Magical Places
Locations can be magical in many ways – musically they can be exotic, inspired by a holiday taken by the composer, expressions of a culture or of nature; here, special places range from England (Britten’s Aldeburgh) to Siberia to North Africa. These evocative symphonic poems for piano duet all express some fascination with locale which have excited a composer and brought about these exquisite and Romantic pieces.
Track Listing
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Modest Musorgsky:
- Night on Bald Mountain (10:55) Hugo Alfven:
- Swedish Rhapsody No. 1 (12:16) Jacques Ibert:
- Escales − No. 1 Rome-Palermo (6:33)
- Escales − No. 2 Tunis-Nefta (2:19)
- Escales − No. 3 Valencia (5:32) Anatoly Liadov:l
- The Enchanted Lake (6:13) Benjamin Britten:
- Four Sea Interludes from Peter Grimes − No. 1 Dawn (4:23)
- Four Sea Interludes from Peter Grimes − No. 2 Sunday Morning (2:28)
- Four Sea Interludes from Peter Grimes − No. 3 Moonlight (4:40)
- Four Sea Interludes from Peter Grimes − No. 4 Storm (4:34) John Ireland:
- The Forgotten Rite (9:16)
Reviews
“Terrific performances … A nicely judged programme that is superbly played and recorded with clarity.
” —Guy Rickards
“Playing of astonishing brilliance from Anthony Goldstone and Caroline Clemmow … Britain’s premiere piano duo. It is because of the sensitivity and brilliance of Goldstone & Clemmow’s playing that these transcriptions work so well in their new guise. This is a beautifully produced disc with excellent notes by Anthony Goldstone which I thoroughly recommend.
” —Bruce Reader
“These two pianists shape and mold the piano transcriptions so well as to deliver interpretations that are just as effective [as the orchestral originals]. Not even a smidgen of the essence of these pieces is lost in the transcriptions, mostly due to the emotive edge these two musicians bring to the table.
” —Jean-Yves Duperron
