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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
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
