York Bowen Piano Music Volume 3

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The finest piece among this collection is undoubtedly the Ballade No. 2, whose opening, with its impulsive, Delius-like lilt, launches a ten-minute form allowing room for some lovely contrasts... — BBC Music Magazine, March 2009, 4 out of 5 stars More…

Release Date: 5th Jan 2009
Catalogue No: CHAN10506
Label: Chandos
Length: 79 minutes

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Bowen: Ballade No. 2, Op. 87

Work length10:23

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Joop Celis
Recorded: 21-24 March 2008
Recording Venue: Willem Hijstek Zaal, Maastricht Conservatory, The Netherlands

Bowen: Three Songs without Words, Op. 94

Work length11:20

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Joop Celis
Recorded: 21-24 March 2008
Recording Venue: Willem Hijstek Zaal, Maastricht Conservatory, The Netherlands

I. Song of the Stream

Track length3:54

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II. Solitude

Track length4:01

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III. The Warning

Track length3:25

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Bowen: Three Preludes, Op. 81

Work length5:54

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Joop Celis
Recorded: 21-24 March 2008
Recording Venue: Willem Hijstek Zaal, Maastricht Conservatory, The Netherlands

II. Andante dolente e rubato - - Tempo I

Track length3:39

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III. Allegretto grazioso

Track length2:15

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Bowen: Short Sonata in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 35 No. 1

Work length14:27

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Joop Celis
Recorded: 21-24 March 2008
Recording Venue: Willem Hijstek Zaal, Maastricht Conservatory, The Netherlands

I. Andante con moto

Track length5:23

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II. Lento espressivo

Track length4:57

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III. Finale. Presto scherzando

Track length4:07

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Bowen: Three Miniatures, Op. 44

Work length7:00

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Joop Celis
Recorded: 21-24 March 2008
Recording Venue: Willem Hijstek Zaal, Maastricht Conservatory, The Netherlands

I. Prelude. Andante cantabile

Track length3:04

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II. Intermezzo. Allegretto grazioso

Track length2:05

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III. Scherzo. Allegro scherzando

Track length1:51

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Bowen: Three Serious Dances, Op. 51

Work length7:26

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Joop Celis
Recorded: 21-24 March 2008
Recording Venue: Willem Hijstek Zaal, Maastricht Conservatory, The Netherlands

I. Allegretto

Track length2:19

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II. Poco lento

Track length3:31

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III. Allegro molto pomposo

Track length1:36

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Bowen: Toccata, Op. 155

Work length4:28

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Joop Celis
Recorded: 21-24 March 2008
Recording Venue: Willem Hijstek Zaal, Maastricht Conservatory, The Netherlands

Bowen: Three Pieces, Op. 20

Work length18:11

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Joop Celis
Recorded: 21-24 March 2008
Recording Venue: Willem Hijstek Zaal, Maastricht Conservatory, The Netherlands

I. Arabesque

Track length4:59

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II. Rêverie d'amour

Track length6:33

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III. Bells (An Impression)

Track length6:39

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The music of Bowen is timeless and very individual, setting him apart from many of his British contemporaries. It was in his solo piano music that he contributed the most, for it was the piano, above all, that was his natural, and most often turned to, instrument of expression.

In this collection we range widely over Bowen’s solo piano output, from the larger, demanding, virtuoso Second Ballade in A minor, dating from about 1930, to the Three Miniatures, composed fifteen years previously following Bowen’s being invalided out of the Scots Guards. The earliest works on this volume are the Three Pieces, Op. 20, written around 1905. The piano writing is superb, perhaps influenced by Fauré and certainly impressionistic in intent; they reveal a young master’s mind. Robert Matthew-Walker writes of Bowen’s Short Sonata, Op.35 No.1, ‘it is one of the gems in Bowen’s entire solo piano output; its melodic inspiration is first-class and the treatment of the material is quite masterly and wholly organic… utterly delightful’. The Toccata came relatively late in Bowen’s career, dating from 1957. This most brilliant work was first premiered by Bowen himself and, considering the virtuosity of the work, remains a striking example of how the composer maintained his keyboard technique until the end of his days. Matthew-Walker writes, ‘there is no finer example of the genre in the British solo piano repertoire – and one would be hard-pressed to find its equal by any twentieth-century composer of whatever nationality’.

In 1945, in an interview, Bowen said, ‘I have always tried to compose modern music that is still music’. From a distance of more than sixty years, and through the irresistible advocacy of Joop Celis, we may appreciate his aesthetic objective, and how well he accomplished it.

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March 2009

The finest piece among this collection is undoubtedly the Ballade No. 2, whose opening, with its impulsive, Delius-like lilt, launches a ten-minute form allowing room for some lovely contrasts of mood and figuration. Dutch pianist Joop Celis's playing is a non-stop marvel, showing no shortage of technical power and a beguiling sonority that is beautifully suited to those qualities in the music itself.

March 2009

Celis… brings a warm-hearted flow to the music of a composer for whom he has such obvious affection.

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