Release Date: 02 October 2020
Label: Nimbus Records - Cd / Nimbus Records
Packaging Type: Jewel Case
No of Units: 4
Barcode: 710357170829
Genres: Classical Solo Instrumental
Composer/Series: The Best of Kevin Bowyer
Description
This recording offers the listener an interconnected view of romantic and postromantic repertoire for two pianos, much of it unknown and even unpublished, until now. The best-known work here is Brahms’ Variations on a Theme by Haydn, Op.56b but there are other works included that deserve wider circulation and exposure. The two sets of variations by Carl Reinecke (1824-1910) are exquisite examples of 2-piano writing and exhibit attractive traits of the Leipzig School, at times providing strong echoes of Schumann and J.S. Bach, quite overtly in his Variations on a Sarabande by J.S. Bach. Likewise, the two sets of previously unpublished works by Julius Röntgen (1855-1932), whose early works are well-rooted in that same Leipzig School, reveal a mastery of composition in the 2-piano genre, an area in which he is currently unknown. Röntgen’s chamber music, concerti, symphonies, and his solo piano music are now becoming better known. However, this recording presents Röntgen’s debut as a composer in the 2-piano medium. In our opinion, his success is as astounding as the obscurity of these works is bewildering.
Marijn Cinjee; Julia Sinclair
Pro Arte Wind Quintet
Philharmonia Orch/Boughton
Paderewski
Melinda Hughes/Jeremy Limb
Martin Jones
Martin Jones
Martin Jones
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Kevin Bowyer
Kevin Bowyer
Kevin Bowyer
Kevin Bowyer
Kevin Bowyer
Kevin Bowyer
Kevin Bowyer
