Nicolo Giuliano Tuccia - Benedict: Piano Works - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

The centerpiece of the Bach collection is a 2015 recording of The Well-Tempered Clavier, the so- called old testament of piano music, a series of 48 preludes and fugues in all of the piano's possible keys. A look at that monumental collection's recorded history could serve as a compendium of piano performance styles through the last 120 years. Unsurprisingly, Biret conforms to none, and perhaps the best way to describe her interpretations is orchestral. As the historically informed Baroque practitioners prescribe, each prelude and fugue certainly has a distinct character, but those long lines emerge with the definition of strings, brass or winds, rich and strident by turn. Trills are mellow and exquisitely shaped, and a wealth of detail is present but never exaggerated. Biret's Bach is a cliff wall to be scaled, a peak to be reached and an aspiration to be achieved. Album Tracks 1. Well-Tempered Clavier Book I~Prelude & Fugue No. 1 in C Major, BWV 846 2. Well-Tempered Clavier Book I~Prelude & Fugue No. 2 in C Minor, BWV 847 3. Well-Tempered Clavier Book I~Prelude & Fugue No. 3 in C-sharp Major, BWV 848 4. Well-Tempered Clavier Book I~Prelude & Fugue No. 4 in C-sharp Minor, BWV 849 5. Well-Tempered Clavier Book I~Prelude & Fugue No. 5 in D Major, BWV 850 6. Well-Tempered Clavier Book I~Prelude & Fugue No. 6 in D Minor, BWV 851 7. Well-Tempered Clavier Book I~Prelude & Fugue No. 7 in E-flat Major, BWV 852 8. Well-Tempered Clavier Book I~Prelude & Fugue No. 8 in E-flat Minor, BWV 853 9. Well-Tempered Clavier Book I~Prelude & Fugue No. 9 in E Major, BWV 854 10. Well-Tempered Clavier Book I~Prelude & Fugue No. 10 in E Minor, BWV 855 11. Well-Tempered Clavier Book I~Prelude & Fugue No. 11 in F Major, BWV 856 12. Well-Tempered Clavier Book I~Prelude & Fugue No. 12 in F Minor, BWV 857 13. Well-Tempe

Peter Breiner is one of the world's most recorded musicians with over 200 releases and more than two million albums sold, of which his Beatles Go Baroque (8.555010) alone reached sales of a quarter of a million copies. In addition to being a multifaceted composer, arranger and conductor, Breiner is also a pianist, and the third of his Calm Romantic Piano Music series melds melodic substance with delicate musical expressiveness. The original and descriptive miniatures heard on this album present music of touching tranquility and beauty. Previous releases in the series comprise Volume 1 (8.574256) and Volume 2 (8.574257). Album Tracks 1. Keep Going 2. It's Not All Bad, After All 3. Unrequited 4. Visitors 5. Monday Morning 6. Pins and Needles 7. Hanging By a Thread 8. Winter Fairies 9. The Zig Zag Song 10. Lullaby from Slovakia 11. Late Night Ice Cream, Melting 12. Tea and Toast 13. All Alone 14. A Boy to Hug 15. Schlafe, Mein Prinzchen 16. Landscape with Sweet Music 17. Sunday Evening Before My Birthday 18. The Lake That Is Grey and Blue 19. Love in My Account 20. January 20th 21. Bridge Through the Mist 22. Blow Up 23. Just a Small Ad 24. View from the Top

Jacques Casterede's distinguished career was centered in Paris, but with musical roots in the early twentieth-century traditions of neo-Classicism and Les Six- the wide variety of scope and intent in his work was never meant to compete with the radical avant-garde. The balletic Flutes en vacances has become one of his most popular pieces, while Ciels ('Skies') was a competition piece for the Conservatoire. The colors in Trois moments musicaux d'apres Corot depict paintings in sound while the Sonatine de Mai is more neo-Classical in mood. Album Tracks 1. Sonatine d'Avril for flute and guitar~I. Allegro, non troppo vivo 2. Sonatine d'Avril for flute and guitar~II. Ben moderato 3. Sonatine d'Avril for flute and guitar~III. Tema con variazioni 4. Trois moments musicaux d'après Corot for flute, clarinet, violin, cello and piano~I. Mortefontaine 5. Trois moments musicaux d'après Corot for flute, clarinet, violin, cello and piano~II. Fontainebleau - Les Rochers 6. Trois moments musicaux d'après Corot for flute, clarinet, violin, cello and piano~III. L'Église dans les arbres 7. Flûtes en vacances for three flutes with a fourth ad libitum~I. Flûtes pastorales 8. Flûtes en vacances for three flutes with a fourth ad libitum~II. Flûtes joyeuses 9. Flûtes en vacances for three flutes with a fourth ad libitum~III. Flûtes rêveuses (Flûte 4 tacet) 10. Flûtes en vacances for three flutes with a fourth ad libitum~IV. Flûtes légères 11. Ciels for flute and piano~I. ...de novembre Gris et tanquille 12. Ciels for flute and piano~II. ...de mars Vif et ensoleillé 13. Sonatine de Mai for flute and harp~I. Allegretto piacevole 14. Sonatine de Mai for flute and harp~II. Chanson de la brise 15. Sonatine de Mai for flute and harp~III. Dans le bleu de la nuit 16. Sonatine de Mai for flute and harp~IV. Final