Koch
International Classics
"Bygone
Days" - Music for Violin and Piano by Rudolf Friml
with
Stephanie Chase, violinist
My
newest CD, a follow-up to my well-received solo Friml recording.
Even more elegant miniatures from the master of the American stage.
Rudolf
Friml - Piano Works
To
date this has been my most successful recording. It was a labor
of love, involving years of tracking down rare scores and culminating
with a friendship with Mrs. Friml, playing through this music
for her on Mr. Friml's Steinway piano at their breathtaking Hollywood
home. This is elegant and intimate music, full of sentiment and
charm, by one of the greatest masters of the American operetta
-- as well as a pupil of Dvorak and stupendous pianist in his
own right.
George
Gershwin - Original Works and Transcriptions for Solo Piano
Stereophile
Magazine's "Recording of the Month" when it was originally
released in April 1994; the sound has been remastered, and the
new cover in Art Deco style helps to make Gershwin's famous Rhapsody
Blue-er than ever! Also includes the Three Preludes, Second Rhapsody
in my own solo version, and a selection of very dance-able Foxtrots.
"Mujeres
Espanola" - Piano Suites and Danzas of Joaquin Turina
Sensuous
and evocative Spanish music, colorful and virtuosic. Joaquin Turina's
daughter Obdulia told me that she enjoyed this recording greatly,
when I had the honor of meeting and playing for her at the Turina
home in Madrid, in 1995. The cover artwork of Flamenco dancers
is by well-known Victoria artist Nicholas Pearce.
Miklos
Rozsa - The Complete Works For Solo Piano
One
of Hollywood's greatest film composers, Miklos Rozsa was also
one of the Twentieth Century's greatest composers of concert music.
Shortly after meeting the legendary man at the Hollywood Bowl
in 1995, I recorded this collection. It includes his formidable
Piano Sonata (1945), Bagatelles, Variations, and charming Kaleidoscope
Suite.
The
Paradine Case - Hollywood Piano Concertos of Bernard Herrmann, Franz
Waxman and Alex North
This
CD was the winner of the German "Deutsches Schauplatten"
Prize for best soundtrack in 1995. In addition to the ferocious
Concerto Macabre of Bernard Herrmann, it includes the romantic
Paradine Rhapsody of Franz Waxman, Rhapsody of Alex North, and
solo piano music by both Herrmann and Waxman.
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