Bax Piano Works, Vol. 2
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Composer or Director: Arnold (Edward Trevor) Bax
Label: Chandos
Magazine Review Date: 8/1988
Media Format: Cassette
Media Runtime: 0
Mastering:
DDD
Catalogue Number: ABTD1207
Tracks:
Composition | Artist Credit |
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Sonata for Piano No. 3 |
Arnold (Edward Trevor) Bax, Composer
Arnold (Edward Trevor) Bax, Composer Eric Parkin, Piano |
Sonata for Piano No. 4 |
Arnold (Edward Trevor) Bax, Composer
Arnold (Edward Trevor) Bax, Composer Eric Parkin, Piano |
Water Music |
Arnold (Edward Trevor) Bax, Composer
Arnold (Edward Trevor) Bax, Composer Eric Parkin, Piano |
(A) Hill Tune |
Arnold (Edward Trevor) Bax, Composer
Arnold (Edward Trevor) Bax, Composer Eric Parkin, Piano |
In a Vodka Shop |
Arnold (Edward Trevor) Bax, Composer
Arnold (Edward Trevor) Bax, Composer Eric Parkin, Piano |
Composer or Director: Arnold (Edward Trevor) Bax
Label: Chandos
Magazine Review Date: 8/1988
Media Format: CD or Download
Media Runtime: 58
Mastering:
DDD
Catalogue Number: CHAN8497
Tracks:
Composition | Artist Credit |
---|---|
Sonata for Piano No. 3 |
Arnold (Edward Trevor) Bax, Composer
Arnold (Edward Trevor) Bax, Composer Eric Parkin, Piano |
Sonata for Piano No. 4 |
Arnold (Edward Trevor) Bax, Composer
Arnold (Edward Trevor) Bax, Composer Eric Parkin, Piano |
Water Music |
Arnold (Edward Trevor) Bax, Composer
Arnold (Edward Trevor) Bax, Composer Eric Parkin, Piano |
(A) Hill Tune |
Arnold (Edward Trevor) Bax, Composer
Arnold (Edward Trevor) Bax, Composer Eric Parkin, Piano |
In a Vodka Shop |
Arnold (Edward Trevor) Bax, Composer
Arnold (Edward Trevor) Bax, Composer Eric Parkin, Piano |
Composer or Director: Arnold (Edward Trevor) Bax
Label: Chandos
Magazine Review Date: 8/1988
Media Format: Vinyl
Media Runtime: 0
Mastering:
DDD
Catalogue Number: ABRD1207
Tracks:
Composition | Artist Credit |
---|---|
Sonata for Piano No. 3 |
Arnold (Edward Trevor) Bax, Composer
Arnold (Edward Trevor) Bax, Composer Eric Parkin, Piano |
Sonata for Piano No. 4 |
Arnold (Edward Trevor) Bax, Composer
Arnold (Edward Trevor) Bax, Composer Eric Parkin, Piano |
Water Music |
Arnold (Edward Trevor) Bax, Composer
Arnold (Edward Trevor) Bax, Composer Eric Parkin, Piano |
(A) Hill Tune |
Arnold (Edward Trevor) Bax, Composer
Arnold (Edward Trevor) Bax, Composer Eric Parkin, Piano |
In a Vodka Shop |
Arnold (Edward Trevor) Bax, Composer
Arnold (Edward Trevor) Bax, Composer Eric Parkin, Piano |
Author:
These two Sonatas, the last Bax wrote, are splendid works which will probably be new to many listeners, as they were to me. Both are relatively short, 25 and 18 minutes respectively, and that is part of their strength. Bax's tendency to prolixity is his major deficiency; so many of his works lose their grip on our imagination simply because they last too long and flog his ideas to death. Not so here. The outer movements of Sonata No. 4, in particular, are notably concise almost terse, and even the ten minutes of the first movement of the Sonata No. 3 keeps on the rails while giving a delightful impression of Baxian rhapsodic waywardness. The slow movements of both sonatas are outstandingly attractive examples of Bax in his mood of lyrical nature worship, a mood that seems to have been intensified by his amorous preoccupation of the moment. These movements are seascapes, with a romantic expressiveness similar to that of the orchestral The Garden of Fand.
Eric Parkin is equally effective in the three short pieces also included on this disc. These represent Bax at his most appealing and picturesque, one of the few British composers of his generation to compose really well and naturally for the piano. I cannot help feeling that these piano discs will do more for Bax's reputation than some of the orchestral works which Chandos have recorded.'
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