The arrangement for piano of the Nunc Dimittis from the Vesper Mass is taken from the early (1934) biography of Rachmaninoff by Oskar von Riesemann, Rachmaninoff’s Recollections. Howard’s control of Bellini-like cantabile enables the Romance by Michael Wielhorsky (1756-1866) to sing magnificently. This was particularly so in the Jota aragonesa, which sounded like a superior rewriting of the final pages of the Spanish Rhapsody. Technically Howard knows no boundaries and he is up there with the best. Howard found his true form in the less often played Troisičme année of Liszt’s Années de Pelerinage, weaving the seven exploratory pieces into a compelling architectural unity. vol. | L This whole piece is, in a way, one of the most Lisztian things the composer ever wrote, and has to be approached in that manner. It sat rather oddly within the context of champagne and decadence but who cares? I would not want to be without it, especially for the sheer excitement it can engender. vol. By fore-grounding Rachmaninov’s exploratory stance (and also making the work’s kinship with the 1917 pieces clear), Howard seemed to make it all fall into place. Magnificat. “One wonderful and unexpected moment occurred during Act II, at Orlofsky’s party with a real performance on stage of Liszt’s Hungarian Fantasies as part of the entertainment provided by the Prince for his guests. HAHN Belle Époque, Complete works for two Pianos and Piano Duet – Melba The public’s perception of the career of Leslie Howard in the past 20 years or so has been dominated by the astonishing achievement of his dedication to the music of Liszt, culminating in the thus far 98 CDs of the composer’s complete solo piano music released on the Hyperion label. A must for Liszt completists as Leslie Howard makes some rare finds indeed. Leslie John Howard (born 29 April 1948) is an Australian pianist, musicologist and composer. He is not a wild man of the keyboard. Liszt’s entirely characteristic decorations create sonorities of real beauty. The first, a dark composition in D minor, was not published until 1973, where it was given the title Prelude. Masseria Salamina – Pezze di Greco – Bari, Canada – Hyperion, RUBINSTEIN The Four Piano Sonatas – Hyperion, RUSSIAN ROMANTICS FOR CELLO AND PIANO, with Jonathan Cohen: Rakhmaninov, Glazunov & Balakirev complete original works for cello and piano – Merlin, SIBELIUS, GADE, GRIEG & PALMGREN SONATA – Merlin, STRAVINSKY Pétrouchka, with Claudio Abbado and the London Symphony Orchestra – DG, TCHAIKOVSKY The Three Pianoforte Sonatas – Helios [Hyperion]. The Album Leaves are marvellous snippets of Webernian brevity, often tailing off into questioning silence. Rakhmaninov | K CONTACT. In the Weinen Klagen Bach Variations to Howard’s largeness of conception was added a more overt chromaticism, an acute expressiveness. 37 – Tanzmomente, etc. Violon, orchestre. How 10 flying fingers can produce the sounds Howard makes seem simple at the original Sonata No. Rachmaninov was famously sensitive to criticism, so it was quite common for him to revisit works that had not been well-received. | V [2 CDs] Three Piano Pieces were written as he was about to leave Russia forever. In terms of technique, nothing is beyond this pianist (Howard made his London début with Rachmaninov’s Third Concerto), but as with everything he does his performances are driven by a sensitivity born of a combination of his own work as a composer and scholar. 20 – Album d’un voyageur, etc. The last of the great Romantics, his piano music is imbued with a distinctively Russian angst. Howard has been resident in London, England, since 1972, preferring its climate to that of his native Australia. After all, it was completed in the same year as The Bells, widely considered one of Rachmaninoff’s greatest pieces (and one of three that he thought were his finest works), and elements of the choral work’s sound and fury—and extreme Russianness—find their way into the sonata as well. 23 in C sharp minor ‘Rêves et Fantaisies’, S242/23 [Rapsodie hongroise I, first version] first performance, 8 – 21st – Member of Jury, Utrecht Liszt Competition, © Howard’s musical intellect shines in these works where themes and motives are used and transformed through all three movements of each. vol. Melba has also released two CDs with Mattia Ometto joining Howard in the complete music of Reynaldo Hahn for two pianos and piano duet. 53a – Music for Piano and Orchestra I [2 CDs] Piano. Rakhmaninov’s programme is based on Goethe’s Faust and that was one of Franz Liszt’s favourite themes as well. Fanfare. The deep, sonorous flourishes of the opening led to a typical Russian melody, projected here perfectly without a trace of undue highlighting. LW A37c. He closed his printed program with the Sonata No. 47 – Litanies de Marie Geoffrey Norris A regular lecturer on radio and television, he is also a member of the London Beethoven Trio together with violinist Catherine Manson and cellist Thomas Carroll. selon les recommandations des projets correspondants. It worked perfectly, Howard demonstrating his expert ear for sonority throughout. Further, he followed Glazunov’s example (when the latter orchestrated the work) and inserted the ‘Nocturne’ as a trio section. This, writes noted Australian Liszt scholar and pianist Leslie Howard, was an encouragement while working on his performing version to refer to the main material in the slow Andantino and to recapitulate a portion of the fast Allegro before Liszt's coda. PIANIST. In this regard, Leslie Howard proved himself the ideal interpreter. The Borodin needs a small amount of explanation. 