Piano Works by ‘The Mighty Handful’
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Label: Chandos
Cat No: CHAN10676
Format: CD
Number of Discs: 1
Genre: Instrumental
Release Date: 3rd May 2011
Contents
Works
IslameyPetite Suite
Scherzo in A flat major
Morceaux (4), op.22
Pieces (3), op.15
Artists
Philip Edward Fisher (piano)Works
IslameyPetite Suite
Scherzo in A flat major
Morceaux (4), op.22
Pieces (3), op.15
Artists
Philip Edward Fisher (piano)About
The Mighty Handful were all self-trained amateurs. Borodin combined composing with a career in chemistry; Rimsky-Korsakov was a naval offier; and Mussorgsky had been in the Guards, then in the civil service, before taking up music. They tried to incorporate in their music what they heard in village songs, in Cossack dances, in church chants, and the tolling of church bells; in short, the music of the Mighty Handful was brimming with sounds that echoed Russian life.
From the more traditional, Chopin-esque Nocturne by Cui through to the technical innovations and strong Caucasus folk elements of Balakirev’s Islamey, the works here all show the composers’ strong connections with the past and the compositional innovations that would come to influence the likes of Prokofiev and Stravinsky, and help change the course of Russian music for years to come.
A graduate of the Royal Academy of Music and The Juilliard School, the pianist Philip Edward Fisher is widely recognised as a unique performer of refined style and exceptional versatility. He has performed across Europe, Africa and North America, where he made his New York debut at Alice Tully Hall in 2002, performing Rachmaninov’s Third Piano Concerto, and has also appeared at the Merkin Concert Hall and the Avery Fisher Hall at Lincoln Center.
At home he has given performances at the Purcell Room, Wigmore Hall, Barbican Centre and Royal Festival Hall in London, Usher Hall in Edinburgh, Glasgow Royal Concert Hall, and Symphony Hall in Birmingham. He has appeared as a soloist with the Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Copenhagen Philharmonic Orchestra, Toledo Symphony Orchestra and Juilliard Symphony Orchestra, and worked with performers such as exclusive Chandos artist bassoonist Karen Geoghegan, the tenor Robert White, pianist Sara Buechner and violinists Elmar Oliveira, Philippe Graffin and Augustin Hadelich. In 2001, Philip Edward Fisher received the Julius Isserlis Award from The Royal Philharmonic Society in London.
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