Thuille: Keyboard Works

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Release Date: 29th Apr 2013
Catalogue No: CHRCD058
Label: Champs Hill Records
Length: 68 minutes

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Thuille: 3 Klavierstücke Op. 33

Work length8:44

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Alasdair Beatson

I. Vorfrüling

Track length4:17

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II. Reigen

Track length2:22

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III. Capriccio

Track length2:05

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Thuille: 3 Klavierstücke Op. 3

Work length16:13

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Alasdair Beatson

I. Ständchen

Track length5:26

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II. Humoreske

Track length4:32

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III. Capriccio

Track length6:15

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Thuille: 3 Klavierstücke Op. 34

Work length12:11

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Alasdair Beatson

I. Gavotte

Track length3:44

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II. Auf dem See

Track length4:16

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III. Walzer

Track length4:11

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Thuille: 2 Klavierstücke Op. 37

Work length12:47

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Alasdair Beatson

I. Threnodie

Track length8:28

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II. Burla

Track length4:19

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Thuille: Organ Sonata Op. 2 in A minor

Work length18:22

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David Dunnett

I. Praeludium

Track length6:14

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II. Andante

Track length4:24

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III. Fugue

Track length7:44

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Full of ‘ear worms’, the music of Ludwig Thuille (1861-1907) is not nearly as well-loved as it should be. Champs Hill Records are trying to change that, having released a 2-CD set of his chamber music to critical acclaim (CHRCD001, CHRCD02).

This new release of his complete keyboard works with pianist Alasdair Beatson and organist David Dunnet, shows the range and changing style of his keyboard writing. Famous and hugely respected as a teacher, had he lived beyond the age of 45 there might have been more of his ‘late style’, represented here by the Zwei Klavierstücke - harmonically darker and less predictable than expected, going against his reputation as a reactionary composer.

His Three Piano Pieces, Op.3, sometimes Brahmsian in tone, sometimes with echoes of Liszt, are more substantial than the titles might indicate - for the concert platform pianist rather than the salon. Three Piano Pieces, Op.34 show how much his later style evolved - mild dissonance and chromatic harmonies and an element of sardonic humour. His early Organ Sonata (he was a trained organist) is his only composition for the instrument, in three substantial sections.

Alasdair Beatson is highly regarded as a distinctive and vibrant musician, a chamber music specialist, and creative programmer. His CD of Mendelssohn piano music with Somm Recordings received praise for highly sensitive playing of rare insight (Classic FM Magazine) and was awarded the 'Outstanding' accolade of International Record Review.

David Dunnet is Organist and Master of the Music at Norwich Cathedral, and is a busy recitalist, having studied at Clare College Cambridge and the Royal Academy of Music.

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