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2 of 18 tracks have a preview · 17 works · 75:10
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1 Quejas, o La maja y el ruiseñor Enrique Granados No. 4 from Goyescas 6:32
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2 Sonata in G minor, K. 476 L. 340 Domenico Scarlatti 3:54
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3 Lieder ohne Worte, Op. 30 No. 3 in E major Felix Mendelssohn 2:17
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4 Lieder ohne Worte, Op. 38 No. 6 in A-flat major Felix Mendelssohn Duetto 3:18
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5 Étude Op. 10 No. 3 in E major Frédéric Chopin 4:19
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6 Étude Op. 25 No. 1 in A-flat major Frédéric Chopin 2:31
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7 Étude Op. 10 No. 12 in C minor Frédéric Chopin ‘Revolutionary’ 2:48
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8 Sonata in C minor, Op. 13 ‘Pathétique’ Ludwig van Beethoven Adagio 5:03
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Prelude and Fugue in C minor, Book 1, BWV 847Johann Sebastian Bach 2 movements3:18
- 9 Prelude 1:38
- 10 Fugue 1:40
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11 Concerto in the Italian Style, BWV 971 Johann Sebastian Bach i. (1st movt) 3:55
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12 The Little Shepherd Claude Debussy from Children’s Corner 3:00
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13 Danse Claude Debussy 5:30
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14 Transcendental Étude No. 3, Paysage Franz Liszt 5:13
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15 Sonata in A major, D. 959 Franz Schubert Scherzo 5:25
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16 Impromptu in A-flat major, Op. 90 No. 4, D. 899 Franz Schubert 7:28
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17 La vallée des cloches Maurice Ravel from Miroirs 5:53
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18 Toccata in D minor, Op. 11 Sergei Prokofiev 4:46
The solo recital has always occupied a special place in music, for we are taken into the performer’s confidence and invited to share their inner world. On the piano a recital can range from the delicate and the gentle to the stormy and the furious, for no other instrument approaches the piano in orchestral power, harmonic richness, or sheer variety of textures.
Reviews
The gossamer touch of pianist Ronald Farren-Price breathes new life into the classics … a majestic session … captivating
Ronald Farren-Price … plays with fine virtuosity and expressive warmth a recital program of pianistic delights
The choice of music is impeccable … all of them given with clarity and expressive assurance.
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.
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.
Ludwig van Beethoven
composer
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770–1827) was a German composer and pianist whose music stands at the centre of the Western classical tradition, bridging the Classical and Romantic eras.
Frédéric Chopin
composer
Frédéric Chopin (1810–1849) was a Polish composer and virtuoso pianist of the early Romantic period. He wrote almost exclusively for the piano and remains one of its defining poetic voices.
Claude Debussy
composer
Claude Debussy (1862–1918) was a French composer whose harmony, colour and flexible sense of key reshaped European music at the turn of the twentieth century. Piano, orchestral and chamber works from his maturity remain central to the repertoire.
Enrique Granados
composer
Enrique Granados was born in Lérida in 1867. He studied the piano and composition in Barcelona and then in Paris, returning to Barcelona in 1889, and won distinction as a pianist and popularity in Spain with his zarzuelas and piano music.
Franz Liszt
composer
Franz Liszt (1811–1886) was a Hungarian composer, virtuoso pianist, conductor and teacher of the Romantic era. His vast output reshaped piano technique, invented the symphonic poem and pushed harmony toward the twentieth century.
Felix Mendelssohn
composer
Jakob Ludwig Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy (1809–1847) was a German composer, pianist, organist and conductor of the early Romantic period. His works include symphonies, concertos, oratorios, piano music and chamber music.
Sergei Prokofiev
composer
Sergei Prokofiev (1891–1953) was a Russian composer, pianist and conductor, and one of the major figures of twentieth-century music. His work ranges from ballets, operas and concertos to sonatas and music written for young players.
Maurice Ravel
composer
Many consider Maurice Ravel a major composer for the piano as well as a genius of orchestration. It remains a surprise how few works make up his total output for the instrument: all his piano compositions can be performed in under two and a half hours.
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.
Franz Schubert
composer
Franz Schubert (1797–1828) was an Austrian composer of the late Classical and early Romantic eras. In only thirty-one years he left a vast body of work, including over six hundred Lieder, and remains among the most frequently performed composers.
Digital booklet
Digital booklet Notes, texts and credits — read online or download the PDF Download the PDFPerformers
- Ronald Farren-Price · piano
Technical credits
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Recording Engineer
Martin Wright
Vaughan McAlley
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Venue
Melba Hall
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Credit
Andrew Campbell
Martin Greet
Details
- List price
- $25.00 AUD
- Total playing time
- 75 minutes 10 seconds
- Release date
- 1999
- Categories
- Classical, Keyboard
- Genres
- Romantic & Impressionist, Baroque
- Musical work copyright
- © 1999 Move Records
- Sound recording copyright
- ℗ 1999 Move Records
- Catalogue
- MD 3157
- EAN
- 9314574315721
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