Cat No:
CHAN10826
Release Date: 01 June 2014
Label: Chandos
Packaging Type: Jewel Case
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 095115182628
Genres: Classical
Composer/Series: Endless Song
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Description
Pianist Margaret Fingerhut presents a collection of encore-like pieces that explore the way in which composers have transformed the piano, in essence a percussion instrument, into one that can sing. A highly personal disc, it has come about after a recent period of injuries threatened Fingerhut's own 'song' - her ability to play the piano.The disc takes its title from John Metcalf's beautiful piece of 1999, the most recent work on the programme. Its lilting melody, suggestive of folksong or lullaby, takes us back to Felix Mendelssohn who established the enduring notion of the 'Song without Words'. He composed eight volumes of such short and simple pieces, two of which are recorded here. Liszt, the master transcriber, took a very different approach in his virtuoso arrangements of songs by Schubert, Schumann, and Chopin. Nodding toward popular music styles, Poulenc paid affectionate tribute to Edith Piaf in his Improvisation No. 15 while Gershwin brought together his own sparkling song transcriptions in George Gershwin's Song-Book, six of which Fingerhut has selected. Folksong and musical nationalism infuse the evocative works by Suk, Albéniz, and Guastavino recorded here. Two pieces by one of the most celebrated melodists of all, Rachmaninoff, complete the disc: 'Mélodie', Op. 3 No. 3 and the famous Vocalise, Op. 34 No. 14, originally written for a vocalising singer. -
Tracklisting
- 1. <b>John Metcalf |</b> Endless Song
- 2. <b>Mendelssohn |</b> Lieder ohne Worte, Op 30 No 6
- 3. <b>Mendelssohn |</b> Op 19b No 3
- 4. <b>Schubert / Liszt |</b> Ave Maria
- 5. <b>Schumann / Liszt |</b> Widmung
- 6. <b>Chopin / Liszt |</b> The Maidens Wish
- 7. <b>Suk |</b> Love Song, Op 7 No 1
- 8. <b>Poulenc |</b> Improvisation No 15 Hommage à Edith Piaf
- 9. <b>Gershwin |</b> Six numbers from George Gershwins Song-Book
- 10. <b>Albeniz |</b> Chants dEspagne, Op 232 Nos 4 and 5
- 11. <b>Guastavino |</b> Cantilena No 4 El Ceibo
- 12. <b>Guastavino |</b> Bailecito
- 13. <b>Rachmaninoff |</b> Mélodie, Op 3 No 3
- 14. <b>Rachmaninoff |</b> Vocalise, Op 34 No 14
Disc 1
Side 1
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Dmitri Shostakovich: Symphonies Nos. 1 and 3 'The Fi...
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William Walton: Cello Concerto; Symphony No.1; Scapino
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Latin Connections
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The World Feels Dusty - Songs by Barber; Chausson; C...
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Lutoslawski: Orchestral Works Vol. 3
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VARIOUS - IN MEMORY OF FUNERAL CLASSICS
Various
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Ukraine - A Piano Portrait
Margaret Fingerhut
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