FREE UK SHIPPING OVER £30!

Bax - Piano Works Vol.4: Music for 2 Pianos | Naxos 8570413

Bax - Piano Works Vol.4: Music for 2 Pianos

£11.78

Usually available for despatch within 2-3 working days

Label: Naxos

Cat No: 8570413

Barcode: 0747313041374

Format: CD

Number of Discs: 1

Genre: Chamber

Release Date: 28th August 2007

Contents

About

Although best known for his symphonic poems and symphonies, Arnold Bax also wrote prolifically for the piano, his instrument from the first. 
 
The two-piano music heard on this recording was written mostly in the late 1920s for the husband and wife piano duet team of Ethel Bartlett and Rae Robertson. It encompasses captivating miniatures such as The Poisoned Fountain, whose repeated piano figuration is evocative of flowing water, the impressionistic Moy Mell (An Irish Tone-Poem) and Hardanger, which emulates the style of Grieg’s folk-style piano music. 
 
The large-scale Sonata for Two Pianos includes a slow movement which is formally similar to some of the orchestral tone poems, and evokes an ancient Celtic world in a striking parallel with Bax’s orchestral 'The Garden of Fand'.

Error on this page? Let us know here

Need more information on this product? Click here