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Gregson - Complete Music for Solo Piano | Naxos 8574222

Gregson - Complete Music for Solo Piano

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Label: Naxos

Cat No: 8574222

Barcode: 0747313422272

Format: CD

Number of Discs: 1

Genre: Instrumental

Release Date: 28th August 2020

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About

Murray McLachlan says of Edward Gregson’s piano music that ‘he knows the importance of restraint and control; nothing is overly stated, repeated or extended. Concentration and craftsmanship permeate every bar that the composer has penned.’ Renowned for his orchestral oeuvre, Gregson shows us a more intimate but no less impressive side in his piano music. From the Lullaby composed while a student, to the Tippett-inspired Piano Sonata, we are charmed, moved and thrilled in equal measure by this programme of his complete music for solo piano.

Edward Gregson is a composer whose music has been performed, broadcast, and recorded worldwide. He studied composition and piano with Alan Bush at the Royal Academy of Music, where he won five prizes for composition. His commissions have included works for the English Chamber, Bournemouth Symphony, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic, BBC Philharmonic, and Hallé Orchestras, with performances by many other orchestras and ensembles around the world. He has written orchestral, chamber, instrumental, and choral music. He has also been the recipient of a dozen honorary doctorates and fellowships from various English universities and conservatoires.

Edward Gregson is best known for his dazzling orchestral works and music for brass and wind bands, but this recording of his complete piano works to date reminds us of his equally impressive catalogue of works for soloists and chamber ensembles. Naxos has released his Tuba Concerto (8557754) as well as the Three Matisse Impressions (8572503) for recorder, strings, harp and percussion, considered ‘lovely and charming’ by MusicWeb International.

This recording marks the debut of distinguished pianist Murray McLachlan on Naxos. His discography already includes over 40 commercial recordings, including the complete sonatas of Beethoven, Myaskovsky and Prokofiev, the six concertos of Alexander Tcherepnin, the 24 Preludes and Fugues of Rodion Shchedrin, Ronald Stevenson’s Passacaglia on DSCH, the major works of Kabalevsky, Khatchaturian and the complete solo piano music of Erik Chisholm.

This programme includes a performance of A Song for Sue by the composer himself, and the piano duets Gregson wrote for his sons – Four Pictures sees pianist Murray McLachlan joined by his daughter Rose. The second and third of the Three Études were composed especially for this recording.

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