong to work extensively on the music, particularly Messiaen's Poèmes pour Mi. I spoke to Katharine via Zoom to find out more. So […]
2020-11-19 07:36:02
Handel Rinaldo; Delphine Galou, Francesca Aspromonte, Anna Maria Sarra, Raffale Pe, Luigi De Donato, Federico Benetti, Anna Bessi, Accademia Bizantina, Ottavio Dantone; HDB Sonus Reviewed by Robert Hugill on 18 November 2020 Star rating: 4.5 (★★★★½) Taken from live performances, this is a vivid account of Handel's first opera for London, recorded in Italy with a largely Italian castHandel's Rinaldo was his calling card opera for London. Premiered at the Queen's Theatre in 1711, it was the first major Italian opera written specifically for London. And Handel pulled out all the stops. He reused a great deal of music from his Italian period (1706-1710), and as a result the piece of full of terrific moments. So, even though the libretto leaves a lot to be desired, Rinaldo crops up moderately regularly.This new recording of Handel's Rinaldo features Ottavio Dantone and Accademia Bizantina, on their own new HDB Sonus […]
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