When Love Speaks: Works for Piano by Grant Foster
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Label: Melba
Cat No: MR301147
Format: CD
Number of Discs: 1
Genre: Instrumental
Release Date: 15th July 2016
Contents
Works
BalladeBydlo
Elegy: In homage to Sir Robert Helpmann
Piano Sonata
Preludes (6)
Romance in C major
Romance in C sharp minor
Artists
Grant Foster (piano)Works
BalladeBydlo
Elegy: In homage to Sir Robert Helpmann
Piano Sonata
Preludes (6)
Romance in C major
Romance in C sharp minor
Artists
Grant Foster (piano)About
‘When Love Speaks’ illustrates Foster’s gift for melody, with world-premiere recordings of eleven significant piano works composed and performed by the composer.
Says Barry Tuckwell: “Foster’s romantic spirit and gift for melody rings out in music which engages, entertains and communicates with his audience.”
Foster’s music represents the great romantic keyboard tradition at its most emotionally charged, spanning a wide range expressing tenderness, love, frustration and anger – from the sparkling and affectionate miniatures Six Preludes, to his Ballade, with its inspirational narrative. ‘When Love Speaks’ contains music of tenderness, love, frustration and anger. Foster’s music-making is inspired and shaped by his emotions. ‘When Love Speaks’ was recorded in Melbourne’s Iwaki Auditorium, in September 2015 on a Steinway Model D.
It is refreshing to hear new music in an idiom that is familiar yet with a musical language that is the composer’s own created with a pure intent. This is what the music of Grant Foster offers - there is nothing ironic in Foster’s music – he is a romantic composer living in a post-modern age. Grant Foster’s compositions on ‘When Love Speaks’ are sincere, heartfelt creations, not confectionary masquerading as music.
“This is amazing! Where has Grant Foster been all these years? ... I really haven’t heard anything as striking as this for a long while... simply blew me away!” – Andrew Lamb, Gramophone
“I love his music. Grant Foster has a rare ability to compose melodic and imaginative works demonstrating a high level of sophistication.” – Richard Bonynge
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