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DDA25234
Originally recorded in November 2022
Classical
Piano
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About
William Baines is one of those exceptionally gifted composers whose music still remains little known to the general music-loving public. Deeply rooted in Nature, it shows influences from Debussy, Scriabin, Chopin, Liszt and Ravel and has totally assimilated those exemplars into truly mature and distinguished works all his own. This album includes a number of impressionist piano solos and also the first recording (and first performance) of the Five Songs, presented by veteran tenor Gordon Pullin, who has long been associated with the music of Baines. Duncan Honeybourne has become one of the most sought after of British pianists with a sparkling discography and is totally at home in this picturesque music. This album is produced also in memory of Baines on the centenary of his death. The album concludes with ‘At the Grave of William Baines’ by fellow Yorkshire Robin Walker – a fitting tribute by a living composer with similar abilities to draw inspiration from the world around him.
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Reviews
“…This [Robin Walker’s At the Grave of William Baines], along with Baines’s piano music, is sensitively and colourfully played by Duncan Honeybourne, who also contributes the fine program notes. Excellent recorded sound rounds out the picture.”
“… This disc is especially interesting because it includes pieces which have never been commercially released before; some of these premier recordings fascinatingly demonstrate how Baines worked in a genre not usually associated with him, that of songwriting… here we have a splendid new disc with inspiring music in glowing recorded sound. The performances are first class and the documentation is superb; this production appears to be a labour of love.”
“… This is a very fine new release of music by William Baines (and Robin Walker). It is perfectly executed by all concerned. I hope that Duncan Honeybourne will dig deeper into the surviving manuscripts located at the British Library, and record more piano works from Baines’s pen…”
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