Piano Music Of Percy Grainger

On this CD:

1. Molly on the Shore for piano, BFMS 19
Composed by Percy Grainger
Performed by Eugene List

2. Irish Tune From County Derry for piano, BFMS 6
Composed by Percy Grainger
Performed by Eugene List

3. Country Gardens for piano (or piano, 4 hands or 2 pianos, 4 hands or 2 pianos, 8 hands)
Composed by Percy Grainger
Performed by Eugene List

4. Spoon River for piano, AFMS 1
Composed by Percy Grainger
Performed by Eugene List

5. Jutish Medley, for piano Choosing the Bride
Composed by Percy Grainger
Performed by Eugene List

6. Jutish Medley, for piano The Dragons' Farewell
Composed by Percy Grainger
Performed by Eugene List

7. Jutish Medley, for piano Husband and Wife
Composed by Percy Grainger
Performed by Eugene List

8. Jutish Medley, for piano The Shoemaker from Jerusalem
Composed by Percy Grainger
Performed by Eugene List

9. Jutish Medley, for piano Lord Peter's Stable Boy
Composed by Percy Grainger
Performed by Eugene List

10. Mock Morris for piano
Composed by Percy Grainger
Performed by Eugene List

11. Sussex Mummers' Christmas Carol, The, for piano, BFMS 2
Composed by Percy Grainger
Performed by Eugene List

12. Shepherd's Hey for piano, BFMS 4
Composed by Percy Grainger
Performed by Eugene List

13. My Robin is to the Greenwood Gone for piano, OEPM 2
Composed by Percy Grainger
Performed by Eugene List

14. Over the Hills and Far Away, for piano (or 2 pianos 4-hands or band), RMTB 4 ("Children's March")
Composed by Percy Grainger
Performed by Eugene List

15. Handel in the Strand for piano (or piano, 4 hands or piano trio or string orchestra)
Composed by Percy Grainger
Performed by Eugene List

16. Ramble on Richard Strauss's Love duet From "Der Rosenkavalier"
Composed by Percy Grainger
Performed by Percy Grainger

17. Country Gardens for piano (or piano, 4 hands or 2 pianos, 4 hands or 2 pianos, 8 hands)
Composed by Percy Grainger
Performed by Percy Grainger

Tracks:

Amy Beach: Romance
Percy Grainger: Molly on the Shore
Dvorak: Songs My Mother Sang
Sibelius: Musette
Marion Eugenie Bauer: Up the Ocklawaha
Chopin: "Minute" Waltz
Carl Venth: Aria
Selim Palmgren: May Night
Coleridge-Taylor: Deep River
Dvorak: Humoreske
H.P. Danks: Silver Threads Among the Gold
Herman Bellstedt, Jr.: Caprice on Dixie
Henry Holden Huss: Romance
Harry Mathena Gilbert: Marionettes (Scherzo)
Cecil Burleigh: Four Rocky Mountain Sketches
Cecil Burleigh: Four Rocky Mountain Sketches
Cecil Burleigh: Four Rocky Mountain Sketches
Cecil Burleigh: Four Rocky Mountain Sketches
Massenet: Twilight
Max Liebling: Fantasia on Sousa Themes
J. Rosamund Johnson: Nobody Knows the Trouble I See

Album Description

"Everything about this release by violinist Rachel Barton Pine is exceptional." --ClassicsToday [10/10] (on Scottish Fantasies)

"Recordings don't get any better than this." -- ClassicsToday [10/10] (on Brahms & Joachim Violin Concertos)

Tracks:

