Composer: Luigi Arditi, Vincenzo Bellini, Giacomo Meyerbeer, Gioacchino Antonio Rossini, John Thomas
Performer: Duo Praxedis
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Toccata Classics
Catalogue: TOCC0582
Release: 2024
Size: 204 MB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
01. Arditi: Il Bacio. Valse
Meyerbeer: Meyerbeer’s Favorite Opera ‘Dinorah’
02. No. 1, Shadow Air
03. No. 2, Cradle Song
04. No. 3, Fanciulle che il core
05. No. 4 Santa Maria
06. Bellini: Duet on Themes from ‘Norma’
07. Rossini: La Carità
08. Arditi: The Ilma Valse
09. Arditi: L’Estasi. Valse
Thomas: Harp Concerto No. 1 in B Flat Major
10. II. Andantino
11. Thomas: March of the Welsh Fusiliers
Harpist to Queen Victoria, the Welsh composer John Thomas (1826–1913) also wrote prolifically for his own instrument, both for solo harp and for duos of two harps or harp and piano – a combination where the different sounds of the two instruments enhance the clarity of the texture. Thomas’ original works use the elegant Romantic style of his own day, but he often drew on Welsh folksong for his inspiration and also left a generous legacy of transcriptions, especially of operatic favourites. Although some of his music was intended for the Victorian drawing room, other pieces require a virtuoso technique – and all of it has a thoroughly engaging melodic appeal.