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Australian-British pianist Piers Lane designates this release as a collection of his most-played encores, restricting that group to the 20th century in order to have any hope of making coherent sense of them. The album works reasonably well in fulfilling his intention. Encores used to carry a bit of an air of mystery, of "what in the world is that?" to be explained verbally by the pianist from the stage, and Lane resurrects this concept with a group of intriguing short pieces that have been very little played. Some are from his native Australia; some are from forgotten corners of the popular tradition; some, like Sigfrid Karg-Elert's Arabesque No. 1 in G flat major, Op. 5 ("Filigran"), are simply pieces that have fallen out of fashion. As such, the album is worthwhile, but it's even more fun as a reconstruction of something that would have been fairly common 75 years ago but is rare nowadays: a performance that mixes classical and popular traditions without turning much at all to jazz. An old British pop song by Billy Mayerl, an arrangement of an Irish tune by Percy Grainger, a novelty American piano piece by Zez Confrey (and not the still-common Kitten on the Keys), and various humorous pieces all are worth new hearings and work very well beside late Romantic standards and new virtuoso works written for Lane (one his by his father), who tosses everything off with aplomb and wit. The whole thing is a completely different kind of encores album; it is a great deal of fun; and it is very nicely recorded at Britain's Potton Hall.
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Piers Lane, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Katharine Parker, Composer
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Piers Lane, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Alan Lane, Composer
℗ 2013 Hyperion Records Limited
Piers Lane, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Anthony Doheny, Composer
℗ 2013 Hyperion Records Limited
Piers Lane, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - John Ireland, Composer
℗ 2013 Hyperion Records Limited
Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer - Piers Lane, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Myra Hess, Arranger, Work Arranger
℗ 2013 Hyperion Records Limited
Piers Lane, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Billy Mayerl, Composer
℗ 2013 Hyperion Records Limited
Piers Lane, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Léo Delibes, Composer - Ernö Dohnányi, Arranger, Work Arranger
℗ 2013 Hyperion Records Limited
Sergei Rachmaninoff, Composer - Piers Lane, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2013 Hyperion Records Limited
Piers Lane, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Zez Confrey, Composer
℗ 2013 Hyperion Records Limited
Piers Lane, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Mark Saya, Composer
℗ 2013 Hyperion Records Limited
Piers Lane, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Manning Sherwin, Composer - Regis Danillon, Arranger, Work Arranger
℗ 2013 Hyperion Records Limited
Piers Lane, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Francis Poulenc, Composer
℗ 2013 Hyperion Records Limited
Piers Lane, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Alec TEMPLETON, Composer
℗ 2013 Hyperion Records Limited
Piers Lane, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Alec TEMPLETON, Composer
℗ 2013 Hyperion Records Limited
Piers Lane, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Arthur Benjamin, Composer
℗ 2013 Hyperion Records Limited
Piers Lane, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Robert Keane, Composer
℗ 2013 Hyperion Records Limited
Piers Lane, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Antony Hopkins, Composer
℗ 2013 Hyperion Records Limited
Piers Lane, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Sigfrid Karg-Elert, Composer
℗ 2013 Hyperion Records Limited
Piers Lane, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Dudley Moore, Composer
℗ 2013 Hyperion Records Limited
Piers Lane, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Percy Grainger, Composer
℗ 2013 Hyperion Records Limited
Album review
Australian-British pianist Piers Lane designates this release as a collection of his most-played encores, restricting that group to the 20th century in order to have any hope of making coherent sense of them. The album works reasonably well in fulfilling his intention. Encores used to carry a bit of an air of mystery, of "what in the world is that?" to be explained verbally by the pianist from the stage, and Lane resurrects this concept with a group of intriguing short pieces that have been very little played. Some are from his native Australia; some are from forgotten corners of the popular tradition; some, like Sigfrid Karg-Elert's Arabesque No. 1 in G flat major, Op. 5 ("Filigran"), are simply pieces that have fallen out of fashion. As such, the album is worthwhile, but it's even more fun as a reconstruction of something that would have been fairly common 75 years ago but is rare nowadays: a performance that mixes classical and popular traditions without turning much at all to jazz. An old British pop song by Billy Mayerl, an arrangement of an Irish tune by Percy Grainger, a novelty American piano piece by Zez Confrey (and not the still-common Kitten on the Keys), and various humorous pieces all are worth new hearings and work very well beside late Romantic standards and new virtuoso works written for Lane (one his by his father), who tosses everything off with aplomb and wit. The whole thing is a completely different kind of encores album; it is a great deal of fun; and it is very nicely recorded at Britain's Potton Hall.
© TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 20 track(s)
- Total length: 01:15:54
- 1 Digital booklet
- Main artists: Piers Lane
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Hyperion
- Genre: Classical
© 2013 Hyperion Records Limited ℗ 2013 Hyperion Records Limited
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