Composer: Frédéric François Chopin, Gaetano Donizetti, Franz Peter Schubert, John Thomas, August Heinrich von Weyrauch
Performer: Duo Praxedis
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Toccata
Catalogue: TOCC0566
Release: 2023
Size: 587 MB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
01. Thomas: March of the Men of Harlech
02. Thomas: Souvenir du bal
03. Chopin: Piano Sonata No. 2 in B flat minor, Op. 35 ‘Marche funèbre’: 3rd movement (Funeral March)
04. Schubert: Ave Maria, D839
05. Schubert: Erlkönig, D328
06. Schubert: Complete Song Transcriptions: Dein ist mein Herz
07. Schubert: Ständchen ‘Leise flehen meine Lieder’, D957 No. 4
08. Schubert: Complete Song Transcriptions: Marguerite
09. Schubert: Der Wanderer, D493
10. Schubert: Das Fischermädchen D957 No. 10
11. Schubert: Barcarole – June from the Seasons
12. Weyrauch: Complete Song Transcriptions: L’Adieu
13. Schubert: Complete Song Transcriptions: L’Éloge des Larmes
14. Schubert: An Sylvia, D891
15. Schubert: Complete Song Transcriptions: Sois toujours mes seuls amours
16. Schubert: Die Forelle, D550
17. Schubert: Complete Song Transcriptions: The Fountain
18. anon.: Rákóczi-induló
19. Donizetti: Duet on Themes from Lucia di Lammermoor
Harpist to Queen Victoria, the Welsh composer John Thomas (1826–1913) 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’ own compositions use the elegant Romantic style of his own day, but he also left a generous legacy of transcriptions, with no fewer than fourteen Schubert songs recorded on this second volume of his complete duos for harp and piano. 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.