Carnival Of The Animals: Introduction and Royal March of the Lion
Carnival Of The Animals: Hens and Cocks
Carnival Of The Animals: Wild Jackasses
Carnival Of The Animals: Tortoises
Carnival Of The Animals: The Elephant
Carnival Of The Animals: Kangaroos
Carnival Of The Animals: Aquarium
Carnival Of The Animals: Personages with Long Ears
Carnival Of The Animals: The Cuckoo in the Depth of the Forest
Carnival Of The Animals: Aviary
Carnival Of The Animals: Pianists
Carnival Of The Animals: Fossils
Carnival Of The Animals: The Swan
Carnival Of The Animals: Finale
The Young Person's Guide To The Orchestra, Op. 34: Theme: Full orchestra
The Young Person's Guide To The Orchestra, Op. 34: Woodwinds Theme
The Young Person's Guide To The Orchestra, Op. 34: Brass Theme
The Young Person's Guide To The Orchestra, Op. 34: Strings Theme
The Young Person's Guide To The Orchestra, Op. 34: Percussion Theme
The Young Person's Guide To The Orchestra, Op. 34: Full orchestra Theme
The Young Person's Guide To The Orchestra, Op. 34: Variation I: Flute, Piccolo (Presto)
The Young Person's Guide To The Orchestra, Op. 34: Variation II: Oboes (Lento)
The Young Person's Guide To The Orchestra, Op. 34: Variation III: Clarinets (Moderato)
The Young Person's Guide To The Orchestra, Op. 34: Variation IV: Bassons (Allegro alla marcia)
The Young Person's Guide To The Orchestra, Op. 34: Variation V: Violins (Brillante - alla polacca)
The Young Person's Guide To The Orchestra, Op. 34: Variation VI: Violas (Meno mosso)
The Young Person's Guide To The Orchestra, Op. 34: Variation VII: Cellos
The Young Person's Guide To The Orchestra, Op. 34: Variation VIII: Doublebasses (Comminicando lento, ma poco accel.)
The Young Person's Guide To The Orchestra, Op. 34: Variation IX: Harp (Maestoso)
The Young Person's Guide To The Orchestra, Op. 34: Variation X: Horns (L'istesso tempo)
The Young Person's Guide To The Orchestra, Op. 34: Variation XI: Trumpets (Vivace)
The Young Person's Guide To The Orchestra, Op. 34: Variation XII: Trombones, Tuba (Allegre pomposo)
The Young Person's Guide To The Orchestra, Op. 34: Variation XIII: Percussion (Moderato)
The Young Person's Guide To The Orchestra, Op. 34: Fugue: Full orchestra (Allegro molto)
Peer Gynt: Suite No. 1, Op. 46: Morning
Peer Gynt: Suite No. 1, Op. 46: Ase's Death
Peer Gynt: Suite No. 1, Op. 46: Anitra's Dance
Peer Gynt: Suite No. 1, Op. 46: In the Hall of the Mountain King
Peer Gynt: Suite No. 2, Op. 55: Solveijg's Song
Funeral March of a Marionette
Hans Christian Anderson -- Medley
Kid Stuff

Customer Reviews:

Exciting performance.......2007-04-16

This was one of my favorite record albums when I was young. It was a pleasure to introduce to my grandchildren. MOST important is the narrative that starts each track. Many of the other versions do NOT include this. They were my most favorite memories, and the children still resond to them today.

A no - brainer.......2002-04-16

Simply, the best. The best performances, the best sound, the best narration. The best. 'Nuff said.

Great Fun.......2001-11-22

The other reviewer is off base. If you don't want narration get a recording without it. With narration or not, Saint-Saens chose his animals and gave his musical interpretation of their appearance. Children can enjoy the verses although Hugh Downs does not have as much fun with them as some narrators. This is a great CD if you want to develop a child's interest in classical music.

Beautiful music, but too much narrative........2000-09-03

This "unwashed" recording has the exhilarating tonality of a live performance which many modern digitals lack. Saint-Saen's "Carnival of the Animals" was my 4-year-old's favourite, followed by Grieg's "In the Hall of the Mountain King" and Gounod's "Funeral March of a Marionette".

Odgen Nash's verses, written to accompany Saint-Saen's work are too clever for young children, who will miss out on the word-play and puns. Also, they tend to interpret the experience too much, which interferes with their imaginations. If a child prefers to make-belief in dragons, for example, as opposed to lions, then there is all of Hugh Down's recitations to sit through and ignore first, since the tracks do not separate the narrative from the music.

Tracks:

Fantasia On A Theme By Thomas Tallis
Gymnopedie
Gymnopedie
Adagio For Strings
Pavane
Irish Tune From County Derry (Danny Boy)

Customer Reviews:

Lush 19th and 20th century compositions.......2007-04-11

I purchased this album (first on cassette then on CD) at the beginning of my interest in classical music. This collection is uniformly dramatic and, with one exception, unforgetable.

