Of Heinrich "Henri" Herz, English musicologist George Grove once remarked: "Herz found out what the public liked and what would pay, and this he gave to them." In this, the second volume devoted the Herz's piano concertos in Hyperion's apparently endless The Romantic Piano Concerto series, English virtuoso Howard Shelley turns in performances of ...
German-born Frédéric Kalkbrenner was perhaps the top pianist in Paris when Chopin came on the scene. The exemplary booklet notes by Jeremy Nicholas here, which are full of information useful to anyone interested in the period, include various entertaining put-downs of Kalkbrenner and his music -- poet Heinrich Heine likened the composer's ...
Unless you've read the book Beethoven's Hair, Ferdinand Hiller is probably as obscure to you as any Joe Composer could be, but in his day (his dates are 1811-1885) he held his own place among the who's-who of European musical society, known and respected by many, from Cherubini to Bruch, for his pianism, conducting, teaching, and composing. ...
Graeme Koehne, an Australian composer born in 1956, received the training in modernism that was typical of the era in which he came of age. Early in his professional career (during a period when he worked with teachers as diverse as Louis Andriessen, Jacob Druckman, and Virgil Thompson), he had an epiphany that he was free to write in any style he ...
On this disc of French Romantic works for piano and orchestra, Australian pianist Duncan Gifford proves himself a world-class talent with a brilliant tone, stupendous technique, and charismatic style. In Saint-Saëns' "Egyptian" Concerto, Gifford produces seemingly effortless cascades of arpeggios. D'Indy's Symphonie sur un chant montagnard Fran ...
Elena Kats-Chernin was born in Tashkent, but moved to Australia in her teens and settled there after studying and working for over a decade in Germany. She has a knack for creating skillfully composed works with an immediate appeal to a broad range of audiences. She typically draws on a variety of musical traditions for her inspiration, and the ...
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