Iris Loveridge - Bax: The Piano Music (2008)
BAND/ARTIST: Iris Loveridge
- Title: Bax: The Piano Music
- Year Of Release: 2008
- Label: Lyrita
- Genre: Classical Piano
- Quality: flac lossless (tracks) +Booklet
- Total Time: 03:44:31
- Total Size: 444 mb
- WebSite: Album Preview
Tracklist
CD1
01. Piano Sonata No. 1 in F-Sharp Minor
02. Concert valse in E-Flat Major
03. 2 Russian Tone-Pictures: No. 1, Nocturne. May Night in the Ukraine
04. 2 Russian Tone-Pictures: No. 2, National Dance. Gopak
05. Toccata
06. The Princess's Rose Garden
07. In a Vodka Shop
08. The Maiden with the Daffodil
09. Apple-Blossom-Time
10. Sleepy-Head
11. A Mountain Mood
CD2
01. Winter Waters
02. Dream in Exile
03. Nereid
04. On a May Evening
05. A Romance
06. Whirligig
07. Piano Sonata No. 2 in G Major
08. The Slave Girl
09. What the Minstrel Told Us
CD3
01. Ceremonial Dance
02. Serpent Dance
03. Water Music
04. Lullaby
05. Burlesque
06. Country-Tune
07. A Hill Tune
08. Mediterranean
09. Piano Sonata No. 3 in G-Sharp Minor: I. Allegro moderato
10. Piano Sonata No. 3 in G-Sharp Minor: II. Lento moderato
11. Piano Sonata No. 3 in G-Sharp Minor: III. Allegro
12. Paean
13. Piano Sonata No. 4 in G Major: I. Allegro giusto
14. Piano Sonata No. 4 in G Major: II. Allegro quasi andante
15. Piano Sonata No. 4 in G Major: III. Allegro
16. O Dame Get Up and Bake Your Pies
Considered as part of the great river of music that flowed from Britain in the twentieth century, the piano music of Arnold Bax is a lesser tributary. But that doesn't mean these waters run smoothly. Bax's highly romantic music is filled with tumultuous rapids and precipitous falls. Performed with extraordinary commitment and panache by Iris Loveridge on this three-disc set from Lyrita, Bax's piano music doesn't quite rise to the level of his better known symphonies and symphonic poems, but that isn't for want of trying. The works range from derivative early efforts such as the Russian Tone-Pictures through evocative character pieces like What the Minstrel Told Us to the monumental Third Sonata in the highly unusual key of G sharp minor. Yet through all the works runs the pure stream of Bax's romantic nature. The cumulative effect could be emotionally overwhelming, but in Loveridge's agile hands, Bax's music surges inevitably, irresistibly onward, forestalling objections from all but the coldest of hearts. Recorded mostly in monaural, Lyrita's sound is distant, but clean and present. If you already love Bax's symphonies and symphonic poems, you owe it to yourself to at least try these recordings.
CD1
01. Piano Sonata No. 1 in F-Sharp Minor
02. Concert valse in E-Flat Major
03. 2 Russian Tone-Pictures: No. 1, Nocturne. May Night in the Ukraine
04. 2 Russian Tone-Pictures: No. 2, National Dance. Gopak
05. Toccata
06. The Princess's Rose Garden
07. In a Vodka Shop
08. The Maiden with the Daffodil
09. Apple-Blossom-Time
10. Sleepy-Head
11. A Mountain Mood
CD2
01. Winter Waters
02. Dream in Exile
03. Nereid
04. On a May Evening
05. A Romance
06. Whirligig
07. Piano Sonata No. 2 in G Major
08. The Slave Girl
09. What the Minstrel Told Us
CD3
01. Ceremonial Dance
02. Serpent Dance
03. Water Music
04. Lullaby
05. Burlesque
06. Country-Tune
07. A Hill Tune
08. Mediterranean
09. Piano Sonata No. 3 in G-Sharp Minor: I. Allegro moderato
10. Piano Sonata No. 3 in G-Sharp Minor: II. Lento moderato
11. Piano Sonata No. 3 in G-Sharp Minor: III. Allegro
12. Paean
13. Piano Sonata No. 4 in G Major: I. Allegro giusto
14. Piano Sonata No. 4 in G Major: II. Allegro quasi andante
15. Piano Sonata No. 4 in G Major: III. Allegro
16. O Dame Get Up and Bake Your Pies
Considered as part of the great river of music that flowed from Britain in the twentieth century, the piano music of Arnold Bax is a lesser tributary. But that doesn't mean these waters run smoothly. Bax's highly romantic music is filled with tumultuous rapids and precipitous falls. Performed with extraordinary commitment and panache by Iris Loveridge on this three-disc set from Lyrita, Bax's piano music doesn't quite rise to the level of his better known symphonies and symphonic poems, but that isn't for want of trying. The works range from derivative early efforts such as the Russian Tone-Pictures through evocative character pieces like What the Minstrel Told Us to the monumental Third Sonata in the highly unusual key of G sharp minor. Yet through all the works runs the pure stream of Bax's romantic nature. The cumulative effect could be emotionally overwhelming, but in Loveridge's agile hands, Bax's music surges inevitably, irresistibly onward, forestalling objections from all but the coldest of hearts. Recorded mostly in monaural, Lyrita's sound is distant, but clean and present. If you already love Bax's symphonies and symphonic poems, you owe it to yourself to at least try these recordings.
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