SOLACE is a collection of beautiful, radiant piano solos to uplift the heart, featuring 8 composers spanning 250 years of classical music history.
Some of these recordings are from rare manuscripts and have never before been commercially available.
Included: 16 tracks featuring works by Handel, Bach, Beethoven, Chopin, Liszt, Debussy, Bartok, and Barber with detailed historical liner notes.
REVIEWS
"Playing that is full of vitality and joie-de-vivre!"
~Sophie Yates, harpsichordist, Great Britain
"Superior interpretive skill and individuality..radiant and deeply expressive..."
~Cosmo Buono, pianist and pedagogue, New York, NY
"Takes you to a place of peace and calm...full of joy!"
~Thomas Osuga, The New School for Music, New York, NY
"Truly inspiring...."
~Deirdre McArdle-Manning, principal flutist, New York, NY
"Enchanting..."
~Victoria Lee, pianist and Celtic harpist, Barboursville, VA
TRACK LISTING
1. George Frideric Handel - Suite in B-Flat Major, HWV 434: I. Sonata
2. George Frideric Handel - Suite in B-Flat Major, HWV 434: II. Aria and Variations
3. Johann Sebastian Bach - Prelude in C Major, Well Tempered Clavier Book 1 BWV 846
4. Johann Sebastian Bach - Flute Sonata No. 2 in E-Flat Major, BWV 1031: II. Siciliano Transcription by Ignaz Friedman
5. Ludwig van Beethoven - Bagatelle in A Major, Op. 119 No. 4
6. Ludwig van Beethoven - Pastoral Sonata in D Major, Op. 28 No. 15: IV. Rondo
7. Frederic Chopin - Mazurka in F minor, Op. 63 No. 2
8. Frederic Chopin - Nocturne in C# minor, Op. Posthumous
9. Franz Liszt - Consolation #1 in E Major, First Edition
10. Franz Liszt - "Un Sospiro" Concert Etude No. 3 in D-Flat Major
11. Claude Debussy - The Girl with the Flaxen Hair
12. Claude Debussy - Reverie
13. Bela Bartok - Old Hungarian Tune
14. Bela Bartok - Swineherd's Dance
15. Samuel Barber - Petite Berceuse
16. Samuel Barber - Excursions in G-Flat Major, Op. 20: III. Allegretto
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