Vaughn Williams' Fantasia is a beautiful, sweeping rush of of sound and silence. It is by far the longest track on the album, and not something to put on for gentle background music, as the piece moves from piano to forte.

Ironically, Satie's two pieces (written for piano, arranged for strings by Debussey) are described as "wallpaper music", in that they are meant to be heard as much as wallpaper is meant to be seen. Still, the first of the two Gymnopedie is sweet and sad, and the second is a little more sophisticated and aware. Note: I do think that the tracks are mislabeled on the CD; I checked the sheet music for Gymnopedies #1 and #3, and they did not correspond to the numbers on this albumn.

Despite its use in movies, I had never heard Barber's Adagio for Strings until this album, and it brought me to tears. I will argue to anyone who cares to listen that this is the finest recording (at least, that I have yet encountered). It is slightly less adagio than many, but other recordings do not have the courage to push forward the dissonance that drives the piece. When it builds and builds to the climax, and then holds there, it rips your heart out. Slatkin is a fantastic showman, and gets every bit of the drama out of this piece. Absolutely love it.

Faure's Pavenne is a nice antidote to the operatic emotion of the Adagio. A little cynical, a little jaded, but still there is beauty in the world.

Unfortunately for me, the "Danny Boy" interpritation sticks out like a particularly sore thumb. While every piece on this CD is emotional, this one feels manipulative. It doesn't have the complexity of any of the previous pieces. More than any of the others, it sounds like a movie score, written and performed to punch up the emotion of a scene. Not surprisingly, I usually skip this one.

A Desert Island Disc.......2007-04-11

There are several fine orchestral versions of the Satie's Gymnopédie. One of my favorite collections is by Slatkin's,in beatiful and luminous Telarc sound. It has other meditative pieces to contemplate as well: Vaughan Williams's famous Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis; Barber's Adagio for Strings (a tear-jerker used in the movie "Platoon"); and a version of "Danny Boy" that you won't easily forget. This is one of those discs you keep in your car for traffic jams.

A Great Listen.......2006-02-22

Upon a first listen, I was impressed with the orchestra's ability to feel the music so well. The Vaughn Williams is exceptional, the beginning seems to float in out of a mist and Slatkin takes great care to make sure the work dosen't rush. The reason for four stars and not five is because of the "Adagio". This work has great dynamic contrast, but it feels rushed. The strings, especially at the climax, make the work sound overdramatic. The same can be said for the "Irish Tune."
Telarc's usually brilliant sound lies flat and lifeless, and too quiet for playback volume.

A personal must-have.......2005-08-31

While I agree with the comments made by Maxwell Johnson regarding the Satie and Barber performances on this CD, I cannot do without this version of Vaughan Williams's Fantasia. It is by far the finest, most thoughtful and most moving rendition I've heard. Sure, the recording quality could be better. However, I have three other better quality recordings of this piece, and the performances are all unlistenable after having my discovery this particular one. I suspect to someone who is more accustomed to hearing a conductor rush through this piece, usually out of fear it'll come across ponderous and tedious, this performance may sound sluggish. But this rendition is truly more fitting for Vaughan Wiilliams, who can be a bit more indulgent for more impatient listeners, and also for Thomas Tallis, whose brilliant theme deserves to be relished thoroughly, istead of merely glanced at in passing on a hurried way to the end.

The other thing is I find the woodwind performance on the Faure to be excellant, and seeing this piece is usually recorded as the choral version, thus the voices obscure Faure's gorgeous woodwind orchestration, this is a rare delight.

I am happy this CD is still available, despite it's drawbacks. While I doubt I'll ever like the Satie pieces on this (they are rather lifeless), I can enjoy the Barber despite the performance's flaws (it's an overrated piece anyhow). Regardless, I just consider those extra tracks to the Vaughan Williams and Faure, which make this CD worth my money.

A pleasant but not great recording.......2002-01-17

In contrast to other Amazon reviewers, I found this CD less than completely satisfying. A few very brief observations:

1. Significant pitch problems can be heard in the strings on the Barber Adagio. Passages that should shimmer instead grate on the ears.

2. The Satie selections are particularly flat and lifeless, as though Mr. Slatkin felt the need to create a "soothing" sound rather than one that adequately captures the playful smile always peeking out of Satie's music.

3. The gorgeous harmonies and inner passages in the Grainger Tune from County Derry were given short shrift in favor of swoopy dynamics.

