About this product
Title: Complete Solo Electrical
Artist: Various Artists
Label: Apr Recordings
Product Type: COMPACT DISCS
UPC: 5024709160297
Genre: Classical
Release Date: 2019-09-06
Number of Discs: 2
Additional Details: 2 PACK
Australian pianist William Murdoch (1888-1942) is almost forgotten today but was a major UK Columbia recording artist in the 1920s. A consummate musician, he was known as a chamber player as much as a soloist, as evidenced by many recordings, but was also the first pianist to record Beethoven's 3rd piano concerto (acoustically in 1925). Amongst his solo recordings, pride of place must go to the two Beethoven sonatas which burst with energy and passion while never descending into superficiality. A little known and fascinating part of his legacy is his recording of the eight test pieces written for the National Piano Competition of 1928 organized by the Daily Express. This unique event was open to pianists of all abilities from beginner to advanced and the specially commissioned pieces, by contemporary British composers, reflected these different levels. Murdoch's recordings originally came with spoken commentaries on interpretation.
Tracks:
1.1 Mendelssohn: Song without words in A ?at major Op. 38 No. 6 ‘Duetto’
1.2 Mendelssohn: Song without Words, Op. 62 No. 6 in A major 'Spring Song'
1.3 Chopin: Étude Op. 25 No. 1 in A flat major 'Aeolian Harp'
1.4 Mendelssohn: Waltz in F major Op. 34 No. 3
1.5 Mendelssohn: Berceuse in D ?at major Op. 57
1.6 Mendelssohn: Ballade No. 3 in A ?at major Op. 47
1.7 Schumann: Romanze in F sharp major Op. 28 No. 2
1.8 Liszt: Liebesträume No. 3 S541 / 3
1.9 Excerpt, Liszt: Grandes Études de Paganini (6), S. 141
1.10 Liszt: Hungarian Rhapsody, S244 No. 12 in C sharp minor
1.11 Liszt: ‘Hark, Hark the Lark’ Lieder von Fr. Schubert, S558 / 9
1.12 Schubert: Marche Militaire, D733 No. 1
1.13 Brahms: Waltz, Op. 39 No. 15 in A flat major
1.14 Paderewski: Minuet in G major, Op. 14 No. 1
1.15 Grieg: Brudefølget drar forbi (No. 2 from Folkelivsbilder, Op. 19)
1.16 Sibelius: Valse Triste, Op. 44 No. 1
1.17 Rachmaninoff: Prelude in C sharp minor Op. 3 No. 2 (1926 recording)
1.18 Rachmaninoff: Prelude Op. 23 No. 5 in G minor
1.19 Rachmaninoff: Prelude Op. 32 No. 12 in G sharp minor
1.20 Rachmaninoff: Prelude in C sharp minor Op. 3 No. 2 (1931 recording)
1.21 Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 8 in C minor, Op. 13 'Pathetique'
1.22 Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 23 in F minor, Op. 57 'Appassionata'
1.23 Bach, J S: Chorale Prelude BWV645 'Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme'
1.24 Excerpt, Debussy: Préludes - Book 1
1.25 Excerpt, Debussy: Préludes - Book 2
1.26 Préludes Book 1
1.27 Albéniz: Iberia, book 1
1.28 Falla: Piezas españolas
1.29 Carse: Miniature Scherzo
1.30 Richard Walthew: Sun and Shade
1.31 Dunhill: Dew Fairies
1.32 Lee, E M: Legend
1.33 Morgan, O: Le bal poudre
1.34 Rowley: The Rambling Sailor
1.35 Swinstead: Serenata
1.36 Dyson: Primrose Mount
1.37 Bowen: Rêverie Op. 86
1.38 Ireland: Sonatina
Audio Sample:
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Artist: Various Artists
Label: Apr Recordings
Product Type: COMPACT DISCS
UPC: 5024709160297
Genre: Classical
Release Date: 2019-09-06
Number of Discs: 2
Additional Details: 2 PACK
Australian pianist William Murdoch (1888-1942) is almost forgotten today but was a major UK Columbia recording artist in the 1920s. A consummate musician, he was known as a chamber player as much as a soloist, as evidenced by many recordings, but was also the first pianist to record Beethoven's 3rd piano concerto (acoustically in 1925). Amongst his solo recordings, pride of place must go to the two Beethoven sonatas which burst with energy and passion while never descending into superficiality. A little known and fascinating part of his legacy is his recording of the eight test pieces written for the National Piano Competition of 1928 organized by the Daily Express. This unique event was open to pianists of all abilities from beginner to advanced and the specially commissioned pieces, by contemporary British composers, reflected these different levels. Murdoch's recordings originally came with spoken commentaries on interpretation.
Tracks:
1.1 Mendelssohn: Song without words in A ?at major Op. 38 No. 6 ‘Duetto’
1.2 Mendelssohn: Song without Words, Op. 62 No. 6 in A major 'Spring Song'
1.3 Chopin: Étude Op. 25 No. 1 in A flat major 'Aeolian Harp'
1.4 Mendelssohn: Waltz in F major Op. 34 No. 3
1.5 Mendelssohn: Berceuse in D ?at major Op. 57
1.6 Mendelssohn: Ballade No. 3 in A ?at major Op. 47
1.7 Schumann: Romanze in F sharp major Op. 28 No. 2
1.8 Liszt: Liebesträume No. 3 S541 / 3
1.9 Excerpt, Liszt: Grandes Études de Paganini (6), S. 141
1.10 Liszt: Hungarian Rhapsody, S244 No. 12 in C sharp minor
1.11 Liszt: ‘Hark, Hark the Lark’ Lieder von Fr. Schubert, S558 / 9
1.12 Schubert: Marche Militaire, D733 No. 1
1.13 Brahms: Waltz, Op. 39 No. 15 in A flat major
1.14 Paderewski: Minuet in G major, Op. 14 No. 1
1.15 Grieg: Brudefølget drar forbi (No. 2 from Folkelivsbilder, Op. 19)
1.16 Sibelius: Valse Triste, Op. 44 No. 1
1.17 Rachmaninoff: Prelude in C sharp minor Op. 3 No. 2 (1926 recording)
1.18 Rachmaninoff: Prelude Op. 23 No. 5 in G minor
1.19 Rachmaninoff: Prelude Op. 32 No. 12 in G sharp minor
1.20 Rachmaninoff: Prelude in C sharp minor Op. 3 No. 2 (1931 recording)
1.21 Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 8 in C minor, Op. 13 'Pathetique'
1.22 Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 23 in F minor, Op. 57 'Appassionata'
1.23 Bach, J S: Chorale Prelude BWV645 'Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme'
1.24 Excerpt, Debussy: Préludes - Book 1
1.25 Excerpt, Debussy: Préludes - Book 2
1.26 Préludes Book 1
1.27 Albéniz: Iberia, book 1
1.28 Falla: Piezas españolas
1.29 Carse: Miniature Scherzo
1.30 Richard Walthew: Sun and Shade
1.31 Dunhill: Dew Fairies
1.32 Lee, E M: Legend
1.33 Morgan, O: Le bal poudre
1.34 Rowley: The Rambling Sailor
1.35 Swinstead: Serenata
1.36 Dyson: Primrose Mount
1.37 Bowen: Rêverie Op. 86
1.38 Ireland: Sonatina
Audio Sample:
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