Richardson / Jones - Discover the Piano Music of Alan Richardson - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

Album Tracks 1. Variations on a Theme By Schubert 2. Variations on a Theme By Clara Wieck, Op.5 3. Variations on a Theme By Beethoven 4. Variations on An Original Theme 5. Variations on a Theme By Schumann, Op.23

A selection of Jones's piano music taken from the 4-album SRCD2396. Martin Jones has been one of Britain's most highly regarded solo pianists since first coming to international attention in 1968 when he received the Dame Myra Hess Award. The same year he made his London debut at the Queen Elizabeth Hall and his New York debut at Carnegie Hall, and ever since has been in demand for recitals and concerto performances in Europe, Russia, Australia, Canada, North & South America. He has made over 90 recordings with Nimbus Records exploring music that is not often played including the complete works of 18 composers. This year will see the of 4 discs of newly discovered manuscripts of Daniel Jones. Also, together with Adrian Farmer, 3 discs of French music for 4 hands. During next year, as well as giving concerts, he will complete 3 discs of the first recordings of all the piano works of Elizabeth Lutyens for Resonus Records, and continue his American Piano Series with Volumes 6 & 7 for Prova Recordings which will include several new works especially written for him, and, for Nimbus a collection of Brazilian music by Mignone, Gnatalli & Lorenzo-Fernandez.

Alan was a complete musician - a composer, performer, teacher, and a person of extraordinary natural musicality. Small wonder then that he was viewed with profound respect by all those within the musical profession who were privileged to come into contact with him... As a pianist one was struck by his innate rhythmic verve, a facet which indeed radiated through all his compositions - but perhaps the quality above all else that will be remembered was that which can best be described as a mezzo voce bel canto, the realisation of a choice and refined ear, and the product of a deep thinker and inner tranquillity'. It is that satisfying synergy of elegant lyricism and rhythmic energy which distinguishes the keyboard works of pianist and composer Alan Richardson. (Paul Conway) Album Tracks 1. Concert Pieces 2. Sonatina 3. Rachmaninoff 'Vocalise' 4. Elegy 5. Vivaldi 'Largo' 6. Four Romantic Studies 7. Sonata 8. Sonatina in F 9. Two Short Impromptus 10. Two Pieces 11. Two Nocturnes 12. Character Sketches 13. Concert Pieces 14. Two Country Pictures 15. Three Pieces for Shura Cherkassky 16. Rhapsody 17. Piano Sonata No. 2 18. Kaleidoscope, 10 Tone-Sketches 19. Three Piano Pieces 20. Without Opus 21. Untitled in E-Flat 22. Moment Musical in G-Sharp minor 23. The Dreaming Spires 24. Pastoral Sketch 25. Meadowlands 26. Pavane 27. Bagatelle 28. Sketches on a Them of Haydn 29. Minuet By Boccherini 30. Sonata After Paganini 31. Untitled in E Major 32. Rondo 33. The Wayfarer 34. Con Moto 35. Jack in the Green 36. Untitled 37. Educational 38. Clorinda 39. Five Short Pieces 40. Three Grade Pieces 41. Suite in D 42. Two Grade 6 Pieces 43. Three Educational Pieces 44. Three Grade Pieces 45. Three Pieces Grade 'Difficult' 46. Three Late Educational Pieces 47. Suite from Handel's 'Water Music'