4. Throughout the disc the playing seemed tentative, in some instances almost hesitant.

Tracks:

Toccata & Fugue In D Minor, BWV 565
First Suite In E-Flat Major For Military Band, Op. 28, No. 1: I. Chaconne
First Suite In E-Flat Major For Military Band, Op. 28, No. 1: II. Intermezzo
First Suite In E-Flat Major For Military Band, Op. 28, No. 1: III. March
...And The Mountains Rising Nowhere
Cantata No. 147: 'Herz und Tat und Leben': Jesu, Joy Of Man's Desiring
Lincolnshire Posy: I. Dublin Bay (Lisbon)
Lincolnshire Posy: II. Harkstow Grange
Lincolnshire Posy: III. Rufford Park Poachers
Lincolnshire Posy: IV. The Brisk Young Sailor
Lincolnshire Posy: V. Lord Melbourne
Lincolnshire Posy: VI. The Lost Lady Found
'Country Band' March
Festive Overture, Op. 96
The Lads Of Wamphray March
Flight Of The Bumblebee
Glory Of Catalonia
The Stars And Stripes Forever!

Customer Reviews:

Extraordinary music.......2006-08-08

Thoroughly enjoyable. I play it all the time at work - and I'm a legal assistant so I NEED stress relief!

Excellent.......2005-08-04

This is a good CD that offers a broad range of literature. As for Eastman Wind Ensemble, they seem to lack a little emotion, but they sure have the technical aspects down. But this consists of classics from centuries of music, from Baroque (Toccatta in D Minor by J.S. Bach) to the postmodern (...and the Mountains rising nowhere). So if you are a fan of timeless wind ensemble, then this is the CD for you (and fortunately, it's inexpensive :-).

Good program, occasionally shaky performance.......2004-06-22

Any Band enthusiast knows that the Eastman Wind Ensemble is the back bone of what we do, they were the first "wind ensemble" and the recordings are still standard. The original Mercury Monos of the 50s are all must-owns despite the poor recording quality occasionally. "Live in Osaka" is an outstanding cd, and is a great crash course in band music (who ever dreamed of putting the Holst Suite, Lincolnshire, Stars and Stripes and Festive all on ONE CD?!) but the performance falls short in a few places. There is some brass inaccuracy in Festive Overture, Stars and Stripes and a BIG splat at the end of the "March" in the Holst Suite #1. Don't get me wrong, this is overall a solid performance and a CD I enjoy listening to. I also question Hunsburger's tempos in Lincolnshire a tad, he takes off for the races in the first movement! Even though its great to have them all on one cd, get yourself a good mix of the Mercury Monos and some Cleveland Symphonic Winds cds if you want "standard band lit".

Eastman another very good cd..........2002-10-18

Eastman Wind ensemble is one of the best wind orchestras in the world ,in the same class as the Tokyo Kosei wind orchestra.
As always the eastman wind amazes us with theyr very good musicality and ensemble...another very good cd to own for any wind player....

simply magnificent ! .............2002-06-04

That an ensemble could play this beautifully is hard to imagine. If you've ever enjoyed a wonderful ensemble, a perfect concert, or a the thrill of a "tight", well-rehearsed concert band, you know then what to expect from this CD. The performances are great and the sound magnificent. The selection of music spans traditional to modern, and the ensemble rises to the occasion no-matter what the piece. A must-buy CD.

Average customer rating:

Takes you back in time
Rich in depth, broad in scope

And the Band Played On
Robert Vollstedt , Sydney Baynes , John Philip Sousa , Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky , Percy Grainger , Pietro Mascagni , Paul Lincke , Franz Schubert , Scott Joplin , Joachim Raff , Irving Berlin , Antonin Dvorak , Edward Elgar , Lowell Mason , Thomas Furi , Werner Giger , Lorenz Hasler , Bela Szedlak , Ferenc Szedlak , and I Salonisti
Manufacturer: Decca
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Binding: Audio CD

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I Salonisti Play Music From Titanic, Casablanca, The Godfather, Schindler's List, Sense And Sensibility And More
Tangos Argentinos

ASIN: B0000042I2
Release Date: 1998-01-13

Tracks:

