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Nuron Mukumi - Piano Works [CD]

Nuron Mukumi - Piano Works [CD]

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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'\x85\r
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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.\r
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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.

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'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

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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.

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'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

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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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