Stephen Chatman - Vancouver Visions - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

Album Tracks 1. Earth Songs, for Chorus & Orchestra 1. Et Inluminent Terram 2. Earth Songs, for Chorus & Orchestra 2. Earth and Sky 3. Earth Songs, for Chorus & Orchestra 3. the Butterfly 4. Earth Songs, for Chorus & Orchestra 4. the Waterfall 5. Earth Songs, for Chorus & Orchestra 5. Danse Des Pluies 6. Earth Songs, for Chorus & Orchestra 6. Smile O Voluptuous Cool-Breath'd Earth! 7. From Pent-Up Aching Rivers, for Violin & Cello 1. from Pent-Up Aching Rivers 8. From Pent-Up Aching Rivers, for Violin & Cello 2. from the Soft Sliding of Hands Over Me 9. From Pent-Up Aching Rivers, for Violin & Cello 3. Singing the True Song of the Soul Fitful at Random 10. From Pent-Up Aching Rivers, for Violin & Cello 4. from the Long Sustain'd Kiss Upon the Mouth or Bosom 11. From Pent-Up Aching Rivers, for Violin & Cello 5. the Mystic Deliria, the Madness Amorous 12. To the Garden the World, for Saxophone & Piano 1. to the Garden the World Anew Ascending 13. To the Garden the World, for Saxophone & Piano 2. Out of the Cradle Endlessly Rocking 14. To the Garden the World, for Saxophone & Piano 3. the Revolving Cycles 15. To the Garden the World, for Saxophone & Piano 4. with Love, with Love 16. To the Garden the World, for Saxophone & Piano 5. Demon or Bird! (Said the Boy's Soul) 17. Creatures of Earth and Sky, for Harp 1. Queen of Air and Darkness 18. Creatures of Earth and Sky, for Harp 2. Sparrow in the Lilac 19. Creatures of Earth and Sky, for Harp 3. Spider 20. Creatures of Earth and Sky, for Harp 4. Angel's Lament 21. Creatures of Earth and Sky, for Harp 5. Sabrina's Dance 22. Mountain Spirit, for Piano 23. Or from That Sea of Time, for Cello & Piano

Works from three different musical eras seemingly unconnected - but in the mind of Pianist Stephen Beville very linked - hence the album title - as inspired by Visions and Ventures Bach always a visionary musically and guided by his religious faith; Beethoven venturing into Romanticism with revolutionary ideas and optimism for a better world; Prokofiev caught up in the unrest in pre-revolutionary Russia, sketching pieces to escape the political turmoil - at least in his imagination. The Visions Fugitives come from a composer in his mid-twenties, just graduated and full of musical confidence, and are typically Prokofievian while some contain radical modernist elements. The Beethoven Sonata is likewise the work of a young 26-year old. It is full of playful invention and optimism and is perhaps one his most appealing works. Stephen Beville was acclaimed in 2010 as 'one of the most talented young musicians to emerge from the UK'. (Frankfurter Neue Press). His interpretations have been compared to Arrau, Rubinstein and Ax. Rock-solid technique and virtuosity while avoiding showmanship have informed his playing from student days at the Junior Royal Academy in London from age 11, tutoring from the great Peter Katin, and postgraduate studies at the Royal Northern College of Music in England and the Hochschule für Music in Karlsruhe. He has performed in many international festivals. As well as a firm grounding in classical and 20th century repertoire, Stephen Beville is also a busy composer, his works having been performed by several leading new-music ensembles.

The third and final CD devoted to Rameau's glorious keyboard output completes the aim of recording all of Rameau's keyboard music - the first ever recording project to do so. Pianist Stephen Gutman is a French and Baroque music specialist whose readings fully satisfy stylistically and exploit the modern concert grand sonorities to best effect. Booklet notes are by Britain's leading Rameau scholar, Graham Sadler. Album Tracks 1. Allemande 2. Courante 3. Sarabande 4. Les Trois Mains 5. Fanfarinette 6. La Triomphante 7. Gavotte 8. Premier Double de la Gavotte 9. 2Me Double 10. 3Me Double 11. 4Me Double 12. 5Me Double 13. 6Me Double 14. Les Tricotets 15. L'indifférent 16. Menuet 17. 2Me Menuet 18. La Poule 19. Les Triolets 20. Les Sauvages 21. L'enharmonique 22. L'egyptienne 23. La Forqueray 24. La Cupis 25. La Marais 26. La Dauphine 27. Les Petits Marteaux 28. Giga