Comic Cake Walk
Destiny
El Capitan
None But The Lonely Heart
Molly On The Shore
Cavalleria Rusticana: Intermezzo
Lysistrata: Gluhwurmchen-Idyll
Schwanengesang: Standchen
Elite Syncopations
Wiener Blut
Cavatine
Everybody's Doing It Now
I Salonisti: Humoresque
Pomp & Circumstance March No.1
Nearer My God To Thee

Customer Reviews:

Takes you back in time.......2005-08-24

You can almost hear the great ship sail, the passengers whisper as I Salonisti gives the heart of a full orchestra in their small ensemble. If you don't fall in love with 'Destiny', you don't have a heart. There is an ethereal echo in the recording that gives it a concert-hall sound, which only adds to the beauty of each song. The only (miniscule) improvement they could have made was to put the version of 'Nearer My God to Thee' they played in the movie--it had a melancholy bareness that is missing from the version on this album. Still, this is wonderful music for afternoon teas and romantic dinners--really, any time you want to escape modern life. These guys get it.

Rich in depth, broad in scope.......2000-03-26

This recording is a must for the eclectic music lover. The artistic skills are first class. The sound in magnificent. The feeling and passion of presentation are tops. The selections are excellent. My personal favorite presentation is the use of a concert grand piano to play bass scores. Just Awesome.

Average customer rating:

Excellent Solo Debut
First rate album!
Phenomenal Player!

Jens Lindemann: Flying Solo
Eden Ahbez , Alexander Arutiunian , Samuel Barber , Fryderyk Chopin , Claude Debussy , George Gershwin , Percy Grainger , Jeno Hubay , Jens Lindemann , Franz Liszt , Fernando J. Obradors , Rob Parisi , Bobby Troup , Thomas (Fats) Waller , Clarence Williams , Brad Ellis , and Jennifer Snow
Manufacturer: Marquis Music
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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Jens Lindemann: Rising Sun
Caprice - Alison Balsom
Amanda
Bach: Works for Trumpet
Music for Trumpet and Organ

ASIN: B00007JTXJ
Release Date: 2003-06-24

Tracks:

Girl With the Flaxen Hair
Handful of Keys
Sugar Blues
Vito
Amazing Grace Variations
Danny Boy
Three Preludes
Three Preludes (Continued)
Three Preludes (Continued)
Oh Quand Je Dors
Etude Op. 10, No. 2
Hejre Kati
Sure on This Shining Night
Nature Boy
Irish Washerwoman
Their Hearts Were Full of Spring
Nocturne Op. 9, No. 2
Al Amor
Del Cabello Mas Sutil
Con Amores, La Mi Madre
Elegy
Play That Funky Music

Product Description

As both a soloist and former lead trumpet of the world-renowned Canadian Brass for five years, Jens Lindemann has developed a critically acclaimed career as an international virtuoso. This new solo CD is a perfect showcase for his talent. He is accompanied by pianists Jennifer Snow and Brad Ellis.

Customer Reviews:

Excellent Solo Debut.......2006-09-12

Lindemann's musicality, technique, and showmanship is evident
here on a very high level. Of particular interest is
his very effective use of plunger to subtly modify his sound.
The Gershwin preludes are especially entertaining. He uses
the extreme high high register a bit more frequently than
I would wish, but with high range this strong, it's easy to
see why he would want to use it.

This is, overall, extremely musical playing. Minor quibbles
can be made about intonation in some spots, but the listener
will forgive these when the playing is so infectious and
the tone so fine. I found myself laughing on occasion because
I was having so much fun listening to what the artist was doing
with these pieces. It is apparent that Lindemann and his fine
accompanists were having a great time with this music. Buy this
disc and you will too.

First rate album!.......2006-03-06

Jens Lindemann really makes a name for himself with this album. Anyone who enjoys trumpet music will probably enjoy this. Jens is a true master at mixing jazz, pop and classical styles seamlessly. This album has a good mix of classical and jazz hits to suit anyone's taste. After first hearing Jens' beautiful tone when he played with the Canadian Brass, I was eagerly awaiting his first solo album. I had no idea his talent was so immense until I heard some of the songs on this album. His arrangement of Chopin's Etude No. 2 requires circular breathing for the entire piece. I think his variations on Amazing Grace are the best I've ever heard. There is even some insanely high stuff for those of you who like a little squealing now and then! ;)

Phenomenal Player!.......2005-12-01

Jens is one of the few trumpet players out there that can move with me a single note. There are some great tracks on this CD that showcase his technical brilliance, but most of the tracks show off his lyrical ability, especially the first track. My only personal complaint was with the choice of some of the 'pop' tracks - they just aren't really my kind of music, but Jens plays everything with wonderful clarity and fluidity (as expected).

