The Eileen Joyce Album
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Composer or Director: Fryderyk Chopin, Selim Palmgren, Richard Strauss, Cyril (Meir) Scott, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Edvard Grieg, Franz Liszt, Stefan Bergman, Joaquín Turina, Claude Debussy, Maurice Ravel, Johann Sebastian Bach, Gabriel Fauré, Ludwig van Beethoven, Christian (August) Sinding, Sergey Rachmaninov, Pietro Domenico Paradis (Paradies), Ernö Dohnányi, Moritz Moszkowski
Label: Treasury
Magazine Review Date: 11/1987
Media Format: Vinyl
Media Runtime: 0
Mastering:
Mono
Catalogue Number: EX291271-3
Tracks:
Composition | Artist Credit |
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Fantasia and Fugue |
Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer
Eileen Joyce, Piano Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer |
Suite in the style of Handel |
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer |
Gigue |
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer
Eileen Joyce, Piano Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer |
Minuet |
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer
Eileen Joyce, Piano Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer |
(12) Sonate di gravicembalo, Movement: Sonata in A |
Pietro Domenico Paradis (Paradies), Composer
Eileen Joyce, Piano Pietro Domenico Paradis (Paradies), Composer |
(26) Bagatelles, Movement: No. 2 in C |
Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer
Eileen Joyce, Piano Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer |
Preludes and Fugues, Movement: Prelude and Fugue in A minor, BWV543 |
Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer
Eileen Joyce, Piano Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer |
(3) Concert Studies, Movement: No. 2, La leggierezza |
Franz Liszt, Composer
Eileen Joyce, Piano Franz Liszt, Composer |
(2) Concert Studies, Movement: No. 1, Waldesrauschen |
Franz Liszt, Composer
Eileen Joyce, Piano Franz Liszt, Composer |
(2) Concert Studies, Movement: No. 2, Gnomenreigen |
Franz Liszt, Composer
Eileen Joyce, Piano Franz Liszt, Composer |
(4) Ballades, Movement: No. 1 in G minor, Op. 23 |
Fryderyk Chopin, Composer
Eileen Joyce, Piano Fryderyk Chopin, Composer |
(4) Ballades, Movement: No. 3 in A flat, Op. 47 |
Fryderyk Chopin, Composer
Eileen Joyce, Piano Fryderyk Chopin, Composer |
Fantaisie-impromptu |
Fryderyk Chopin, Composer
Eileen Joyce, Piano Fryderyk Chopin, Composer |
En route |
Selim Palmgren, Composer
Eileen Joyce, Piano Selim Palmgren, Composer |
Rustle of Spring |
Christian (August) Sinding, Composer
Christian (August) Sinding, Composer Eileen Joyce, Piano |
Stimmungen, Movement: Scherzo-impromptu |
Edvard Grieg, Composer
Edvard Grieg, Composer Eileen Joyce, Piano |
Lyric Pieces, Book 3, Movement: No. 1, Butterfly (Schmetterling) |
Edvard Grieg, Composer
Edvard Grieg, Composer Eileen Joyce, Piano |
Lyric Pieces, Book 3, Movement: No. 2, Lonely wanderer (Einsamer Wanderer) |
Edvard Grieg, Composer
Edvard Grieg, Composer Eileen Joyce, Piano |
Lyric Pieces, Book 4, Movement: No. 3, Melody |
Edvard Grieg, Composer
Edvard Grieg, Composer Eileen Joyce, Piano |
Lyric Pieces, Book 7, Movement: No. 4, Brooklet (Baekken) |
Edvard Grieg, Composer
Edvard Grieg, Composer Eileen Joyce, Piano |
(5) Impromptus, Movement: No. 2 in F minor, Op. 31 (1883) |
Gabriel Fauré, Composer
Eileen Joyce, Piano Gabriel Fauré, Composer |
Pour le piano, Movement: Toccata |
Claude Debussy, Composer
Claude Debussy, Composer Eileen Joyce, Piano |
Jeux d'eau |
Maurice Ravel, Composer
Eileen Joyce, Piano Maurice Ravel, Composer |
Valse |
Moritz Moszkowski, Composer
Eileen Joyce, Piano Moritz Moszkowski, Composer |
Rapsodia sinfónica |
Joaquín Turina, Composer
(Anonymous) Orchestra Clarence Raybould, Conductor Eileen Joyce, Piano Joaquín Turina, Composer |
(24) Preludes, Movement: G minor, Op. 23/5 |
Sergey Rachmaninov, Composer
Eileen Joyce, Piano Sergey Rachmaninov, Composer |
(24) Preludes, Movement: A flat, Op. 23/8 |
Sergey Rachmaninov, Composer
Eileen Joyce, Piano Sergey Rachmaninov, Composer |
(24) Preludes, Movement: A minor, Op. 32/8 |
Sergey Rachmaninov, Composer
Eileen Joyce, Piano Sergey Rachmaninov, Composer |
(2) Pieces, Movement: Lotus Land |
Cyril (Meir) Scott, Composer
Cyril (Meir) Scott, Composer Eileen Joyce, Piano |
Danse nègre |
Cyril (Meir) Scott, Composer
Cyril (Meir) Scott, Composer Eileen Joyce, Piano |
(4) Rhapsodies, Movement: C |
Ernö Dohnányi, Composer
Eileen Joyce, Piano Ernö Dohnányi, Composer |
Polka Caprice |
Stefan Bergman, Composer
Eileen Joyce, Piano Stefan Bergman, Composer |
Himmelgesang |
Stefan Bergman, Composer
Eileen Joyce, Piano Stefan Bergman, Composer |
(6) Lieder, Movement: No. 2, Ständchen |
Richard Strauss, Composer
Eileen Joyce, Piano Richard Strauss, Composer |
Author:
The present pair of records gives an unequivocal answer: she played marvellously. Part of the legend was the story of her first recording (a private one made for her own study purposes) of a great favourite of Rachmaninov's: the Paul Schlozer Study in A flat. Backed with a Liszt study,
He will, of course, have to listen through yesterday's quality of recorded sound, though these samples of it were fair enough in 1933 and have been transcribed very decently for today (though Cyril Scott's
The two Chopin Ballades (G minor and A flat) as it happens, seem a trifle less stellar in pianistic quality—somehow rather more wooden—than the other, earlier 26 tracks. These remain pretty consistently bewitching, especially where the extremes of dexterity are called for. The two other Liszt studies, for example: Waldesrauschen and
The selections do not include any of the graver classics, sensibly in that the
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