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FRANZ SCHUBERT / FRANZ LISZT
Schubert: Piano Sonatas Vol. 7 Barry Douglas (piano) [ Chandos / CD - released 15/Nov/2024 ] Barry Douglas's acclaimed survey of Schubert's piano sonatas continues with this programme pairing the Sonata in E flat major, D 568 with the Sonata in G major, D 894. |
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FRANZ SCHUBERT
Schubert: Works for Solo Piano, Vol.4 Barry Douglas (piano) [ Chandos / CD - released 31/May/2019 ] Barry Douglas's critically acclaimed series of Schubert's piano works reaches its fourth instalment. For this recording, Douglas has chosen to present three piano sonatas from the middle of Schubert's short life: No. 5 (D 537) and No. 11 (D 575),... |
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PYOTR ILYICH TCHAIKOVSKY
Tchaikovsky: Plus One (with Rachmaninov: Six Moments musicaux) Barry Douglas (piano) [ Chandos / CD - released 1/Nov/2019 ] Tchaikovsky's Grande Sonate, or 'Grand Sonata' (Bolshaya Sonata), in G major was dedicated to Karl Klindworth, a pupil of Liszt, and first performed at a private hearing, on 21 October 1879, by Nikolay Rubinstein, founder of the Moscow Conservatory.... |
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TAKEMITSU / BODY / TAN DUN / DE CASTRO-ROBINSON / FARR
Flight - music for flute and harp Bridget Douglas (flute) / Carolyn Mills (harp) [ Atoll Records New Zealand / CD - released 1/Aug/2010 ] "I'm finding it difficult to banish Bridget Douglas and Carolyn Mills' flute-and-harp treasure trove to the shelf. Its mix of East and West continues to captivate." (William Dart NZ Herald) |
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DAVID LONG
Long: All Things Will Stay Silent Carolyn Mills (harp), Bridget Douglas (flute), Pat Barry (clarinet), Rachel Vernon (bass clarinet), Haonan Zhu (tuba), David Long (guitar, voice) [ Rattle / CD - released 1/Nov/2024 ] A gorgeously recorded and performed suite of artful compositions featuring the cream of Wellington's finest musicians, this beautifully textured exploration of sonic environments and poetic ruminations will delight the ear as much as the... |
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SAMUEL COLERIDGE-TAYLOR
Coleridge-Taylor: Symphony in A minor & Hiawatha's Wedding Feast Aaarhus Symphony Orchestra, Douglas Bostock, Royal Choral Society, Philharmonia Orchestra, Sir Malcolm Sargent [ Alto / CD - released 13/May/2022 ] "(His) Symphony is a very likeable discovery. Both middle movements display a disarming melodic felicity and assurance, and admiring glances towards DvoĆák, although Stanford (his teacher) was never happy with the finale. It was first played by RCM... |
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FRANZ LISZT
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Liszt: Sonata in B minor / etc (with works by Webern & Berg) Barry Douglas (piano) [ RCA Red Seal / CD - released 1/Apr/1992 ] Originally recorded in June 1991 |
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FRANZ SCHUBERT
Schubert: Piano Music, Vol. 6 Barry Douglas (piano) [ Chandos / CD - released 2/Dec/2022 ] This sixth volume in Barry Douglas's acclaimed Schubert series features two major works. The Sonata in A minor, D 845 was completed in 1825, just before Schubert started work on his 'great' Symphony in C major. As in so much of his later writing,... |
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FRANZ SCHUBERT
Schubert: Piano Works Vol.5 Barry Douglas (piano) [ Chandos / CD - released 1/Oct/2020 ] For his fifth volume of Schubert's piano works, Barry Douglas turns to a contrasting pair of sonatas composed in the 1820s. |
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PYOTR ILYICH TCHAIKOVSKY
Tchaikovsky Plus One, Vol.3 (with Prokofiev: 10 pieces from 'Romeo & Juliet') Barry Douglas (piano) [ Chandos / CD - released 2/Jul/2021 ] For the third volume of his musical tribute to Russia, Barry Douglas has selected a range of love songs and dances by Tchaikovsky that span much of his composing life. |