Simon Callaghan - Scott: Piano Sonata No. 1, Op. 66 - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

.. this young musketeer of the bow has been captivating all of his audiences. He is the rising star of the French cello. -LE FIGARO Recorded with Luzerner Sinfonie Orchester and conducted by Michael Sanderling, Edgar's new album features a key piece in the cello repertoire Tchaikovsky's Rococo Variations. The short pieces with piano, here played with the brilliant David Kadouch, give opportunities to multiple tracks on DSP's and multiply chances to get playlisted. Télérama wrote about the artists InchBoth known as outstanding soloists, David Kadouch and Edgar Moreau also form a close-knit, well-balanced chamber duo, playing with passion and commitment.Inch. Moreau was awarded at the Victoires de la Musique Classique in 2013 and 2015, and was named an ECHO Rising Star in 2017. He has been a Cello Professor at the Paris Conservatoire National Supérieur since fall 2023. He plays on a David Tecchler cello from 1711. Album Tracks 1. Variations on a Rococo Theme for Cello and Orchestra, Op. 33 Introduction - Theme 2. Variations on a Rococo Theme for Cello and Orchestra, Op. 33 Variation I. Tempo Della Thema 3. Variations on a Rococo Theme for Cello and Orchestra, Op. 33 Variation II. Tempo Della Thema 4. Variations on a Rococo Theme for Cello and Orchestra, Op. 33 Variation III. Andante Sostenuto 5. Variations on a Rococo Theme for Cello and Orchestra, Op. 33 Variation IV. Andante Grazioso - Un Poco Animato 6. Variations on a Rococo Theme for Cello and Orchestra, Op. 33 Variation V. Allegro Moderato - Cadenza 7. Variations on a Rococo Theme for Cello and Orchestra, Op. 33 Variation VI. Andante 8. Variations on a Rococo Theme for Cello and Orchestra, Op. 33 Variation VII - Coda. Allegro Vivo 9. Cello Sonata in G minor, Op. 65 I. Allegro Moderato 10. Cello Sonata in G minor, Op. 65 II. Scherzo 11. Cello Sonata in G minor, Op. 65 III. L

We tend to remember the British pianist CYRIL SMITH (1909-1974) these days as the pianist who overcame the misfortune of a paralyzing stroke to form a hugely successful duo for three hands with his wife, pianist Phyllis Sellick. Before then though, he had conquered the virtuoso repertoire in a most un-British fashion - making Rachmaninov the center of his art and recording a series of warhorses in spectacular style. The Dohnányi Capriccio of 1929, his earliest recording, and part of a prize for a competition win, lays down the gauntlet in a coruscating performance to rival the Horwitz version released the same year. His recordings of the 2nd and 3rd Rachmaninov concertos and Rhapsody were for a time best-sellers. But there is poetry and charm too, particularly in the various encore-like transcriptions he set down. This set brings together for the first time all the recordings he made as a solo player before his stroke.

In his obituary of William Busch, the writer and broadcaster John Amis observed that 'His music is distinguished by it's sensibility and warmth with a strong sense of form and a fine texture, linear rather than harmonic. It is tragic that he should have died when he was writing at the height of his powers and at a time when his gifts were beginning to receive recognition. Recognition will not cease now, for his work has permanent values'. Over forty year later, in a series of radio programs entitled 'Forgotten Reputations', Amis warned that 'Of all the musicians of the '30s and '40s... William Busch is the most likely to be forgotten'. The current preserves an important part of his creative legacy and seeks to ensure that his music lives on. Though some of Rebecca Clarke's most successful pieces feature the piano, such as her Viola Sonata (1919) and Piano Trio (1921) and her writing for the instrument in those scores is both idiomatic and inventive, she only wrote a handful of solo piano pieces, all featured on this . Album Tracks 1. Theme and Variations for Piano~Theme. Andante con moto / Var. 1. Allegretto / Var. 2. Largo / Var. 3. Allegro / Var. 4. Andnate / Var. 5. Allegro / Var. 6. Andante / Var. 7. Presto 8. Cortège 13. 'Nicholas' Variations~Var. 24. con veemenza, bruscamente / Var. 25. molto pesante, forzando / Var. 26. Allegro molto / Var. 27 / Var. 28. Poco meno mosso, e pesante