With this collection, you can enjoy highlights from the work of Belgian composer Bert Appermont. The pieces have been carefully selected by the composer himself, who has paid special attention to playability, and has looked for melodies that appeal to a large audience. The melodies…
. . .a brief opening allegro, a slow movement that evolved from lyrical simplicity to portentous emotional gestures, and a finale that was an euberant and affectionate salute to Pre-Goodman Rag.' Christopher Grier, Evening Standard, 12 October 1976
The concerto has a dashing first movement marked by jazz memories and a lento whose wistful melancholy also suggests the sentimental lyrical style of the 1930s. The leap from this to the crude whooping and the stomping rhythms of the finale was irresistible. . .' Martin Cooper…
Arnold's Sonatina was written in January, 1951 and was first performed at the Gallery of the Royal Society of British Artists in London by Colin Davis. The piece is in three highly varied movements, with a briskopening, softer and slower second movement and a Furioso third…
There will hardly be any other piece that might fit the term 'air' (song, melody) - derived from the French language - better than the composition on hand. To facilitate its performance in various instrumentations, all the voices are written in C (flute, violin, ...)…
From the string suite in d. The piano part includes a transcription of Clare's improvised keyboard solo. Clare Fischer says: 'I have heard the Air played by string orchestras many times. This clarinet choir seems to be the epitome of sound to me.' Recorded on 'On a Turquoise Cloud'…
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