The Contemporary Piano, Volume 1
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Release Date: 21 June 2024
Label: Prima Facie
Packaging Type: EcoPak
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 7141148051097
Genres: Classical  
Release Date: 21 June 2024
Label: Prima Facie
Packaging Type: EcoPak
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 7141148051097
Genres: Classical  
Description
"I've put together this collection of piano works to celebrate the lives of composer friends of mine. There are new recordings mixed with existing recordings I have made over the years. The first new recording is the final piano work composed by Anthony Gilbert - Sonata No. 4 performed here by Richard Casey. There are two short works by the pianist and composer John Ogdon performed here by Joanna Lam. I have composed a Sonata, which I also play, in memory of my dear friend and co-founder of Prima Facie, Giles Easterbrook. This disc also celebrates the lives of Peter Dickinson, John McCabe and Gordon Crosse, all of whom gave so much music and greatly influenced me and the Prima Facie label. In addition, there are works by Daryl Runswick and Jean Hasse, both composer friends who have given permission to include their recordings on this album."
Stephen Plews, Prima Facie Records, April 2024
Sonata Number 4 - Anthony Gilbert
Richard Casey piano
L'Isle Heureuse (etude for solo piano) - Gordon Crosse
Annabelle Lawson piano
From Five Preludes - John Ogdon Bagatelle; 'Pensee Heroique'
Joanna Lam piano
Lullaby for the Unicorns for Piano - Peter Dickinson
Peter Lawson piano
For Giles - Great Dog - Stephen Plews
Stephen Plews piano
9. kinkh - Jean Hasse
Jean Hasse piano
10. 25 Variations - Giles Easterbrook
David Owen Norris piano
11. Theme and Four Studies - Alan Rawsthorne
John McCabe piano
12. Prelude, Minuet and Reel - Thomas Pitfield
John McCabe piano
13. Scafra Prelude - Daryl Runswick
Aleksander Szram piano
14. Farewell to Stromness - Peter Maxwell Davies
Richard Casey piano
Tracklisting
Xuefei Yang, Johannes Moser, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Or
Kenneth Hamilton
Kenneth Hamilton
Michael Cretu
Laura Serra
Helen Cawthorne
David Daly, Duncan Honeybourne, Ondrej Vrabec, Daniel Wiesner, Graham Walker, David Trippett
Vladimir Miller, Neil Latchman, Keri Farish
Barokk Boreal
Tone Kummervold
Per Kristian Skalstad, Telemark Chamber Orchestra
Orion Weiss
Martin Garcia Garcia
Robert Fleitz
Soloists, Netherlands Chamber Choir, Orchestra of the 18th Century, Frans Bruggen
Soloists, Chor und Orchester der Bayreuther Festspiele, Joseph Keilberth