Just Preludes

Track Listings

1. Twenty-four Preludes - Ponce: C major

2. A minor

3. G Major - allegretto

4. E minor

5. D major

6. B minor

7. A mjor - Vivo

8. F# minor - Tranquillo

9. E major

10. C# minor - Moderato

11. B major - Vivo

12. G# minor - Un po' animato

13. F# major - Andante

14. D# minor - Andantino

15. D flat major

16. B flat major - Allegretto

17. A flat major - Andantino mosso

18. F minor - Andante

19. E flat mjor - Allegretto (Chant populaire mexicain)

20. C minor

See all 34 tracks on this disc

Editorial Reviews
About the Artist
Praised as a soloist, chamber musician, and teacher, Jack Sanders' performances have included the Kapalua Music Festival of Hawaii, the Arrowhead Bach Festival, radio broadcasts, and solo performances with numerous orchestras, including the Illinois Chamber Orchestra, Chamber Orchestra of Santa Fe, Modesto Symphony, Orange County Chamber Orchestra and South Coast Symphony. Recent performances have included chamber music with the St. Petersburg String Quartet, Angeles String Quartet, the vocal group I Cantori, and the contemporary chamber ensemble XTET.

Mr. Sanders tours with oboist Allan Vogel and flutist Janice Tipton in the Valencia Trio which performed at the International Music Festival of Costa Rica and the Sedona Chamber Music Festival in 1995. In 1984, he formed a duo with violinist Clayton Haslop which has since appeared at Guitar Foundation of America Festivals, Merkin Hall in New York, and on in concerts from Hawaii and Alaska to Maine. Additionally, the Duo has toured as artists for the California Arts Council. Their 1988 tour of China included performances for the Shanghai Conservatory (where Mr. Sanders was the first U.S. guitarist to appear since the Cultural Revolution), and the Shanghai Guitar Society. The Duo has recorded for Centaur Records and has another compact disc scheduled for release in late 1996. Mr. Sanders also appears on Crystal Records.

A three-time full scholarship student at the Banff Centre of Fine Arts in Canada, Jack Sanders received his BFA and MFA degrees from California Institute of the Arts where he also taught guitar. He has been a member of the faculty of Pomona College since 1980. His students have won competitions sponsored by the American String Teachers Association, the Redlands Bowl, KCET-TV and Ambassador Auditorium.

Tracks:

George Gershwin's Song Book (1932): Swanee
George Gershwin's Song Book (1932): Nobody But You
George Gershwin's Song Book (1932): I'll Build A Stairway To Paradise
George Gershwin's Song Book (1932): Do It Again
George Gershwin's Song Book (1932): Fascinating Rhythm
George Gershwin's Song Book (1932): Oh, Lady Be Good
George Gershwin's Song Book (1932): Somebody Loves Me
George Gershwin's Song Book (1932): Sweet And Low Down
George Gershwin's Song Book (1932): That Certain Feeling
George Gershwin's Song Book (1932): The Man I Love
George Gershwin's Song Book (1932): Clap Yo' Hands
George Gershwin's Song Book (1932): Do Do Do
George Gershwin's Song Book (1932): My One And Only
George Gershwin's Song Book (1932): 'S Wonderful
George Gershwin's Song Book (1932): Strike Up The Band
George Gershwin's Song Book (1932): Liza
George Gershwin's Song Book (1932): I Got Rhythm
George Gershwin's Song Book (1932): Who Cares?
Other Piano Pieces: Rialto Ripples
Other Piano Pieces: Three Preludes-Allegro ben ritmato e deciso
Other Piano Pieces: Three Preludes - Andante con moto e poco rubato
Other Piano Pieces: Three Preludes - Allegro ben ritmato e deciso
Other Piano Pieces: Impromptu In Two Keys
Other Piano Pieces: Three-Quarter Blues
Other Piano Pieces: Merry Andrew
Other Piano Pieces: Piano Playin' Jazzbo Brown (Jasbo Brown Blues)
Other Piano Pieces: Promenade
Songs By George And Ira Gershwin: I'll Build A Stairway To Paradise
Songs By George And Ira Gershwin: How Long Has This Been Going On?
Songs By George And Ira Gershwin: By Strauss
Songs By George And Ira Gershwin: Someone to Watch over Me
Songs By George And Ira Gershwin: Nice Work If You Can Get It
Songs By George And Ira Gershwin: The Man I Love
Songs By George And Ira Gershwin: Just Another Rhumba
Songs By George And Ira Gershwin: Isn't It A Pity?
Songs By George And Ira Gershwin: They All Laughed
Songs By George And Ira Gershwin: Love Is Here To Stay

