Il Maestro e lo Scolare

Il Maestro e lo Scolare

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Digital Booklet
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Catalogue No: DDA 21234
EAN/UPC: 809730123429
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Release Date: July 2021
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Discs: 2
Total Playing Time: 140:00

For the first time, here is an album full of piano duets written expressly for teacher and student, from the first in the genre, Haydn’s Il Maestro e lo Scolare, through many well known composers of the 19th and 20th centuries up to the current decade.

Very few of these works have attained any sort of public awareness apart from Stravinsky’s Easy Pieces, but though written deliberately with one ‘easy’ part for the learner, the pieces are thoroughly delightful, tuneful and never simplistic: indeed they display all the hallmarks of Romantic, Impressionist (and in two cases jazz-inspired) music-making of high quality and all make for extremely entertaining and pleasant listening.

Antony Gray is a London-based pianist and teacher with acclaimed recordings to his name. His work with students of all ages, those that wish to pursue advanced training and even those who do not, produces a wonderful rapport which shines through in these recordings. Over 50 of Gray’s students are represented on the album.

Track Listing

    Émile Paladilhe:
  1. Petit Carillon
    2. Franz Joseph Haydn:
  2. Il Maestro e lo Scolare
    3. Carl Czerny:
  3. Zwei Romanzen, Op. 111 - No. 1 in G minor
  4. Zwei Romanzen, Op. 111 - No. 2 in E flat major
    5. Moritz Moszkowsky:
  5. Le maître et l’élève, Op. 96 - Prologue in C major
  6. Le maître et l’élève, Op. 96 - Moment musical in C minor
  7. Le maître et l’élève, Op. 96 - Melodie in E flat major
  8. Le maître et l’élève, Op. 96 - Air de ballet in G minor
  9. Le maître et l’élève, Op. 96 - Arabesque in B flat major
  10. Le maître et l’élève, Op. 96 - Berceuse in D major
  11. Le maître et l’élève, Op. 96 - Valse in A major
  12. Le maître et l’élève, Op. 96 - Tarantelle in C major
    13. Edouard Lalo:
  13. La mère et l’enfant, Op. 32 - I. Romance
  14. La mère et l’enfant, Op. 32 - II. Serenade
    15. Leo Ornstein:
  15. Seeing Russia with Teacher - I. The Old Village Church
  16. Seeing Russia with Teacher - II. Putting the Wooden Doll to Sleep
  17. Seeing Russia with Teacher - III. The Sleighride
  18. Seeing Russia with Teacher - IV. The Prisoners leave for Siberia
  19. Seeing Russia with Teacher - V. The Carrousel
  20. Seeing Russia with Teacher - VI. The Moujik in the Dark Woods
  21. Seeing Russia with Teacher - VII. Baba tells an Old Tale
  22. Seeing Russia with Teacher - VIII. The Cossacks Ride By
  23. Seeing Russia with Teacher - IX. The Barge on the Dnieper
  24. Seeing Russia with Teacher - X. Holiday in the Village
    25. Enrique Granados; arr. Antony Gray:
  25. Cuentos de la juventud, Op. 1 – No. 1 Dedicatoria ‘A mi hijo Eduardo’
    26. Jean-Roger Ducasse:
  26. Études à quatre mains pour un commençant, Book 1 - No. 2 Sans lenteur
  27. Études à quatre mains pour un commençant, Book 1 - No. 3 Presque vite
    28. André Caplet:
  28. Un tas de petites choses dans tous les tons, Cahier 1 - I. Une petite berceuse
  29. Un tas de petites choses dans tous les tons, Cahier 1 - II. Une petite danse slovaque
  30. Un tas de petites choses dans tous les tons, Cahier 1 - III. Une petite barcarolle
  31. Un tas de petites choses dans tous les tons, Cahier 1 - IV. Une petite marche bien française
