Arthur Foote - Complete Piano Music
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Label: Delos
Cat No: DE3442
Format: CD
Number of Discs: 3
Genre: Instrumental
Release Date: 30th September 2013
Contents
Works
An Irish Folk-SongA pedal study in F major
Bagatelles (5), op.34
Compositions (2) for the piano, op.60
From Rest Harrow
Gavotte and Eclogue, op.8
Little Etude in A minor
Meditation, op.61
Morceaux (3), op.3
Octave Study in G minor
Piano Pieces (3) for the left hand, op.37
Piano Pieces, op.18
Pieces (2), op.62
Pieces (2) for the piano, op.42
Pieces (5), op.6
Poems (5) after Omar Khayyam, op.41
Preludes (20) for the pianoforte, op.52
Rondo in G major
Serenade, op.45
Silhouettes (5), op.73
Studies (9) for the piano, op.27
Suite no.1 in D minor, op.15
Suite no.2 in C minor, op.30
Artists
Kirsten Johnson (piano)Works
An Irish Folk-SongA pedal study in F major
Bagatelles (5), op.34
Compositions (2) for the piano, op.60
From Rest Harrow
Gavotte and Eclogue, op.8
Little Etude in A minor
Meditation, op.61
Morceaux (3), op.3
Octave Study in G minor
Piano Pieces (3) for the left hand, op.37
Piano Pieces, op.18
Pieces (2), op.62
Pieces (2) for the piano, op.42
Pieces (5), op.6
Poems (5) after Omar Khayyam, op.41
Preludes (20) for the pianoforte, op.52
Rondo in G major
Serenade, op.45
Silhouettes (5), op.73
Studies (9) for the piano, op.27
Suite no.1 in D minor, op.15
Suite no.2 in C minor, op.30
Artists
Kirsten Johnson (piano)About
“Kirsten Johnson's loving mastery of this music and skillful, nuanced pianism are a delight.” – Classics Today
This comment is typical of critical response to the work of pianist Kirsten Johnson. Among her more unusual areas of specialty is the sadly neglected piano music of pioneering American composers of the late Romantic era (most notably Amy Beach), who practiced their art at a time in America’s musical evolution when European styles and models still prevailed, and a distinctively American musical idiom (a-la Gershwin, Copland) had yet to emerge.
With this remarkable three-CD collection of Arthur Foote’s complete piano music (much of it recorded here for the first time), Ms Johnson has filled a long-standing gap in the global discography of this very worthwhile American composer’s music.
Foote was a prominent member of the so-called “Boston Six”, a highly influential group that included fellow composers Beach, George Chadwick, Edward MacDowell, John Knowles Paine and Horatio Parker. Much of their music has yet to gain the exposure it deserves, as its strong European roots has led the musical establishment to unfairly dismiss it as lacking originality as well as true American sound and spirit.
Kirsten’s sympathetic and often virtuosic interpretations of Foote’s more than two dozen piano suites, cycles and individual pieces reveal music of considerable creative imagination, craftsmanship and touching beauty. This release should be of particular interest not only to pianists in search of fresh concert repertoire, but to teachers and students on the prowl for effective technical studies that are both practical and musically interesting.
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