Dances
Benjamin Grosvenor
Dances
Benjamin Grosvenor
Dances is a dazzling display of solo works for piano from Bach to Boogie Woogie; via Chopin, Granados, Albeniz, Scriabin and the Blue Danube.
For his second solo album on Decca, Benjamin Grosvenor has assembled a typically imaginative and appealing programme of piano music inspired by the dance form.
Shining the spotlight on the music of movement, this album was inspired by a letter from the great pianist-composer Ferruccio Busoni to his pupil Egon Petri proposing a “dance programme” as a theme for Petri’s recitals, a concept Grosvenor expanded on for his Queen Elizabeth Hall debut recital in 2012.
A former Gramophone Young Artist of the Year, Grosvenor will appearing at two BBC Proms in 2014 with a performance of Chopin’s First Piano Concerto with the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra (8th August), followed by a solo recital at Cadogan Hall (1st September). In 2011, he was awarded the honour of opening the BBC Proms Concerts season and was the youngest-ever soloist to perform on the ‘First Night’.
Track listing:
Albéniz: Tango (No. 2 from Espana, Op. 165)
Bach, J S: Partita No. 4 in D major, BWV828
Chopin: Andante spianato & Grande Polonaise, Op. 22
Gould, M: Boogie Woogie Etude
Granados: Valses Poeticos (7)
Schulz-Evler: Arabesques on themes from ‘The Beautiful Blue Danube’
Scriabin:
Mazurka in C sharp minor, Op. 3, No. 6
Mazurka in E, Op. 3 No. 4
Mazurka in G sharp minor, Op. 3 No. 9
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