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Clifford Benson - Piano Works            | Landor LAN283

Clifford Benson - Piano Works

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Label: Landor

Cat No: LAN283

Barcode: 0827912076295

Format: CD

Number of Discs: 1

Genre: Instrumental

Release Date: 12th May 2008

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Contents

Works

Benson
Six Pieces - Romance d’amour / Humoresque / Au revoir, Sylvie / Consolation / Petite Burlesque / Arabesque

Benson
Variations on Frere Jacques

Benson
Three Pieces - Rondo / Spanish Dance / Little March

Benson
Mozart Goes To Town (for piano duet)

Benson
Reflexions

Benson
Variations on Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star

Artists

Michael Dussek (piano)

Works

Benson
Six Pieces - Romance d’amour / Humoresque / Au revoir, Sylvie / Consolation / Petite Burlesque / Arabesque

Benson
Variations on Frere Jacques

Benson
Three Pieces - Rondo / Spanish Dance / Little March

Benson
Mozart Goes To Town (for piano duet)

Benson
Reflexions

Benson
Variations on Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star

Artists

Michael Dussek (piano)

About

Throughout his distinguished career, Clifford Benson formed long-lasting partnerships with prominent performers including clarinettist Dame Thea King, violinist Levon Chilingirian and flautist William Bennett, and also worked with singers including Ian Partridge and Stephen Varcoe.

Although he was internationally regarded as a performer, it is less well known that Clifford Benson was also a gifted composer and this recording, personally overseen and endorsed by Benson shortly before his tragic death from a brain tumour in 2007, presents a profusion of colours and moods and captures the spirit of this much-loved character.

Clifford Benson had intended to record the repertoire himself in his 60th birthday year, but the illness had caused him to lose the use of his right arm, so he turned to a trusted friend and colleague, the hugely respected pianist Michael Dussek.

From the poignant strains of ‘Romance d’amour’ and ‘Consolation’, to the witty jazz inflections of ‘Mozart Goes To Town’ and the compositional grand tour of ’18 Variations on Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star’, which alludes to composers from Bach to Scott Joplin, it is clear that Clifford Benson was a master of the piano miniature and his music is likely to win him a new audience that never heard him perform live.

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