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Posterity likes to play with labels that are supposed to characterize lesser-known composers: The Catholic Bach (Zelenka), The Spanish Mozart (Arriaga) - and The English Rachmaninoff, with which the English pianist and composer York Bowen (1884-1961) was labelled.r
To this day, it remains a mystery as to why the English composer and pianist York Bowen has largely fallen into obscurity, and his music is unknown even to experts today x96 even though Camille Saint-Saens considered Bowen to be the 'best English composer'x85rr
Pianist Nuron Mukumi was immediately fascinated by Bowen's 24 Preludes, published in 1950 x96 each prelude has its own character and style, as if they had been written by another composer of the late Romantic period x96 and yet at the same time they are unified under a distinctive personal idiom that unmistakably marks the preludes as Bowen's compositions.rr
Nuron Mukumi presents the 24 Preludes Op.102 on PROSPERO. Indeed, one is immediately fascinated by this music, which is anything but a Rachmaninoff copy, but rather cultivates a style all of its own. And one wonders: how could these works be so easily forgotten?r
Portraits of Bowen was recorded in the Teldex Studios, Berlin, with sound engineer Martin Sauer, who brilliantly realises the aesthetics of the preludes by using the silky-warm sounding Neumann microphones from the 1950s.
Additionally, no effort was spared with regard to the piano itself: in order to bring out the different characters of the individual preludes even more effectively, piano maker Daniel Brech provided his Steinway D grand piano with two differently adjusted keyboard mechanics.
rr'I must commend Nuron Mukumi for his commitment and glowing performances of this outstandingly fine music. He's been recorded in the best possible sound. This attractive and enjoyable disc serves York Bowen's piano music very well indeed.' x96 Music Web International
York Bowen: 24 Preludes, op. 102 No. 1 in C major - Moderato appassionato
No. 2 in C minor - Andante tranquillo Length
No. 3 in D flat major - Andante grazioso
No. 4 in C sharp minor - Allegro con fuoco
No. 5 in D major - Allegro risoluto
No. 6 in D minor - Andante con moto
No. 7 in E flat major - Andantino amabile
No. 8 in E flat minor - Poco lento, serioso
No. 9 in E major
No. 10 in E minor - Moderato, a capriccio
No. 11 in F major - Andante con moto e grazioso
No. 12 in F major - Allegro con fuoco
No. 13 in G flat major - Andante tranquillo
No. 14 in F sharp minor - Allegretto scherzando
No. 15 in G major - Allegretto grazioso
No. 16 in G minor - Moderato semplice
No. 17 in A flat major - Andante molto espressivo
No. 18 in G sharp minor - Allegro con fuoco
No. 19 in A major - Andantino con moto
No. 20 in A minor - Allegro con fuoco
No. 21 in B flat major - Andante piacevole
No. 22 in B flat minor - Allegro molto e con fuoco
No. 23 in B major - Andante con moto
No. 24 in B minor - Moderato serioso e tragico
Reverie op. 86 - Andante espressivo e rubato
Zazra. Intermezzo - Andantino grazioso
Miniature Suite for the Pianoforte, op. 14 No. 2 Nocturne - Andante cantabile
Track Listing
York Bowen: 24 Preludes, op. 102 No. 1 in C major - Moderato appassionato
No. 2 in C minor - Andante tranquillo Length
No. 3 in D flat major - Andante grazioso
No. 4 in C sharp minor - Allegro con fuoco
No. 5 in D major - Allegro risoluto
No. 6 in D minor - Andante con moto
No. 7 in E flat major - Andantino amabile
No. 8 in E flat minor - Poco lento, serioso
No. 9 in E major
No. 10 in E minor - Moderato, a capriccio
No. 11 in F major - Andante con moto e grazioso
No. 12 in F major - Allegro con fuoco
No. 13 in G flat major - Andante tranquillo
No. 14 in F sharp minor - Allegretto scherzando
No. 15 in G major - Allegretto grazioso
No. 16 in G minor - Moderato semplice
No. 17 in A flat major - Andante molto espressivo
No. 18 in G sharp minor - Allegro con fuoco
No. 19 in A major - Andantino con moto
No. 20 in A minor - Allegro con fuoco
No. 21 in B flat major - Andante piacevole
No. 22 in B flat minor - Allegro molto e con fuoco
No. 23 in B major - Andante con moto
No. 24 in B minor - Moderato serioso e tragico
Reverie op. 86 - Andante espressivo e rubato
Zazra. Intermezzo - Andantino grazioso
Miniature Suite for the Pianoforte, op. 14 No. 2 Nocturne - Andante cantabile
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