Amazon.com

William Bolcom is my kind of musician. He writes music that is sometimes adventurous but always based in a recognizable American idiom. And he's a terrific ragtime pianist, the best Joplin player I've heard. With these credentials, of course he's a wonderful Gershwin player. These are the best piano performances of Gershwin I know. After you hear those, Bolcom joins his wife Joan Morris for very flavorful versions of 10 George and Ira Gershwin songs. The whole disc is a delight, and the original analog recordings still sound fine. Highly recommended to all Gershwin lovers. --Leslie Gerber

Customer Reviews:

Peculiar.......2005-01-26

I can see how someone might enjoy this album. William Bolcom is a top-flight pianist and the idea of playing the tunes as George Gershwin played them at parties is intriguing.

Because my ear is used to it, I guess, I would like to have heard longer performances of fewer songs. Each one sounded to me like a snippet -- over too soon. Because of that, plus the fact that I'm not a fan of Joan Morris' showy voice, I give the album one thumb up.

Gershwin Never Sounded Better!.......2002-06-25

This is a fantastic CD! Back in the 70's, pianist William Bolcom and his singer wife Joan Morris made a delightful series of albums on the Nonesuch label of old songs from the first half of the twentieth century - just glorious voice backed by brilliant piano. As Ira Gershwin might say - who could ask for anything more? The music is not only beautifully performed, you can hear the joy of the performance in every note. And Bolcom and Morris were never better than when doing Gershwin.

A combination of two albums, the first part of this CD is all piano. The Gershwin Songbook consists of brief (some under a minute) versions of some of his more popular songs in the way that Gershwin himself famously played them at parties. They demonstrate that Gershwin was as gifted a pianist as he was a composer. The other instrumental tracks are some of Gershwin's solo piano pieces, including the wonderful Rialto Ripples, a rag written when he was just seventeen. For me, the pinnacle of both Gershwin's and William Bolcom's artistry is reached on the second of the three preludes - a classic study of a bluesy mood.

Just when you think things can't get any better, Joan Morris arrives. She effortlessly sings and swings her way through ten of Gershwin's best songs from the cheeky comedy of By Strauss to the smoky moodiness of Someone To Watch Over Me. Maybe I'm just an incurable old romantic, but the ballads are the best of all.

Tracks:

Corale, Op. 154, No. 8
Prelude And Fugue On 'O Traurgkeit, O Herzeleid
Chant Heroique ('Heroic Song') From 'Neuf Pieces'
Poem Of Peace, 1966
Les Bergers ('The Shepherds'), From 'La Nativite'
Epiphania Domini From L'Orgue Mystique, Op. 55, No. 7
'Just As I Am' From 'Three Gospel Preludes, 1979
Mors Et Resurrectio ('Death And Resurrection'), Op. 5, No. 1
Variations On 'Lucis Creator' (Vesper Hymn), 1932
Prelude In F Major
'Ave Maria' Von Arcadelt
Chorale Varie Sur Le Theme Du 'Veni Creator' Op. 4, 1930

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Just Preludes
Jack Sanders
Manufacturer: TownHall
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000056O4X
Release Date: 2000-08-01

Tracks:

Twenty-four Preludes - Ponce: C major
A minor
G Major - allegretto
E minor
D major
B minor
A mjor - Vivo
F# minor - Tranquillo
E major
C# minor - Moderato
B major - Vivo
G# minor - Un po' animato
F# major - Andante
D# minor - Andantino
D flat major
B flat major - Allegretto
A flat major - Andantino mosso
F minor - Andante
E flat mjor - Allegretto (Chant populaire mexicain)
C minor
B flat major
G minor - Agitato
F major - Allegro
D minor - Moderato espressivo (chant populaire espagnol)
Five Preludes - Carlevaro: Evocacion
Scherzino
Camppo
Ronda
Tamboriles
Five Preludes - Villa-Lobos: E minor: Lyrical Melody-Homage to the Brazilian Country Dweller
E major: Melodia capadocia
A minor: Homage to Bach
E minor: Homage to the Brazilian Indians
D minor: Homage to Social Life

Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert: Sylvia McNair & Ted Taylor

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Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert: Sylvia McNair & Ted Taylor

Manufacturer: BBC Legends
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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General | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music

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Modern & 20th Century | Historical Periods | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music

Musical Theater | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music

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General | Soundtracks | Styles | Music

General | Easy Listening | Pop | Styles | Music

Traditional Pop | Oldies | Pop | Styles | Music
ASIN: B00002MXRG
Release Date: 2000-02-22

Tracks:

