Performer: Benjamin Grosvenor
Number of Discs: 1
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Decca
Release: 2014
Size: 1.16 GB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
Johann Sebastian Bach:
Partita No.4 in D , BWV 828
01. 1. Overture
02. 2. Allemande
03. 3. Courante
04. 4. Aria
05. 5. Sarabande
06. 6. Menuet
07. 7. Gigue
Frédéric Chopin:
Andante spianato and Grande polonaise in E flat, Op.22
08. Andante spianato
09. Grande Polonaise
Polonaise No.5 In F Sharp Minor, Op.44
10. Polonaise No.5 In F Sharp Minor, Op.44
Alexander Scriabin:
10 Mazurkas, Op.3 (1889)
11. No.6 in C Sharp Minor (Scherzando)
12. No.4 in E (Moderato)
13. No.9 in G Sharp Minor
Valse in A flat major, op.38
14. Waltz No.4, Op.38
Enrique Granados:
8 Valses poéticos
15. Preludio: Vivace molto
16. I. Melodioso
17. 2.Tempo de Vals noble
18. 3. Tempo de Vals lento
19. 4. Allegro humoristico
20. 5. Allegretto (elegante)
21. 6. Quasi ad libitum (sentimental)
22. 7. Vivo
23. 8. Presto
Adolf Schulz-Evler:
24. An die schönen Blauen Donau – concert arabesques after a waltz by J. Strauss jr.
Isaac Albéniz:
25. Tango, Op. 165 No.2
Morton Gould:
26. Boogie Woogie Etude
27. No.2 Gnomenreigen
28. Siciliano
Dances is a dazzling display of solo works for piano from Bach to Boogie Woogie; via Chopin, Granados, Albeniz, Scriabin and the Blue Danube.
For his second solo album on Decca, Benjamin Grosvenor has assembled a typically imaginative and appealing programme of piano music inspired by the dance form.
Shining the spotlight on the music of movement, this album was inspired by a letter from the great pianist-composer Ferruccio Busoni to his pupil Egon Petri proposing a “dance programme” as a theme for Petri’s recitals, a concept Grosvenor expanded on for his Queen Elizabeth Hall debut recital in 2012.
A former Gramophone Young Artist of the Year, Grosvenor will appearing at two BBC Proms in 2014 with a performance of Chopin’s First Piano Concerto with the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra (8th August), followed by a solo recital at Cadogan Hall (1st September). In 2011, he was awarded the honour of opening the BBC Proms Concerts season and was the youngest-ever soloist to perform on the ‘First Night’.