Christopher Guild - Stevenson, Ronald (1928-2015) Piano Works Vol.4: Christopher Guild - Import CD

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Christopher Guild

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Ronald Stevenson is a 20th century Scottish composer. He is best known for his difficult and difficult-to-perform works such as "Passacaglia with DSCH." He is said to have left behind such virtuoso pianists as Busoni, Paderewski, and Grainger, but in fact it was his father, an amateur tenor singer, who had the greatest influence on him, and the many opera arias and Scottish and Irish folk songs that he sang with his father impressed Stevenson greatly as a young boy. The many operatic arias and Scottish and Irish folk songs that he sang with his father impressed Stevenson greatly, and seem to have been the driving force behind his writing of operas and works based on songs later in his career as a composer. This album offers a balance of paraphrases based on Paderewsky and Charpentier melodies and Stevenson's own original compositions, including "Nine Haiku" based on haiku by Basho and his school. Naxos Japan