SKU: BT.DHP-1094651-010

9x12 inches. English-German-French-Dutch.

Naohiro Iwai, the master of entertaining concert band arrangements, has selected four songs from the wide repertoire of George Gershwin for this wonderful medley. A fitting tribute to one of the all time jazz masters.

De componist Naohiro Iwai gebruikte vier hitsongs van Georg Gershwinvoor deze prachtige medley: Swanee, Gershwins eerste grote hit uit 1924, Oh, Lady Be Good - onvergetelijk in de uitvoering van Ella Fitzgerald - evenalsSomeone to Watch Over Me en S’ Wonderful.

Naohiro Iwai, der Meister der unterhaltsamen Blasorchesterarrangements wählte vier Songs von George Gershwin für dieses wundervolle Medley: Swanee, Gershwins ersten großen Hit von 1924, Oh, Lady Be Good - unvergessen in Ella Fitzgeralds Interpretation - sowie Someone to Watch Over Me und S’ Wonderful, die beide ins Great American Songbook aufgenommen wurden.

George Gershwin (1898-1937) commença sa carrière de musicien dans les milieux du music-hall avant d’être admis dans la sphère ‘classique’ gr ce au succès retentissant de Rhapsody in Blue (1924). Naohiro Iwai conjugue quatre chansons de cet éblouissant pianiste de jazz et mélodiste de génie dans un medley enchanteur et pétillant.

George Gerswhin (1898-1937) iniziò la sua carriera di musicista nelle music-hall prima di essere ammesso nella sfera “classica” grazie al successo di Rhapsody in Blue del 1924. Naohiro Iwai raccoglie quattro canzoni di questo indimenticabile pianista jazz in un medley che incanter il pubblico.

SKU: BT.MUSM570208593

English.

Tombeau which takes its title from the central elegy of the work was composed 1966-69. Its form is a series of fairly specific technical studies interspersed with variations. The introduction provides a sort of ‘trailer’, in which each phrase of the theme is punctuated by a brief quote from the ensuing studies (heard in reverse order). This scheme is balanced by that of the finale, which is also punctuated by short ‘flashbacks’. Tombeau was written as a tribute to certain composers for the piano, notably Schumann and Szymanovsky, and to a style of playing that has now become almost ‘historic’. It is also a tribute to our beloved masters, many of them obscure, who made usmusicians. It is therefore, in many senses, a retrospective work, the last of a phase, undertaken just before a fairly drastic re-evaluation of techniques, ideas, and intentions. It is dedicated to Stephen Kovacevich, who commissioned it and gave its first performance on the BBC Third Programme and subsequently at Dartington Hall Summer School.

SKU: HL.50605486

ISBN 9781705190500. UPC: 196288126539.

Bela Bartok composed Dance Suite in 1923 for the 50th anniversary of the foundation of Hungary's capital through the unification of Buda, Obuda, and Pest. It soon became one of his most popular orchestral works, and in 1925 he arranged it for piano solo. Adam Tabajdi completed the organ version of Dance Suite in 2019/20, and recorded it on the Kern organ of Sapporo's Kitara Concert Hall later that year. His transcription was inspired by the composer's own version for piano, exploiting the alternative solutions offered by the ''orchestral'' timbres of the organ, with its manuals and pedals. The ideal instrument for the present version is an expansive, eclectic style organ with at least three manuals. This flamboyant arrangement requires great virtuosity, stamina, and creativity from the performer. Adam Tabajdi (b. 1993) is an outstanding young Hungarian organist. Alongside the music of J. S. Bach, his repertoire includes Liszt,and Franck, as well as twentieth-century works, with a special focus on Messiaen, Ligeti, and Florentz. He is a committed performer of contemporary music, but he also feels a close connection with the works of old masters such as Sweelinck, Weckmann, and Couperin. In 2021 he won first prize in the Toulouse International Organ Competition, and in 2022 he was awarded the Junior Prima Award.