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Complete Piano Music
SIR ARNOLD BAX
(1883-1953)
COMPACT DISC ONE
1.
Lullaby (1920)
3:53
Berceuse
2.
Country-Tune (1920)
2:00
Sonata No. 1 (1910; revised 1917-21)
19:39
in F sharp minor - in fis-Moll - en fa dièse mineur
3.
Not too fast and very decisive in rhythm - Allegro passionato
7:30
4.
Tempo I (Allegro deciso) - Più lento -
5:28
5.
Tempo I Languido et lontano - Allegro moderato - Broad and triumphant
6:40
6.
Winter Waters (1915)
6:47
Tragic Landscape
Sonata No. 2 (1919; revised 1920)
23:51
in G major - in G-Dur - en sol majeur
7.
Lento. Tenebroso. Slow - moderato eroico -
8:32
8.
Lento - Vivace -Tempo I
4:34
9.
Tempo I - Molto largamente - Lento
10:45
56:25
COMPACT DISC TWO
Sonata No. 3 (1926)
25:42
in G sharp minor - in gis-Moll - en sol dièse mineur
1.
I
Allegro moderato - Vivo - Andante con moto - Tempo I - Vivace
10:26
2.
II
Lento moderato
8:45
3.
III
Allegro - Moderato molto espressivo - Tempo I
6:20
4.
Water Music (1929)
5:38
5.
A Hill Tune (1920)
3:57
6.
In a Vodka Shop (1915)
3:27
Sonata No. 4 (1932)
18:37
in G major - in G-Dur - en sol majeur
7.
I
Allegro giusto - Largamente - Vivace
5:58
8.
II
Allegretto quasi andante
6:34
9.
III
Allegro - Allegro maestoso - Trionfale - Tempo I
5:52
57:49
COMPACT DISC THREE
Two Russian Tone Pictures (1912)
13:59
1.
Nocturne (May Night in the Ukraine)
8:17
2.
Gopak (National Dance)
5:42
3.
The Maiden with the Daffodil (1915)
4:26
Idyll
4.
The Princess's Rose Garden (1915)
8:17
Nocturne
5.
Apple-Blossom-Time (1915)
3:17
6.
On a May Evening (1918)
6:37
7.
O Dame Get Up and Bake Your Pies (1945)
2:46
Variations on a North Country Christmas Carol
8.
Nereid (1916)
4:29
9.
Sleepy Head (1915)
5:36
10.
A Romance (1918)
5:42
11.
Burlesque (1920)
2:54
58:42
COMPACT DISC FOUR
1.
Whirligig (1919)
3:12
2.
What the Minstrel Told Us (1919)
9:56
Ballad
3.
Legend (1935)
7:53
4.
Dream in Exile (1916)
9:06
Intermezzo
5.
A Mountain Mood (1915)
5:38
6.
Mediterranean (1920)
3:14
7.
Serpent Dance (1929)
3:32
8.
Ceremonial Dance (1929)
4:00
9.
The Slave Girl (1919)
4:27
10.
In the Night (1914)
6:45
11.
Toccata (1913?)
5:44
12.
Paean (1920)
3:34
13.
From 'Salzburg' Sonata (1937)
9:15
in B flat major - in B-Dur - en si bémol majeur
Lento espressivo
76:51
Solo:Eric Parkin piano
4-7 June 1985 (discs 1 and 2)
21 & 22 November (1988) (disc 3)
24 June 1991 (disc 4, Salzburg Sonata)
19-21 August 1996 (disc 4, other works)
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Reviews
'If you've been attracted to Bax by Chandos' recent series of the symphonies (CHAN 10122(5)), you'll find this a fascinating companion set.'
BBC Music Magazine
Excellent recording of piano tone by Chandos on this disc… the second in Eric Parkins magisterial survey of Baxs piano music.
Gramophone
Eric Parkin provides a sympathetic guide in this repertoire… the playing is outstandingly responsive.
The Penguin Complete Guide
…devoted and perceptive accounts from Eric Parkin.
Hi-Fi News
The case for this music is very strongly made by Eric Parkins sensitive and committed playing.
Classic CD
'This wonderful music ranges form the melodic and folksy to the cragginess of the sonatas. Eric Parkin's pianism is beyond praise, and the recording excellent. If you missed this the first time around, grab it now while you can.'
American Record Guide
'Above all it is the four Piano Sonatas, on the first two of the four CDs which comprise this set - over-used word, I know - which are indispensible.'
International Record Review
While I do not have a soft spot for Baxs piano idiom, I have no reservations in recommending this excellent survey , not only ofr its comprehensiveness, but also for the scholarly, distinguished playing of Eric Parkin. His pedalling in the complex, orchestral washes Bax paints in masterly; his pianism is self-effacing; quite simply he reveals Bax the composer, not Parkin the pianist.
Pianist
'Four CDs of well-textured, luscious, strong-willed music, its influences ranging from Russian church bells to the emotional impact of the Great War. Sympathetic, brilliant playing from Parkin.'
Classic FM Magazine
This wonderful music ranges from the melodic and folksy to the cragginess of the sonatas. Eric Parkins pianism is beyond praise, and the recording excellent. If you missed this the first time around, grab it now while you can.
American Record Guide
If youve been attracted to Bax by Chandos recent series of the symphonies (CHAN 10122(5)), youll find this a fascinating companion set.
BBC Music Magazine
Above all it is the four Piano Sonatas, on the first two of the four CDs which comprise this set - over-used word, I know - which are indispensible.
International Record Review
Four CDs of well-textured, luscious, strong-willed music, its influences ranging from Russian church bells to the emotional impact of the Great War. Sympathetic, brilliant playing from Parkin.
Classic FM Magazine
'While I do not have a soft spot for Bax's piano idiom, I have no reservations in recommending this excellent survey , not only ofr its comprehensiveness, but also for the scholarly, distinguished playing of Eric Parkin. His pedalling in the complex, orchestral washes Bax paints in masterly; his pianism is self-effacing; quite simply he reveals Bax the composer, not Parkin the pianist.'
The Pianist
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