Release Date: 16 June 2023
Label: Toccata Classics - Cd / Toccata Classics
Packaging Type: Jewel Case
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 5060113445667
Genres: Classical Chamber Music
Composer/Series: John Thomas
Description
Harpist to Queen Victoria, the Welsh composer John Thomas (1826?1913) wrote prolifically for his own instrument, both for solo harp and for duos of two harps or harp and piano ? a combination where the different sounds of the two instruments enhance the clarity of the texture. Thomas? own compositions use the elegant Romantic style of his own day, but he also left a generous legacy of transcriptions, with no fewer than fourteen Schubert songs recorded on this second volume of his complete duos for harp and piano. Although some of his music was intended for the Victorian drawing room, other pieces require a virtuoso technique ? and all of it has a thoroughly engaging melodic appeal.
Various Artists
Tamas Fejes; Balazs Renczes; Christopher Guild
Nora Luse
Lithuanian National Symphony Orchestra; Imants Resnis
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Choir of Girton College; Cambridge; The Western Wyndes; Felix Elliott; Emily Nott; Gabriel Kennedy;
Chester Concordia Brass Ensemble; Robert Marsh; Philip Rushforth; Richard Lambert
Barcelona Clarinet Players; North Texas Percussion Quartet; Lauren Shuyler; Albert Guinovart; North
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