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Track(s) taken from CDA66584

Romance in D major, Op 137

composer
Cécile Chaminade (1857-1944)

Peter Jacobs (piano)
Recording details: June 1991
St Silas the Martyr, Kentish Town, London, United Kingdom
Produced by Mike Skeet
Engineered by Mike Skeet
Release date: April 1992
Total duration: 3 minutes 0 seconds
 

Reviews

‘Jacobs treats the music with affection, but also respect; he's served by an excellent recording’ (BBC Music Magazine Top 1000 CDs Guide)

‘Well worth the attention of those who enjoy piano music that seeks merely to soothe, charm and enchant’ (Gramophone)

‘In this well recorded, presented and imaginatively conceived issue we see again just how well Hyperion can produce the goods! It is a particular pleasure to see this issue on the market’ (CDReview)
Impressive is the Romance in D of 1910, whose syncopated chordal accompaniment effectively sustains the tension of a very Fauréan, ambiguously troubled main idea.

from notes by Calum MacDonald © 1992

La Romance en ré, de 1910, est frappante; son accompagnement d’accords syncopés soutient de manière effective la tension d’une idée principale très Fauréenne, à la préoccupation ambigüe.

extrait des notes rédigées par Calum MacDonald © 1992
Français: Alain Midoux

Eindrucksvolle ist die 1910 entstandene Romanze in D-Dur, deren synkopierte Akkordbegleitung effektiver die Spannung eines stark an Fauré orientierten, vieldeutig verstörten Hauptthemas aufrechterhält.

aus dem Begleittext von Calum MacDonald © 1992
Deutsch: Anne Steeb/Bernd Müller

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