Someone To Watch Over Me
A Foggy Day/Embraceable You
Isn't It A Pity
Stiff Upper Lip/Let's Call The Whole Thing Off
Summertime
For You, For Me, For Evermore
I Got Rhythm
Prelude No.1 (Piano Solo)
My Ship
The Man I Love
Nice Work If You Can Get It
Shall We Dance?
By Strauss
He Loves And She Loves
They Can't Take That Away From Me
Love Is Here To Stay
Just Another Rhumba
Hello Young Lovers

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Morrill: Works for Soprano

Manufacturer: Centaur
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music

General | Classical | Styles | Music
ASIN: B0000057VI
Release Date: 1993-09-01

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Piano Gems and Masterpieces

Manufacturer: Eroica Classical
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B00007IT29
Release Date: 2002-11-20

Tracks:

Bach: Chorale Jesu, Joy of Mans Desiring
Scarlatti: Sonata in C Major, k. 159
Mozart: Alla Turca from Sonata No. 11
Beethoven: Fur Elise
Beethoven: Moonlight Sonata
Schubert: Musical Moment in F minor
Schubert: Serenade in D minor
Schumann: From Foreign Lands and People
Schumann: Traumerei
Brahms: Hungarian Dance No. 3
Brahms: Hungarian Dance No. 5
Chopin: Prelude Op. 28 No. 24
Chopin: Funeral March
Chopin: Waltz Op. 69 No. 2
Tchaikovsky: Neapolitan Song
Khatchaturian: Waltz from the Masquerade Suite
Albeniz: Tango
Bartok: Six Romanian Folk Dances
Vladigerov: Rustic Dance
Schedrin: Alla Albeniz
Gershwin: Prelude in E flat minor
Rimsky-Korsakov: The Flight of the Bumble-bee

Album Description

About This CD

Piano Gems & Masterpieces is a compelling collection of the world's best-loved piano pieces and miniatures.

Taking its inspiration from Robert Schumann's "Foreign Lands and People" (Scenes from Childhood), this recording covers 23 famous works from 17 composers in 10 different countries; capturing the essence of piano music and its evolution from Bach, Mozart and Beethoven through to Rachmaninov and Gershwin.

Whether you are a classical connoisseur or simply a lover of inspiring piano music, Piano Gems & Masterpieces takes you on an enchanting journey through the beauty, romance and power that is the pianoforte.

Recorded on a Steinway Grand Piano at the The Great Hall, Dartington, England. Sound engineer: Chris Chudley. Recording & Production: Coombeshead Studios. Cover design by Marcus Podichuk.

ABOUT THE ARTIST

Pavlina Radoslavova is a Russian-trained concert pianist from Bulgaria. Pavlina first started her musical career at the age of five, under the direction of her grandmother Theodora Delova. She was quickly noticed as a talented pianist and by the age of fourteen had already won 1st and 2nd prizes in international piano competitions.

Pavlina entered the Bulgarian State Musical Academy in 1983, where she studied under the country's most prestigious piano professors: Vaskresia Vakhanov, Marina Kapatzinska and Julia & Constantin Ganevi. She joined the teaching staff of the Academy in 1988 and graduated with a master's degree in music in 1991.

Pavlina has played with a numerous orchestras, chamber ensembles and soloists all over the world. She has performed and given master classes in over 15 countries in Europe, the Middle East and Asia. She relocated to the United Kingdom in 2002, where she is continuing her career as a concert pianist.

Pavlina's recording Piano Gems & Masterpieces is dedicated to the memory of Pavlina's grandmother, Theodora Delova. A renowned professional pianist and cultural correspondent, Theodora was Pavlina's first piano teacher. She graduated from the Braunschweig Institute in Germany, and on her return to Bulgaria, spent the rest of her life promoting, developing and performing classical music through the most adverse of circumstances: World War II and the communist regime. In her lifetime, Theodora had an enormous impact on Bulgarian music and musical culture as a pianist, music critic and cultural correspondent. Thanks to Theodora, Pavlina was brought up in a rich world of classical music and today her musical spirit lives on through Pavlina

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1. Twenty-four Preludes - Ponce: C major
2. A minor
3. G Major - allegretto
4. E minor
5. D major
6. B minor
7. A mjor - Vivo
8. F# minor - Tranquillo
9. E major
10. C# minor - Moderato
11. B major - Vivo
12. G# minor - Un po' animato
13. F# major - Andante
14. D# minor - Andantino
15. D flat major
16. B flat major - Allegretto
17. A flat major - Andantino mosso
18. F minor - Andante
19. E flat mjor - Allegretto (Chant populaire mexicain)
20. C minor