Songs of Scotland / Marie McLaughlin · Malcolm Martineau

Average customer rating:

Gorgeous CD
a disappointment from Hyperion

Songs of Scotland / Marie McLaughlin · Malcolm Martineau
Scottish Traditional , Percy Grainger , Alice Chambers Bunten , Robert Burns , English Traditional , Anonymous , Marie McLaughlin , Malcolm Martineau , and Isobel Frayling-Cork
Manufacturer: Hyperion UK
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Release Date: 2000-04-11

Tracks:

Loch Lomond
O, Whistle and I'll Come to You, My Lad
Jock O' Hazeldean
Comin' Thro' the Rye
Ye Banks and Braes O' Bonnie Doon
Dance to Your Daddy
Flowers O' the Forest
Skye Boat Song
Cockle Gatherer
Fairy's Love Song
Gallant Weaver
Fidgety Bairn
Keel Row
There's Nae Luck About the House
Island Sheiling Song
White Cockade
Bonnie Wee Thing
Air Falalalo
Rosebud by My Early Walk
Hush-A-Ba, Birdie, Croon, Croon
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My Love's in Germany
Winter It Is Past
Tocherless Lass
Laird O' Cockpen
Kind Robin Lo'es Me
Ca' the Yowes
Queen's Maries
Rowan Tree
Bonnie Earl O'Moray
O Willie's Gane Tae Melville Castle
Scots Wha Hae
Wee Cooper O' Fife

Customer Reviews:

Gorgeous CD.......2003-09-16

I actually haven't taken this CD out of the player since I got it. In my humble opinion. Hyperion is the classiest label going; in fact, I'll buy Hyperion CDs even without being familiar with the singers, because I trust the producers. I saw this CD classified in the folk section at the library--but I knew better. Marie McLaughlin is a real singer, not a folk singer, and she does justice to these beautiful songs. I'd rather hear a classically trained singer sing folk songs than a folk singer sing anything.

a disappointment from Hyperion.......2001-06-21

I do not wish to be too harsh on this album...there is nothing glaringly wrong with it. My main quibble is with the title: "Songs of Scotland." These songs may well be "from" Scotland...but they are not "of Scotland."

The music on "Songs of Scotland" is great--as long as you are looking for very English, semi-operatic readings of these Scottish songs.

Mrs. McLaughlin (an opera singer) sings beautifully; but in the style she is most accustomed too. Mr. Martineau certainly knows his way around a piano and as with Mrs. McLaughlin's singing, I find no fault in his playing here.

My quibble, which may well be minor to some...was that I expected much more "Scottish" sounding renditions of these songs; in this regard, I was disappointed.

Customer Reviews:

Wow!.......2005-08-27

This CD has rarely left my player since I opened it several days ago. I thought I knew what to expect from Piano Duo Genova & Dimitrov because I had previously acquired their CD of French two-piano concerti (Milhaud, Poulenc, Casadesus) and had written a glowing review of it here, but I was simply bowled over by the verve, rhythmic snap, contrapuntal clarity and articulation of this release. If anything it is even more pleasing than its predecessor. Bravo!

All the music presented here -- with the one exception of Copland's 'Danzón Cubano' written for piano duo -- was arranged for two pianos from other sources. And all those arrangements -- again with one exception, that of Gershwin's three 'Piano Preludes' -- are marvelous. Needless to say, all of the works are given sterling performances here by this Bulgarian (by way of Hanover, Germany) duo. The problem with Gregory Stone's arrangements of the Gershwin Preludes, originally for single piano, is that he cannot resist adding some unnecessary pianistic fripperies to Gershwin's quite sufficient scores. One understands his need to add more, having twenty fingers at his disposal, but one doesn't understand why he felt the necessity to make the arrangement in the first place. (That said, I will admit that in the Third Prelude his insertion of a lightning-fast concluding run in parallel tritones is electrifying.) Genova and Dimitrov play them beautifully. All the other arrangements are from orchestral scores and the presence of two virtuoso pianists to present their complexities makes sense.

