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John Field: Piano Concertos, Nocturnes, Sonatas
Benjamin Frith (piano), Northern Sinfonia, David Haslam
John Field: Piano Concertos, Nocturnes, Sonatas
Benjamin Frith (piano), Northern Sinfonia, David Haslam
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Lively, heartfelt performances of all the Field one is ever likely to need.
About
Irish by birth, John Field gained an international reputation as one of the finest pianists of his time, with an influential delicacy and nuance in his playing that is expressed in his innovative and poetically lyrical Nocturnes. Field’s earlier Sonatas are more classical in feel, but their sense of flow and dramatic narrative exhibit qualities that are developed and given added virtuoso panache in his fine Piano Concertos, works admired by Liszt, Chopin and Schumann. ‘Benjamin Frith has done a stellar job in bringing these concertos into the sunlight, brilliantly supported by the Northern Sinfonia under David Haslam’ (Pianist magazine).
Contents and tracklist
- Benjamin Frith (piano)
- Northern Sinfonia
- David Haslam
- Recorded: 5-6 January 1996
- Recording Venue: Jubilee Theatre, St. Nicholas Hospital, Newcastle, UK
- Benjamin Frith (piano)
- Northern Sinfonia
- David Haslam
- Recorded: 5-6 January 1996
- Recording Venue: Jubilee Theatre, St. Nicholas Hospital, Newcastle, UK
- Benjamin Frith (piano)
- Northern Sinfonia
- David Haslam
- Recorded: 11-12 June 1996
- Recording Venue: Jubilee Theatre, St. Nicholas Hospital, Newcastle, UK
- Benjamin Frith (piano)
- Northern Sinfonia
- David Haslam
- Recorded: 11-12 June 1996
- Recording Venue: Jubilee Theatre, St. Nicholas Hospital, Newcastle, UK
- Benjamin Frith (piano)
- Northern Sinfonia
- David Haslam
- Recorded: 3-4 January 1997
- Recording Venue: Jubilee Theatre, St. Nicholas Hospital, Newcastle, UK
- Benjamin Frith (piano)
- Northern Sinfonia
- David Haslam
- Recorded: 3-4 January 1997
- Recording Venue: Jubilee Theatre, St. Nicholas Hospital, Newcastle, UK
- Benjamin Frith (piano)
- Northern Sinfonia
- David Haslam
- Recorded: 11-12 June 1996
- Recording Venue: St Nicholas' Hospital, Gosforth, Tyne and Wear, England, UK
- Benjamin Frith (piano)
- Recorded: 22 June 2013
- Recording Venue: Music Room, Champs Hill, West Sussex, England, UK
- Benjamin Frith (piano)
- Recorded: 14-16 August 1995 and 24-25 April 1996
- Recording Venue: St Martin's Church, East Woodhay, Hampshire, UK
Awards and reviews
April 2019
Lively, heartfelt performances of all the Field one is ever likely to need.