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
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Tong Duo: Waka Hasegawa & Joseph Tong - Reflets dans la Glace: Jardins sous la neige |
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Tong Duo: Waka Hasegawa & Joseph Tong - Reflets dans la Glace: L'isle enchantée |
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Tong Duo: Waka Hasegawa & Joseph Tong - Reflets dans la Glace: Reflets dans la glace |
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Thalia Myers - Les Miroirs de Miró: Harlequin's Carnival |
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Thalia Myers - Les Miroirs de Miró: The Nightingale's Song at Midnight |
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Thalia Myers - Les Miroirs de Miró: Dialogue of the Insects |
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Thalia Myers - Les Miroirs de Miró: Spanish dancer |
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Hiroaki Takenouchi - Six Etudes: Vivace ed incisivo |
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Hiroaki Takenouchi - Six Etudes: Flautando, leggiero |
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Hiroaki Takenouchi - Six Etudes: Adagio piangevole |
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Hiroaki Takenouchi - Six Etudes: Allegro ritmico |
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Hiroaki Takenouchi - Six Etudes: Impetuoso e pesante |
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Hiroaki Takenouchi - Six Etudes: Tempo giusto e deciso |
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Peter O'Hagan - Piano Sonata: Energico |
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Peter O'Hagan - Piano Sonata: Meno mosso |
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Peter O'Hagan - Piano Sonata: Appassionato |
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Sally Mays - Two Pieces: Hallowe'en |
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Sally Mays - Two Pieces: Moonscape |
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Karl Lutchmayer - Prelude |
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Karl Lutchmayer - Toccata |
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George King - Labyrinth |
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James Young - Introduction |
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James Young - Arabesques |
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