British Piano Collection Volume I

British Piano Collection Volume I

£19.00

Peter Jacobs

HTGCD 405 – 5060332662074

4 CDs

Pianist, Peter Jacobs, has enjoyed a long and successful career and has made a substantial contribution to championing and popularising British piano music of the twentieth century. Heritage is pleased to bring many of his ground-breaking recordings to market in two boxes, the first of which focusses on the music of Parry, Stanford and Vaughan Williams. The four CDs were all well-received on first release as follows:

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CD1 PARRY: Shulbrede Tunes; Theme and Nineteen Variations in D Minor; Hands across the Centuries: Suite for Piano

CD 2 STANFORD: Twenty-Four Preludes Set I, Op. 163; Six Characteristic Pieces, Op. 132

CD 3 STANFORD: Twenty-Four Preludes Set II, Op. 179; Three Rhapsodies Op. 92

CD 4 VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: The Lake in the Mountains; Six Little Pieces (Teaching Pieces); Hymn Tune Prelude on ‘Song 13’ (Orlando Gibbons); Suite in G Major (Suite of Six Short Pieces); Choral and Choral Prelude (Ach, bleib bei uns, Herr Jesu Christ – Lord Jesus Christ with us abide)    

Reviews

  1. admin –

    ‘Jacobs proves an imperious advocate of Stanford’s ambitious inspiration and the sound quality is decent too. Well worth investigating.’
    Gramophone

  2. admin –

    ‘Peter Jacobs is a sympathetic interpreter who gives the lie to the usual line that VW could not write for piano’
    Gramophone

  3. admin –

    ‘This is an excellent re-presentation of……… essential recordings of piano music by three great composers from the British Isles……… ably performed by Peter Jacobs.’ John France Music Web International

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