A Bad Night in Los Angeles
Piano Music of Robert Matthew-Walker
Mark Bebbington (piano), Rebeca Omordia (piano)
Awards:
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Presto Editor's Choice, February 2023
Mark Bebbington is a capable, expressive pianist with nimble fingers, a wide dynamic range, and a good ear for Matthew-Walker’s approach to sonority.
A Bad Night in Los Angeles
Piano Music of Robert Matthew-Walker
Mark Bebbington (piano), Rebeca Omordia (piano)
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Awards:
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Presto Editor's Choice, February 2023
Mark Bebbington is a capable, expressive pianist with nimble fingers, a wide dynamic range, and a good ear for Matthew-Walker’s approach to sonority.
About
SOMM Recordings is delighted to announce A Bad Night in Los Angeles, a disc of music for solo piano and piano duet by Robert Matthew-Walker, with Mark Bebbington partnered by Rebeca Omordia.
Matthew-Walker has been an influential part of the classical recording industry for more than 50 years, running marketing and publicity departments for leading labels CBS and RCA, and as editor of Musical Opinion magazine since 2009.
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Awards and reviews
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Presto Editor's ChoiceFebruary 2023
Sep/Oct 2023
Mark Bebbington is a capable, expressive pianist with nimble fingers, a wide dynamic range, and a good ear for Matthew-Walker’s approach to sonority.
May 2023
Vividly recorded and divertingly annotated, this collection reinforces the significance of Matthew-Walker for the present day and likely into the future.
May 2023
The sublime result [The Fields are White Already] closes the programme on a high level of attainment and beauty. Mark Bebbington’s performances are definitive, Somm’s recording superb. Strongly recommended.
February 2023
This intriguingly-titled programme of piano music by the broadcaster, writer and editor Robert Matthew-Walker offers up plenty of fun, particularly in the charming but never saccharine set of Children's Pieces and the madcap Divertimento on a Theme of Mozart for Piano Duet (where 'Good King Wenceslas' is thrown merrily into the mix). The Hamlet-inspired Fantasy Sonata has real depth and complexity, and the emotional heart of the programme is The Fields Are White Already, composed in memory of John McCabe. A very good night indeed!
