Bax: Piano Works Vol. 2 - Piano Sonatas Nos. 3 & 4; Water Music; Winter Waters
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Composer: Arnold BaxPerformer: Ashley Wass
Edition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 2005-05-17
Music Label: Naxos
Soundtracks:
- Allegro moderato
- Lento moderato
- Allegro
- Allegro giusto
- Allegro quasi Andante - Very delicate throughout
- Allegro
Free Music Notes for Bax: Piano Works Vol. 2 - Piano Sonatas Nos. 3 & 4; Water Music; Winter Waters
Free Music Review: The Water Music's the Surprise
Hit: 4 Stars
The performances of the two sonatas are fine, if not quite as memorable as the ones by Eric Parkin on Chandos (now available only in a 4-CD set of the entire Bax solo piano works).
Actually, the piece that's the reason to purchase this disk is the "Water Music," a short (~5 minute) work of such exquisite beauty, it may actually be the most perfect example of an English piano miniature ever penned. Originally written as an orchestral number for two Bax ballets ("Tamara" first ... and later "The Truth About Russion Dancers" for Diaghilev), the piano version Bax made later sounds as if it was written this way originally. Once you hear its beautiful, plaintive melody, you will never forget it.
[BTW, the orchestra version is also ravishing ... you can hear it on the Chandos recording of The Truth About Russian Dancers with Bryden Thomson and the LPO.]
Get this, then, not for the two Sonatas, but for a brief piano miniature you'll return to again and again. At Naxos' "value" price, it's well worth the investment.
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