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Edward MacDowell, James Barbagallo
Edward Macdowell: Piano Music, Vol. 2
Genre: Classical

Track Listings (18) - Disc #1
1. First Modern Suite, for piano, Op. 10: Praeludium: Largamente con Energia
2. First Modern Suite, for piano, Op. 10: Presto: Scherzando - Vivace
3. First Modern Suite, for piano, Op. 10: Andantino ed Allegretto: Con tenerezza serena. Pi? Allegretto
4. First Modern Suite, for piano, Op. 10: Intermezzo: Con leggerezza e giocoso
5. First Modern Suite, for piano, Op. 10: Rhapsodie: In ritmo tenebre
6. First Modern Suite, for piano, Op. 10: Fugue: Allegro risoluto
7. Amourette, for piano, Op. 1
8. In Lilting Rhythm, for piano, Op. 2: Capriciously, yet not slow
9. In Lilting Rhythm, for piano, Op. 2: Not slow, liltingly
10. Idyls (6) after Goethe, for piano, Op. 28: In The Woods (Lightly, almost jauntily)
11. Idyls (6) after Goethe, for piano, Op. 28: Siesta (Slowly, Swayingly)
12. Idyls (6) after Goethe, for piano, Op. 28: To The Moonlight (With breadth and tenderness)
13. Idyls (6) after Goethe, for piano, Op. 28: Silver Clouds (Smoothly, placidly)
14. Idyls (6) after Goethe, for piano, Op. 28: Flute Idyl (Lightly, Joyously)
15. Idyls (6) after Goethe, for piano, Op. 28: The Bluebell (Lightly, daintly)
16. Piano Sonata No. 3 in D minor ('Norse'), Op. 57: Mesto, ma con passione
17. Piano Sonata No. 3 in D minor ('Norse'), Op. 57: Tristamente, ma con tenerezza
18. Piano Sonata No. 3 in D minor ('Norse'), Op. 57: Allegro con fuoco

CD Details

All Artists: Edward MacDowell, James Barbagallo
Title: Edward Macdowell: Piano Music, Vol. 2
Members Wishing: 0
Total Copies: 0
Label: Naxos American
Release Date: 10/27/1998
Genre: Classical
Styles: Forms & Genres, Sonatas, Suites, Historical Periods, Modern, 20th, & 21st Century, Romantic (c.1820-1910), Symphonies
Number of Discs: 1
SwapaCD Credits: 1
UPC: 636943901120

Synopsis

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In this second volume of MacDowell piano music, Barbagallo plays the composer's first published works, opp. 1 and 2, which are pleasant salon music. The title of the Modern Suite seems inappropriate even for 1881; it sounds like music Mendelssohn could have written half a century earlier. The "Norse" Sonata is appropriately dedicated to Grieg, who provided most of its inspiration. As in volume 1, the strongest attraction is the committed, colorful playing of the late James Barbagallo, bronze-medallist at the 1982 Tchaikovsky Competition. He plays this music with such obvious dedication and affection that his performances overcome critical reservations about the music itself. --Leslie Gerber

CD Reviews

Only part of a wonderful series

F. Behrens | Keene, NH USA | 07/03/1999

(5 out of 5 stars)

"This is only the second volume in what is now a four volume series on Naxos label. The really good news is that these are from the same masters from which came the more expensive Marco Polo sets and here they are at half the price. No matter that our great American composer is more often than not indistinguishable from many European composers of his time. His "Woodland" pieces are marvelous little tone poems and no doubt he had New England scenery in mind when he composed them, regarless of the musical idiom in which he expressed himself. I urge you to collect all four CDs, all the more so because of Barbagallo's symphathy with the music he is playing. It would be a valuable experience to compare the selections on these discs with other Naxos releases that feature the work of more recent composers such as Siegmeister, whose pieces seem more cerebral and less heartfelt than do Macdowell's. But be sure to add these New England inspired pieces to your collection. And at these prices, you cannot afford not to (a cliche, but nevertheless true)."

Digging Deeper into the MacDowell Catalog

Doc Sarvis | 06/29/2000

(5 out of 5 stars)

"Edward MacDowell is best known for his Piano Concertos and his short solo piece "To a Wild Rose". This collection provides an insight into some of his nearly-forgotten solo piano music, resurrected here by the late James Barbagallo, whose obvious enthusiasm for the music infuses each track with newfound vitality and energy. Recommended at full price...and at six bucks, why not?"