Release Date: 16 January 2012
Label: Prima Facie
Packaging Type: Jewel Case
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 7395748001277
Description
In a brilliant generation of British pianists, Clare Hammond stands out for passionate intellect, dazzling technique and total command of structure, variety and style. Power and poetry are demanded and displayed with breathtaking virtuosity in this recital of music by Giles Swayne, Philip Grange, Piers Hellawell, Julian Anderson and Kenneth Hesketh. The pieces, all from the last 25 years, were chosen to show the extraordinary vigour, invention and stylistic variety of recent British piano writing.
Not yet 30, Clare reached the finals of BBC's Young Musician of the Year (2004), won the 2006 International Students Prize, has performed across Europe, Canada and Russia, at Wigmore and Barbican Halls in London, and Manchester's Bridgewater Hall, and was selected for the 2010 PLG Young Artist series at the Southbank. Since her debut with orchestra aged 11 she has built up an extensive concerto repertoire which she has performed across the UK and on the continent. A committed chamber music performer, she has collaborated with, amongst others, Andrew Kennedy, Jennifer Pike, Philippe Graffin, Laurence Power and the Dante, Endellion and Benaim String Quartets.
"Amazing power and panache." - The Daily Telegraph
"Crisp precision and unflashy intelligence." - The Guardian
Personnel: Clare Hammond (piano)
Tracklisting
Xuefei Yang, Johannes Moser, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Or
Kenneth Hamilton
Michael Cretu
Laura Serra
Vladimir Miller, Neil Latchman, Keri Farish
Terence Charlston, Julian Perkins
John Turner & Neil Smith
I Solisti Di Londra & Aleksander Szram
Robert M. Helmschrott
Robert M. Helmschrott
Kevin Juillerat (electronics), Cedric Pecia (prepared piano)
Kaya Han
Helene Breschand, Laurence Bancaud, David Joignaux, Wilhem Latchoumia, Christelle Sery, Fanny Vicens, Wang Ying-Chieh, Ensemble Cairn, L'arsenale
Gunter Schwarze
GrauSchumacher Piano Duo, SWR Experimentalstudio, Michael Acker
Georg Katzer, Matthias Bauer, Margarete Huber, Blaservereinigung Berlin, Bernd Casper, Gregorio Garcia Karman, Evelyn Saylor
