Piano Recital CD
CD design by Rosie Gist
On this new CD, Renée performs music by Janáček, Debussy, Messiaen, Stravinsky and David Earl.
The music of the 20th and 21st centuries is fascinatingly diverse, with something for everyone to enjoy. From my recent recitals I have selected a few pieces I love and which audiences have particularly responded to.
Renée specialises in giving recitals of 20th and 21st century music. Her concerts often include first performances of pieces written for her, such as Old Roses by David Earl, recorded here for the first time.
These recitals have been cited as amongst the highlights of the
London concert year by the Financial Times and Music and
Opera Review.
Reviews
“Renée as performer and teacher clearly favours clarity. It is there in Janáček's On an Overgrown Path, crisp phrasing heightening the sense of light and shade, just as it captures the humour in Debussy's cameos of General Lavine and Homage to S. Pickwick. But she also manages a hypnotically smooth legato in Messiaen's Vingt Regards and spans the dynamic contrasts of David Earl's Old Roses with conviction.” Classical Music magazine
“Piano Recital features pieces from five composers from the 20th and 21st centuries, a personal passion of Renée's. Full of feeling, Piano Recital puts paid to the idea that modern classical music is merely a mathematical and academic pursuit.” Hendon and Finchley Times
“The CD programme is a splendid one, but it's the sheer focus of the playing, of course that makes it so. Every note has a purpose, musical intelligence and sense of direction...” Max Loppert
How to order
Price £10 plus postage and packing.
Sample Tracks
CD Track Listing
LEOŠ JANÁČEK
ON AN OVERGROWN PATH
Our Evenings - 3:37
A Blown-Away Leaf - 3:15
Come With Us! - 1:08
The Barn Owl Has Not Flown Away! - 4:38
CLAUDE DEBUSSY
PRÉLUDES LIVRE 2
Brouillards - 3:11
Feuilles mortes - 3:26
La puerta del Vino - 3:28
“General Lavine”- eccentric - 2:48
Hommage à S. Pickwick Esq. P.P.M.P.C. - 2:37
OLIVIER MESSIAEN
VINGT REGARDS SUR L’ENFANT - JÉSUS
Regard du Père - 8:29
Regard de l’étoile - 3:05
Regard de la Vierge - 5:40
DAVID EARL
OLD ROSES - 8:05
IGOR STRAVINSKY
TANGO - 3:18