Watercolours

Track Listings

1. Overture
2. Harlequinette
3. Lady Love
4. Blackamoor
5. Sailor
6. Finale
7. Canzonetta
8. Menuet
9. Serenade
10. Rigadoon
11. Ground Bass
12. Pavan
13. Romance
14. Reel
15. Canzonetta
16. I Moderato
17. II Andante
18. III Allegretto (alla Siciliana)
19. IV Vivace
20. I Allegretto

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Editorial Reviews
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, May 6, 2001
The music is all miniatures. But within those small frames, Rowley created real beauty.

Album Description
Delightful chamber music miniatures by English composer Alec Rowley.

Alec Rowley (1891- 1958) was active as a composer during a period in music when tunefulness and grace was going out of fashion. By the mid-1950s, Rowley was lamenting the demise of romantic beauty. He felt that the emerging astringent and more cerebral style was taking the place of the heart and the emotions. As a result, his engaging music was sometimes written off during his lifetime as "gracefully unpretentious," and he became better known for his educational music than his substantial output of other work.

Rowley firmly believed that more "serious light music" was really needed, music that uplifted its audience, and which people could understand and enjoy. Rowley's interests were eclectic, and he drew inspiration from both his vast knowledge of poetry and literature, and his deep love of the English and French countrysides. Above all, Rowley had an overriding love of children and simplicity. Writing intimate music was his favored mode, music in which every note and nuance is essential for its delicate shading. He sought to balance contemporary trends by directing his students towards music of quiet beauty and works by lesser-known composers, exhorting them not to be dismissive of works with charm and lightness.

Rowley's muse is ageless, and repeated hearings will enhance rather than diminish his music's appeal. Freedom from sentimentality, impeccable workmanship, and refinement and simplicity of outlook define the work of this outstanding composer whose sole aim was to perpetuate beauty.

Watercolours, Music, Alec Rowley, Patricia Reibaud, Igor Kraevsky, Tatjana Mead Chamis, Mikhail Lezdkan

Average customer rating: Feel closer to the tropics with this woman's voice ~~~~ WOW, Muito Bem ~~~~~ watercolours of Brazil When you really need Brazilian...

Watercolours of Brazil Manufacturer: Blue in Green Productions ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Jazz | Styles | Music Vocal Jazz General | Vocal Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music International Jazz | Jazz | Indie Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: Elis & Tom From Paris to Rio Amorosa ASIN: B000063EMR Release Date: 2001-05-02

Tracks:

1. Mas que nada
2. O morro ntem vez
3. Cravo e Canela
4. Berimbau / Consola (medley)
5. Meu mestre cora
6. Pedro Brasil
7. Prato Feito
8. O amor em paz
9. A Felicidade
10. Ladeira da pregui
11. Samba em Preludio
12. Antes que seja tarde
13. O Barquinho
14. Tombo
15. Common Ground

Product Description

Customer Reviews:

Feel closer to the tropics with this woman's voice.......2007-02-25

~~~~ WOW, Muito Bem ~~~~~.......2005-06-20

watercolours of Brazil.......2004-09-01

When you really need Brazilian..........2002-11-27

Average customer rating:

Crossings: Music by Frangiz Ali-Zade Manufacturer: Bis ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Keyboard | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Classical | Imports | Stores | Music ASIN: B0000016OV Release Date: 1997-03-18

Tracks:

1. Music For Piano
2. Preludium
3. The Narcissus (No. 1)
4. The Boatman (No. 2)
5. Interludium
6. Expectation (No. 3)
7. Postludium
8. Adagio Con Sordini
9. Variations
10. I. When Like A Rare Visitor...
11. II. You Broke An Azalea Twig...
12. III. All People Are Going...
13. Crossing II

Average customer rating: "Watercolours" CD Watercolours Splendid music

Watercolours Manufacturer: MinstreL ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Classical | Indie Music | Stores | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music ASIN: B00005J3AH Release Date: 2001-04-21

Tracks:

1. Overture
2. Harlequinette
3. Lady Love
4. Blackamoor
5. Sailor
6. Finale
7. Canzonetta
8. Menuet
9. Serenade
10. Rigadoon
11. Ground Bass
12. Pavan
13. Romance
14. Reel
15. Canzonetta
16. I Moderato
17. II Andante
18. III Allegretto (alla Siciliana)
19. IV Vivace
20. I Allegretto
21. II Andante
22. III Allegro
23. IV Allegretto
24. V Allegro
25. I Moderato
26. II Allegretto
27. III Andantino
28. IV Allegro
29. Simonette (A Portrait)
30. Shepherd's Holiday
31. Oriental Vase
32. Rain in the Valley
33. Canzonetta II

Album Description

Alec Rowley (1891- 1958) was active as a composer during a period in music when tunefulness and grace was going out of fashion. By the mid-1950s, Rowley was lamenting the demise of romantic beauty. He felt that the emerging astringent and more cerebral style was taking the place of the heart and the emotions. As a result, his engaging music was sometimes written off during his lifetime as "gracefully unpretentious," and he became better known for his educational music than his substantial output of other work.

Rowley firmly believed that more "serious light music" was really needed, music that uplifted its audience, and which people could understand and enjoy. Rowley's interests were eclectic, and he drew inspiration from both his vast knowledge of poetry and literature, and his deep love of the English and French countrysides. Above all, Rowley had an overriding love of children and simplicity. Writing intimate music was his favored mode, music in which every note and nuance is essential for its delicate shading. He sought to balance contemporary trends by directing his students towards music of quiet beauty and works by lesser-known composers, exhorting them not to be dismissive of works with charm and lightness.

Rowley's muse is ageless, and repeated hearings will enhance rather than diminish his music's appeal. Freedom from sentimentality, impeccable workmanship, and refinement and simplicity of outlook define the work of this outstanding composer whose sole aim was to perpetuate beauty.

Customer Reviews:

"Watercolours" CD.......2001-08-31

Watercolours.......2001-08-31

Splendid music.......2001-06-03

This recording is an absolute delight.

We are lucky to have people who are willing to reach out to the lesser known composers and bring freshness and vitality to the classical music scene.

A gem.

Average customer rating:

Watercolours in the Rain New Thing Manufacturer: United One Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Africa | International | Styles | Music General | International | Styles | Music General | International | Indie Music | Stores | Music Africa | International | Indie Music | Stores | Music ASIN: B00005LMOG Release Date: 2001-05-29

Tracks:

1. White Lights
2. Swinging on the Edge [Remix]
3. Funky Drums
4. Cool Water
5. Swinging on the Edge
6. Dub Beat
7. New Thing
8. Sina
9. AR Jeah

Music Track:

1. Word Incarnate
2. Béla Bartók: The Wooden Prince, Op. 13/Hungarian Pictures
3. Barbirolli Conducts Vaughan Williams
4. Bax: Violin Concerto/Symphony No. 3
5. Beethoven: String Quartets, Opp. 130 & 133 [SACD] [Enhanced] [Hybrid SACD] [SACD]
6. Beethoven: String Quartets, Opp. 59 & 74
7. Beethoven: Violin Sonatas Nos. 5, 9 and 10
8. Bortnyansky: Sacred Concertos, Vol. 4
9. César Franck: Organ Works
10. Celebration!

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