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1 The Man I Love George Gershwin 2:47
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2 Strike Up the Band George Gershwin 2:07
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3 Rotation Gary White 3:22
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4 Sonata in E-flat for Flute and Continuo Johann Sebastian Bach Siciliano 2:53
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5 The Bells of Aberdovey Welsh folk song 2:04
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6 Londonderry Air Irish melody 4:45
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7 Frans Hals Suite Piet Kee Ringing Piece 4:36
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8 Suite España, Op. 165 Isaac Albéniz Preludio 2:34
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9 Cantos de España, Op. 232 Isaac Albéniz Preludio 7:38
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10 Serenades I Ronald Barnes Barcarolle 6:30
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11 Sonata L. 33 Domenico Scarlatti 3:17
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12 Home Among the Gum Trees Australian Folk Song 2:14
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13 Moonlight over the Deserted Castle Rentarō Taki 3:52
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The Sound of MusicRichard Rodgers 3 movements8:39
- 14 My Favourite Things 2:23
- 15 Edelweiss 3:15
- 16 16 Going on 17 3:01
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17 The Old Castle Modest Mussorgsky 5:08
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18 Ballade Jef Rottiers 5:23
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19 Su-Wu in Exile Chinese Folk Song 4:38
Adrian Tien was already among Australia’s leading young carillonists when this recording was made. The Dutch carillon magazine Klok en Klepel praised his prize-winning playing in the International Carillon Competition and foresaw a brilliant career.
Australia’s National Carillon, a gift from the British Government accepted in 1970, stands on Aspen Island in Lake Burley Griffin. Its fifty-three bells include a bourdon of more than six tonnes. Tien puts the instrument through its paces in a programme grouped by region and style—American classics, Bach, British Isles airs, Dutch and Spanish showpieces, Italian campanella writing, Australian and Japanese favourites, Rodgers and Hammerstein, Mussorgsky, Rottiers, and a rare carillon collaboration with Chinese instruments.
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Reviews
a program of wide musical interest, and the excellently engineered recording captures with great fidelity the sound of the carillon .. this disc has special interest both for those who enjoy its unique tonal qualities as well as for its Canberra associations.
If CDs ever wore out .. the CD ... would be long gone ... It is, without question, the best CD of carillon playing I have ever heard ... absolutely superb.
a rare opportunity to show the versatility of the instrument.
a completely different type of musical experience ... certainly an interesting addition to the collection.
this innovative recording by Move will not disappoint.
the bells of the carillon create the perfect atmosphere ... it is a recording that demonstrates the versatility of the instrument ...
The first prize was awarded to Adrian Tien. Powerful playing, according to the jury. A technically perfect performance, whereby in spite of the difficulty of the music and the complexity in the contrapuntal structure of many compositions he was nevertheless able to stay focused on the music; the melodic line, for instance, was always easy to follow. Without doubt this carillonist has a brilliant carillon career in front of him.
Artists
Adrian Tien
carillon
Adrian Tien has been a regular carillon recitalist at the National Carillon in Canberra, Australia. He has also arranged and composed for the unique instrument.
Isaac Albéniz
composer
Isaac Albéniz (1860–1909) was a Spanish pianist and composer whose piano music, steeped in folk idioms, helped give Spanish art music a distinctive national voice.
Johann Sebastian Bach
composer
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685–1750) was a German composer and organist of the late Baroque. His sacred and secular music for choir, orchestra, organ and solo instruments remains among the foundations of the Western concert and church repertory.
George Gershwin
composer
George Gershwin (September 26, 1898 – July 11, 1937) was an American composer and pianist whose music spanned popular song, Broadway and the classical concert hall, leaving melodies that remain widely known.
Oscar Hammerstein II
composer
Oscar Hammerstein II wrote the words that made the American musical a story-first art: books and lyrics for Show Boat, Oklahoma!, Carousel, South Pacific, The King and I and The Sound of Music, songs built for character, courage and lasting melody.
Modest Mussorgsky
composer
Modest Mussorgsky (1839–1881) was a Russian composer of the Romantic period, celebrated for a boldly national voice that stood apart from Western convention. His music turns repeatedly to Russian history, folklore and the vivid colour of everyday speech.
Richard Rodgers
composer
Richard Rodgers (1902–1979) was an American composer of musical theatre whose songs became standards of the twentieth-century stage and screen. Over five decades he wrote more than nine hundred songs and dozens of Broadway musicals.
Domenico Scarlatti
composer
Domenico Scarlatti (1685–1757) was an Italian composer who spent much of his career at the Portuguese and Spanish courts. He is known almost exclusively for his 555 keyboard sonatas.
Ronald Barnes
composer
Ronald Barnes (1927–1997) was an American carillonist, composer and musicologist whose original works and arrangements became standard repertoire for the instrument.
Piet Kee
composer
Jacques Maassen
composer
Jef Rottiers
composer
Marcel Siebers
composer
Wen-Ching Su
composer
Wen-Ching Su is an arranger and performer of Chinese traditional music, credited on carillon with the folk piece Su-Wu in Exile.
Rentarō Taki
composer
Gerard de Waardt
composer
Sally Slade Warner
composer
Sally Slade Warner (1932–2009) was an American carillonneur, composer and arranger whose hymn settings and folk-song transcriptions became part of the standard carillon repertoire.
Gary White
composer
Digital booklet
Digital booklet Notes, texts and credits — read online or download the PDF Download the PDFPerformers
- Adrian Tien · carillon
- Wen-Ching Su · chinese instruments · track 19
Technical credits
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Recording Engineer
Terry McGee
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Editing Engineer
Thomas Grubb
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Mastering Engineer
Thomas Grubb
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Venue
National Carillon
Details
- List price
- $25.00 AUD
- Total playing time
- 72 minutes 27 seconds
- Release date
- 2000
- Categories
- Australian, Keyboard
- Genres
- Contemporary Classical, Folk
- Musical work copyright
- © 2000 Move Records
- Sound recording copyright
- ℗ 2000 Move Records
- Catalogue
- MD 3224
- EAN
- 9314574322422
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