34 – Douze Grandes Études More than mere virtuosity, this seemed to recreate the very inspiration that originally brought this music into being. The last disc was recorded in December 1998, and released in October 1999, on F. Liszt's birthday. As ever, he beautifully allows the composer’s spontaneous, improvisatory streak to speak as naturally as it likes and needs to. HOME. His other editorial work includes a new reconstruction and orchestration of Paganini’s fifth violin concerto for the collected Paganini Edition in Italy, the full score of Bellini’s ‘Adelson e Salvini’, and the now-standard two-piano score of Rakhmaninov’s 4th Concerto for Boosey & Hawkes. (Think of Chico Marx’s set pieces.) The authorship of this set of variations is questionable – perhaps Liszt oversaw its composition?. Except for Wilde Jagd, the remainder of the second disc comprises short pieces. 1 by John Ogdon (RCA LP) and Horowitz’s own version of Sonata 2 (Sony 53472). The first movement features an ocean of chords, which Mr. Howard handled exemplarily. The Royal Philharmonic and Madeleine Lovell were joined on stage by the great pianist and scholar Leslie Howard. Though not published together, his last three character pieces would be the final things he composed before leaving Russia in 1917. 51 – Paralipomènes [2 CDs] Christus, S498c: Two Pieces; Magnificat, S182a etc. RUSSIAN ROMANTICS FOR CELLO AND PIANO, with Jonathan Cohen: Rakhmaninov, Glazunov & Balakirev complete original works for cello and piano – Merlin 25 – Canticle of the Sun, From the Cradle to the Grave, etc. Malcolm Miller, Musical Opinion 2010. 18/07/2011 To celebrate his seventieth birthday, Leslie Howard prepared some of the works which have proved most in demand by his many followers throughout the years: a programme of Liszt’s operatically inspired piano music that he is playing in many countries. Peter Burwasser The renowned Australian-born UK-based pianist Leslie Howard is perhaps best known for his epic 99-disc anthology of the complete piano music of Liszt, a mammoth achievement which has earned him the Guinness World Record for the largest recording project ever undertaken by a solo artist. 40 – Gaudeamus igitur – Pièces d’occasion No 6. | W He can often be heard giving master-classes at London's Royal College of Music and Royal Academy of Music. Leslie Howard must surely be the most prolific pianist active today; his 100 CD (and still growing!) Rakhmaninov It lacks the formal glue and dramatic thrust that we find in the Second Sonata, and as a result has suffered a relative dearth of recordings, though there are still about 15 or 16 available, though the ones I am familiar with lack the poetic nuances of this new Leslie Howard reading. The original version of Rachmaninov’s second sonata is something of a war-horse and a popular choice for young pianists seeking to impress juries at international piano competitions. To begin the second half of the program was a sonata by Rachmaninoff — not the famous one, No .2 in B-flat minor, but its predecessor, in D minor. As always with Melba releases the booklet is exemplary and the sound superb. He learned the oboe at an early age, and has even performed Mozarts oboe concerto. The playing is an antidote to the kind of headstrong Rachmaninoff that was advocated, and then widely imitated, by Vladimir Horowitz. The opening Andante ma non troppo was not published until thirty years after the composer’s death…Howard gives an accomplished and polished account and makes a convincing case for performing them as a set. 2019 HIGHLIGHTS . Mr. Howard comes from Australia, but has spent his adult life in London. He doesnt play the oboe these days. The F major Variations are more familiar, but are not as frequently encountered as such quality demands; a truly remarkable set, and – mindful of Schnabel’s pioneering recording from the 1930s – one doubted if any pianist currently before the public could have embraced the range of expression in this work as did Howard in this performance. Howard’s touch is remarkable, as much for its delicacy as for its strength. He has perfect pitch, and a photographic memory. One was the “Grosses Konzertsolo,” a precursor of the B minor Sonata. vol. Sergei Rachmaninoff’s First Piano Sonata has suffered a defeat of sorts, being more ruminative and program-specific than the second, even if the program is generally unknown.
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