Rota - Complete Solo Piano Works Vol.1 | Grand Piano GP827

Rota - Complete Solo Piano Works Vol.1

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Label: Grand Piano

Cat No: GP827

Format: CD

Number of Discs: 1

Genre: Instrumental

Release Date: 17th January 2020

Contents

About

Nino Rota embraced neo-Classical, neo-Romantic and even neo-Baroque affiliations. His music prized melodic directness and communicative generosity and it is not therefore surprising that he should be best known for his epochal film scores – the music for The Godfather pre-eminently. Nino Rota’s 15 Preludes utilise melodic and harmonic explorations to chart music that is agitated and melancholic, but also joyous and comedic. The Fantasia in G comprises seven themes – folkloric, droll and ultimately heroic. A late work, the 7 Pezzi difficili per bambini is generous in its emotional directness.

Pianist Eleanor Hodgkinson divides her time between performing, teaching, examining and writing. A versatile chamber musician, she has been part of numerous collaborations and given many premieres of British music. Notable partnerships include those with the Villiers Quartet, cellist Nick Stringfellow and pianist Jakob Fichert. Solo recital work has taken her to North America, Denmark, Holland, Germany and France. Hodgkinson studied piano at the Royal Northern College of Music with Renna Kellaway before specialising in piano accompaniment as a postgraduate student with Carole Presland. Based in Leicestershire, Hodgkinson is a senior lecturer in piano at Leeds College of Music and teaches piano and chamber music at the Junior Department of the Royal Academy of Music.

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