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John Thomas - Complete Duos for Harp and Piano Vol.2 | Toccata Classics TOCC0566

John Thomas - Complete Duos for Harp and Piano Vol.2

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Label: Toccata Classics

Cat No: TOCC0566

Barcode: 5060113445667

Format: CD

Number of Discs: 1

Genre: Chamber

Release Date: 16th June 2023

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Harpist to Queen Victoria, the Welsh composer John Thomas (1826–1913) wrote prolifically for his own instrument, both for solo harp and for duos of two harps or harp and piano – a combination where the different sounds of the two instruments enhance the clarity of the texture. Thomas’s own compositions use the elegant Romantic style of his own day, but he also left a generous legacy of transcriptions, with no fewer than fourteen Schubert songs recorded on this second volume of his complete duos for harp and piano. Although some of his music was intended for the Victorian drawing room, other pieces require a virtuoso technique – and all of it has a thoroughly engaging melodic appeal.

“Well recorded and accompanied by excellent documentation, these fine performances by Duo Praxedis are thoroughly enjoyable and also constitute a valuable document of the work of an important Victorian musician now too often forgotten.” – Glyn Pursglove, MusicWeb International (Vol.1, TOCC0561)

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