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Edwin Roxburgh Reflets dans la glace - Sound Adventures for Piano

NMC nmcd 132 [2007, 75 mins]


Waka Hasegawa & Joseph Tong, Thalia Myers, Hiroaki Takenouchi, Peter O’Hagan, Sally Mays, Karl Lutchmayer, George King, James Young - piano

Few composers can enjoy such a serendipitous 70th birthday tribute, for his long career as a composer and teacher, as NMC's release of the complete solo and duo piano music of Edwin Roxburgh (b. 1937).

Long associated with the Royal College of Music, this finely played and recorded CD features many of his friends and pianists who had commissioned or premiered the works

They range from pieces for children and young piano players to demanding concert works such as the Sonata and Etudes. Several of the pianists have been featured in Musical Pointers, notably Thalia Myers for her pioneering Spectrum series and Hiroaki Takenouchi , who we had followed from master-class to professioonal recital.

All cleanly recorded at The Warehouse, London, and fully annotated. It may be convenient to sample the music from the links below to help decide whether this is music for you.

Peter Grahame Woolf

1. listen Tong Duo: Waka Hasegawa & Joseph Tong - Reflets dans la Glace: Jardins sous la neige
2. listen Tong Duo: Waka Hasegawa & Joseph Tong - Reflets dans la Glace: L'isle enchantée
3. listen Tong Duo: Waka Hasegawa & Joseph Tong - Reflets dans la Glace: Reflets dans la glace
4. listen Thalia Myers - Les Miroirs de Miró: Harlequin's Carnival
5. listen Thalia Myers - Les Miroirs de Miró: The Nightingale's Song at Midnight
6. listen Thalia Myers - Les Miroirs de Miró: Dialogue of the Insects
7. listen Thalia Myers - Les Miroirs de Miró: Spanish dancer
8. listen Hiroaki Takenouchi - Six Etudes: Vivace ed incisivo
9. listen Hiroaki Takenouchi - Six Etudes: Flautando, leggiero
10. listen Hiroaki Takenouchi - Six Etudes: Adagio piangevole
11. listen Hiroaki Takenouchi - Six Etudes: Allegro ritmico
12. listen Hiroaki Takenouchi - Six Etudes: Impetuoso e pesante
13. listen Hiroaki Takenouchi - Six Etudes: Tempo giusto e deciso
14. listen Peter O'Hagan - Piano Sonata: Energico
15. listen Peter O'Hagan - Piano Sonata: Meno mosso
16. listen Peter O'Hagan - Piano Sonata: Appassionato
17. listen Sally Mays - Two Pieces: Hallowe'en
18. listen Sally Mays - Two Pieces: Moonscape
19. listen Karl Lutchmayer - Prelude
20. listen Karl Lutchmayer - Toccata
21. listen George King - Labyrinth
22. listen James Young - Introduction
23. listen James Young - Arabesques