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Geoffrey Allen - Complete Piano Sonatas | Metier MSV77502

Geoffrey Allen - Complete Piano Sonatas

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Label: Metier

Cat No: MSV77502

Barcode: 0809730750229

Format: CD

Number of Discs: 5

Genre: Instrumental

Release Date: 10th March 2023

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Geoffrey Allen was a major figure in Australian music until his death in 2021 at the age of 94. This set of his 18 Piano Sonatas is a major work of art in every sense, as the pianist makes clear: “What is really interesting about Geoffrey’s music is that it looks orthodox on the page initially, but is in fact extremely thought-provoking. He has a unique way of combining the familiar with the unfamiliar: Geoffrey’s music is always extremely well crafted and looks deceptively simple on the page, but as soon as you begin to play any phrase from his works you discover that he is always subtly reinventing the wheel! There is subtle originality, extraordinary variety and colourful fascination in his prolific output for the instrument. The recordings…will unquestionably amount to a significant contribution to the development of the 20th/21st century piano sonata.”

Murray McLachlan’s discography now includes over forty 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.

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