Simon Callaghan

Frederick Delius, ‘Orchestral Music Arranged for Two Pianos’

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With Hiro Takenouchi piano

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Concertos

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Bach

No.1 in D minor BWV1052

Beethoven

No.1 in C Op.15 — No.2 in B flat Op.19 — No.3 in C minor Op.37 — No.4 in G Op.58 — No.5 in E flat Op.73

Brahms

No.1 in D minor Op.15

Chopin

No.1 in E minor Op.11 — No.2 in F minor Op.21

Gershwin

Rhapsody in Blue

Françaix

Concertino

Grieg

Concerto in A minor Op.16

Liszt

No.1 in E flat

Medtner

No.1 Op.33 — No.3 Op.60 ‘Ballade’

Mozart

No.6 in B flat K.238 — No.9 in E flat K.271 ‘Jeunehomme’ — No.12 in A K.414 — No.13 in C K.415 — No.14 in E flat K.449 — No.19 in F K.459 — No.21 in C K.467 — No.23 in A K488 — No.27 in B flat K.595 — for Two Pianos in E flat K.365

Prokofiev

No.3 Op.26

Saint-Saens

in G minor Op.22

Schumann

in A minor Op.54

Rachmaninov

No.2 in C minor Op.18
No.3 in D minor Op.30
Paganini Rhapsody Op.43

Solo Programmes

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Programme 1

Clementi: Sonata in G minor Op.7/3
Debussy: Images Book I
Chopin: Barcarolle Op.60
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Schumann: Carnaval Op.9

Programme 2

Mozart: Sonata in C K.330
Barber: Ballade Op.40
Liszt: Mephisto Waltz S.514
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Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition

‘English Piano Music’

Best: Romanesca Op.16
Sterndale Bennett: Sonata in F minor Op.13
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Parry: Shulbrede Tunes

Frederick Delius, ‘Orchestral Music Arranged for Two Pianos’ Vol II

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For release in Summer 2012 – watch this space!

English Piano Works

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Two world première recordings
The only recording currently available of Parry’s Shulbrede Tunes
Extensive programme notes by prominent English music scholar, Dr Peter Horton

Sir Roger Norrington

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"What a wonderful pianist, who combines complete understanding of the style of music he is playing with a rare subtlety and brilliance of execution"

Stephen Hough, Concert Pianist

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"I was very impressed by his fluent, skilful pianism and his innate musicality. He plays with intelligence and conviction and I wish him much success in his musical career"

Robert Matthew-Walker, Musical Opinion

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Musical Opinion Review of 'English Piano Music'

Liverpool Daily Post (Liszt Concerto No.1 with the RLPO/Gerard Schwarz)

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"An almost faultless performance ... an excellent balance between delicate approaches and thundering fortissimos"

Catherine Nelson, The Strad (Elgar with the Carducci Quartet)

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Its tempting to ascribe the utter cohesion of the Carducci Quartet, its wonderful uniformity of tone and articulation, to the fact that the group is made up of two married couples. Violinist Matthew Denton leads with decisive elegance, but these players seem to breathe the music together.

Mozart’s String Quartet in D major K499 set the standard for the concert. After a gambolling and brilliant Allegretto, the ‘hocketing’ texture at the beginning of the Minuetto was magical, and before the rallying finale, the players sank into a full-voiced and rich Adagio that was breathtakingly lovely.

Anglo-Irish composer E.J. Moeran’s Second Quartet made a rare appearance. The work is infused with the folksongs of Moeran’s beloved County Kerry, and its lush textures often swelled to Ravellian richness, particularly under the empathic fingers of the Carducci players.

Pianist Simon Callaghan then joined them for a deeply felt performance of Elgar’s Piano Quintet in A minor op.84, in which bristling dramatic tension alternated with desolate melancholy. Callaghan’s delicate pianism blended beautifully with the Carducci sound: a finely drawn finale to an inspiring concert.