Stone's arrangement of Gershwin's 'Cuban Overture' is fine, and even better is Percy Grainger's 18-minute 'Porgy and Bess Fantasy.' Copland's 'El Salón Mexico' is presented in its piano duo arrangement by Leonard Bernstein, who also made a one-piano version at the request of Copland, his close friend. Finally, Bernstein's 'Symphonic Dances' from 'West Side Story', a work frequently on pops concerts the world over, has been fashioned into a marvelous two-piano version by the distinguished American composer and pianist, John Musto. Piano Duo Genova & Dimitrov play their hearts out on the disc, clearly understanding the rhythmic and harmonic nuances of these American masterpieces as few Europeans do.

The booklet notes by Edward van den Hoogen are unusually informative.

This is an outstanding release and is strongly recommended.

TT=69'

Scott Morrison

Average customer rating:

In Memory Of... Classics for Funerals

Manufacturer: Chandos
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In Memoriam: music for solemn occasions
Music for the Funeral Service

ASIN: B0006SGF1O
Release Date: 2005-02-22

Tracks:

Funeral March From Op.35 - BBC Philharmonic
Agnus Dei - Richard Hickox
Komm Susse Tod - BBC Philharmonic
Pie Jesu - Libby Crabtree
'Nimrod' - Alexander Gibson
'I Know That My Redeemer Liveth' - Joan Rodgers
Largo - Simon Standage
Pavane - BBC Philharmonic
Vocalise - Detroit Symphony Orchestra
'When I Am Laid In Earth' - Emma Kirby
'Meditation' - Yuri Torchinsky
Pavane Pour Une Infante Defunte - Louis Lortie
Irish Tune - BBC Philharmonic
Adagio For Strings, Op.11 - Neeme Jarvi

Tracks:

Introitus - Choir Of Saint John's College
'Le Dernier Sommeil De La Vierge - BBC Philharmonic
Panis Angelicus - BBC Philharmonic
Adagietto - Neeme Jarvi
'Dead March' - BBC Philharmonic
'Ruht Wohl, Ihr Heiligen Gebeine' - Harry Christophers
Cantus-In Memory Of Benjamin Britten - Neeme Jarvi
Agnus Dei - City Of Birmingham Symphony Chorus
'Touch Her Soft Lips And Part' - Richard Hickox
'Death Of Ase' - Vernon Handley
'Jesu, Joy Of Man's Desiring' - Michael Austin
Sursum Corda, Op.11 - Bournemouth Sinfonietta
Marcia Funebre - Walter Weller

The Parlour Grand: Piano Favorites from a Bygone Era

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The Parlour Grand: Piano Favorites from a Bygone Era

Manufacturer: Marquis Music
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

Dances | Ballets & Dances | Classical | Styles | Music

Waltzes | Ballets & Dances | Classical | Styles | Music

Etudes | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music

Preludes | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music

Rondos | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music

General | Classical | Styles | Music

General | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music

Tracks:

Fur Elise
Spinning Song
Traumerei
Rustle Of Spring
Reverie
Si Oiseau J' 'Etais
Romance In E-Flat
Liebestraum
Salut D'Amour
Arabesque
Menuet A L'Antique
Melodie
To A Wild Rose
Romance Sans Paroles
Prelude
Humoresque
The Dying Poet
Le Secret

Tracks:

Serenade
Spring Song
Tango
Rosemary
Le Coucou
The Musical Snuffbox
Dance Of The Blessed Spirits
The March Of The Little Lead Soldiers
Au Matin
Scarf Dance
Invitation To The Dance
Alt-Wien
Simple Aveu
Country Gardens
The Prayer Granted
Narcissus
Le Papillon
Valse In C Sharp Minor

Album Description

This two-CD set, performed by renowned pianist Robert Silverman, includes all the great music from The Parlour Grand Volume 1 and The Parlour Grand Volume 2.

The music features piano favorites from the salon repertoire, including Beethoven's Für Elise and Frédéric Chopin's Valse in C Sharp Minor. These wonderful CDs evoke fond memories of simpler times, and evenings around the piano with family and friends.

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