Composer: Edwin York Bowen
Performer: Stephen Hough
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Hyperion
Catalogue: CDA66838
Release: 1996
Size: 246 MB
Recovery: +3%
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24 Preludes in All Major and Minor Keys, Op. 102
01. No. 1 in C Major
02. No. 2 in C Minor
03. No. 10 in E Minor
04. No. 7 in E-Flat Major
05. No. 8 in E-Flat Minor
06. No. 22 in B-Flat Minor
07. No. 21 in B-Flat Major
08. No. 15 in G Major
09. No. 16 in G Major
10. No. 6 in D Minor
11. No. 19 in A Major
12. No. 20 in A Minor
13. No. 18 in G-Sharp Minor
14. Ballade No. 2, Op. 87
Piano Sonata No. 5 in F Minor, Op. 72
15. I. Moderato
16. II. Andante semplice
17. III. Allegro con fuoco – Più lento – Più mosso e con fuoco
18. Berceuse, Op. 83
Suite Mignonne, Op. 39
19. III. Moto perpetuo
20. Toccata in A Minor, Op. 155
21. Romance No. 1 in G-Flat Major, Op. 35 No. 2
22. Romance No. 2 in F Major, Op. 45
York Bowen ranks as one of the greatest virtuoso pianists England has seen. His vast output of piano compositions stands comparison with that of Rachmaninov and yet has remained largely neglected: he was a figure who wrote the the sort of music he loved not the new ‘trendy’ music his own generation demanded. “York Bowen is master of every kind of piano writing, which, great artist that he is, he uses not to the ends of trumpery and empty virtuoso affichage, but to the purposes of the powerful brilliant glowing and rich expression of a very individual beautiful and interesting musical thought York Bowen is, at the present time, the one English composer whose work can justly be said to be that of a great Master of the instrument, as Rachmaninov was or as Medtner is.”