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Farren-Price stands among Australia’s most seasoned concert pianists and teachers. Widely regarded as a godfather of technique and performance, he has shaped generations of Melbourne and Move musicians.
His solo career took him before major orchestras under Antal Dorati, Ferdinand Leitner, Sir Eugene Goossens, Hubert Soudant, Sir Charles Groves, Willem van Otterloo, Hiroyuki Iwaki and others. He was the first Australian pianist invited to play in the former USSR.
He served for many years as Head of Keyboard at the University of Melbourne’s School of Music. Individual titles in the set include Haydn 250th Birthday Celebration, A Beethoven Recital, Reflections, Ronald Farren-Price Plays Chopin, Franz Schubert: Sonata No. 20 in A Major, D. 959 and Johannes Brahms: Sonata No. 3 in F minor, Op. 5.
Reviews
... a sensitive artist and a virtuoso of top rank ... demonstrated a perfect balance between the sound and the expression of the music ... definitely a pianist of great distinction.
Artists
Ronald Farren-Price
piano
Ronald Farren-Price is an Australian concert pianist of rare artistry, sensitivity and virtuosity. Clarity of expression and firmness of touch are the hallmarks of his style, which brings bold nobility to each performance.
Performer
- Ronald Farren-Price · piano
Details
- List price
- $100.00 AUD
- Release date
- 15 Sep 2021
- Catalogue
- MD 3462
- EAN
- 9314574346220
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Johannes Brahms: Sonata No. 3 in F minor, Op. 5
Prepare to be swept away by the soulful and powerful performance of Sonata No. 3 in F minor, Op. 5. The mastery of the piano by Farren-Price is evident in his interpretation of this masterpiece, showcasing the intricacies of Brahms' composition.
Franz Schubert: Sonata No. 20 in A Major, D. 959
Australian pianist Ronald Farren-Price brings intimacy and power to Schubert’s late Sonata No. 20 in A major, D. 959, balancing virtuosity with a deep feeling for the work’s melodic beauty and shifting moods.
Beethoven Pathetique
On the second volume of his Beethoven piano sonatas, Ronald Farren-Price tackles the famous Pathétique Sonata, the G major Sonata (Op. 14 No. 2), two Rondos and the beautiful late-period A-flat sonata, Op. 110.
Beethoven Moonlight
You may have been fortunate enough to hear pianist Ronald Farren-Price performing Beethoven in past years. Over seven years in the making, he has completed his long-awaited recording of selected, much-loved Beethoven piano works. This first album in the two-volume set opens the survey.
With Tenderness, With Fire
Ronald Farren-Price encores his hugely popular Reflections with this solo recital, ranging from the sublime beauty of a Beethoven Adagio to the thundering splendour of Prokofiev’s Toccata.
Ronald Farren-Price Plays Chopin
With a virtuosity that has become the hallmark of his performing career, Farren-Price pays tribute to the creative genius of Frédéric Chopin in this carefully selected programme.
Reflections
Internationally acclaimed pianist Ronald Farren-Price offers superb performances of some of the greatest music written for the piano, in a wide-ranging recital of favourite short works.
Debussy Preludes Book One
These first twelve preludes show Debussy’s achievement at the piano, expanding its range and orchestral colour. Ronald Farren-Price brings exceptional sensitivity to the set.
A Beethoven Recital
Recorded in 1976, Ronald Farren-Price’s Beethoven recital mixes rarely heard piano pieces with works long loved by students, from the Ten Variations on Salieri’s La stessa, la stessissima to Für Elise.
Haydn 250th Birthday Celebration
Pianist Ronald Farren-Price marks Haydn’s 250th birthday with three major keyboard works: the Sonatas in E minor and C minor, and the Variations in F minor.
Stravinsky: The Rite of Spring (piano four hands)
Stravinsky's The Rite of Spring was first composed in 1913 for piano four hands, eight years before the orchestral score was published. Ronald Farren-Price and Rosslyn Farren-Price give an intense, highly rhythmic performance of the Rite, set against Ravel's melodic Mother Goose Suite, also originally written for piano four hands.