Blue Wrens
Modern Piano Music from Australia.
This disc contains world première recordings of works by some of Australia’s top contemporary composers. Trevor Barnard is an English pianist who moved to Australia many years ago and taught at The University of Melbourne as well as performing and writing articles and books on piano technique. He originally rose to overnight fame with his recording for EMI of the Bliss Piano Concerto with Sir Malcolm Sargent, now available on DDV 24106.
All music on this disc is published by Keys Press, 66 Clotilde Street, Mount Lawley, WA6050, Australia.
Track Listing
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Geoffrey Allen:
- Three Piano Pieces,op. 23 − no. 1 For the Parson's Pleasure (3:59)
- Three Piano Pieces,op. 23 − no. 2 D'Alliance francaise (3:16)
- Three Piano Pieces,op. 23 − no. 3 Blue Wrens at Amberley (3:59)
- Piano Sonata no. 4,op. 29 (10:24) Felix Werder:
- Monograph − Movement 1 (3:10)
- Monograph − Movement 2 (2:38)
- Monograph − Movement 3 (1:08) Dorian le Gallienne:
- Sonata for Piano − I. Allegro moderato (6:16)
- Sonata for Piano − II. Presto alla marcia (4:46)
- Sonata for Piano − III. Molto Lento (6:20) Tim Dargaville:
- Night Song (4:45) Michael Bertram:
- Sonatina − First Movement (3:16)
- Sonatina − Second movement (2:32)
- Sonatina − Third movement (2:11)
- Five Pieces for Piano − no.1 Rumelia (4:34)
- Five Pieces for Piano − no.2 Ingenu (2:27)
- Five Pieces for Piano − no. 3 Kinetic (4:29)
- Five Pieces for Piano − no. 4 Violet (1:36)
- Five Pieces for Piano − no.5 Iconoclast (2:40)
Reviews
“Trevor Barnard is an ideal performer in this collection …a very enjoyable cross-selection of accessible and attractive works that repay repeated hearings. Very entertaining and well worth investigating.
” —Hubert Culot
“[Barnard’s] performance of the works on this CD is excellent and he has captured the style and mood of the works well. For those collecting Australian works this is another ‘must’.
” —Glenn Clark
“Trevor Barnard plays these often difficult pieces very well, achieving a wonderful full sound. The recording is exemplary. The cover design and full notes (many by the composers) are excellent. The disc is an interesting one and indicates the wealth of composing talent in the Antipodes.
” —Arthur Baker
“Superbly interpreted by Trevor Barnard, who plays with feeling, sensitivity and enormous conviction… a splendid recording
” —Rita Crews
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