  32. Un tas de petites choses dans tous les tons, Cahier 1 - V. Un petit truc embêtant
    33. Florent Schmitt:
  33. Les songes de Hialmar, Op. 58 - I. La cigogne lasse
  34. Les songes de Hialmar, Op. 58 - II. Le cheval de Ferme-l'Oeil
    35. Guy Ropartz:
  35. Petites pièces pour piano à 4 mains pour Gaud - No. 1 Andante
  36. Petites pièces pour piano à 4 mains pour Gaud - No. 2 Lento
  37. Petites pièces pour piano à 4 mains pour Gaud - No. 3 Allegretto
    38. John Carmichael:
  38. Steps - I. Giant Steps
  39. Steps - II. Little Steps
  40. Steps - III. Dance Steps
    41. Paraphrases (24 variations et 15 petites pièces pour piano sur un thème favori et oblige)
  41. 24 Variations and Finale (Cui/Liadov/Rimsky-Korsakov)
  42. Prelude - Andante (Franz Liszt)
  43. Polka (Alexander Borodin)
  44. Marche funèbre (Alexander Borodin
  45. Valse (Anatoly Liadov)
  46. Berceuse (Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov)
  47. Galop (Anatoly Liadov)
  48. Gigue (Anatoly Liadov)
  49. Fughetta on B-A-C-H (Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov)
  50. Tarantella (Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov)
  51. Menuetto (Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov)
  52. Valse (Cesar Cui)
  53. Requiem (Alexander Borodin)
  54. Carillon (Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov)
  55. Mazurka (Alexander Borodin)
  56. Fugue grotesque (Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov)
  57. Cortège triumphal (Anatoly Liadov)
    58. Igor Stravinsky:
  58. Three Easy Pieces - I. March
  59. Three Easy Pieces - II. Valse
  60. Three Easy Pieces - III. Polka
    61. Michael Blake:
  61. From the Stoep - I. Piccolo galoppo
  62. From the Stoep - II. Lontano
  63. From the Stoep - III. Sailor's Piano
    64. Malcolm Williamson:
  64. Travel Diaries, Set 3 (Naples) - No. 2 Ruins of Pompeii
  65. Travel Diaries, Set 3 (Naples) - No. 3 Sorrento
  66. Travel Diaries, Set 3 (Naples) - No. 4 Mount Vesuvius
  67. Travel Diaries, Set 3 (Naples) - No. 6 Statue of St. Christopher
  68. Travel Diaries, Set 3 (Naples) - No. 8 Blue Grotto - Capri
  69. Travel Diaries, Set 3 (Naples) - No. 9 Tarantella
    70. Igor Stravinsky:
  70. Five Easy Pieces - I. Andante
  71. Five Easy Pieces - II. Española
  72. Five Easy Pieces - III. Balalaïka
  73. Five Easy Pieces - IV. Napolitana
  74. Five Easy Pieces - V. Galop
    75. Bohuslav Martinů:
  75. Avec un doigt
    76. Federico Maria Sardelli:
  76. Noch ein Wiegenlied
    77. Erik Windrich:
  77. Jaggamuffin
    78. Percy Grainger:
  78. The Immovable Do
  79. Zanzibar Boat Song
  80. Ye banks and Braes
  81. Bridge over the River Kwai
    82. Joe McGrail:
  82. Jazz Duets - I. Blue moment
  83. Jazz Duets - II. Ballad
  84. Jazz Duets - III. Freight Train to Fresno

Reviews

American Record Guide
“

This is a fabulous, large collection of duets that belongs in every piano teacher’s library. The key to this release (and a good part of its success) is the freshness each student brings to his part. Add in the sensitive and sometimes demanding collaboration by teacher Gray, and you get an unmatched program. This collection is quite amazing.

” —James Harrington
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Sunday Times
“

Everything here is a gratifying listening experience and the untainted enjoyment of Gray’s participating pupils is palpable.

” —Stephen Pettitt
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