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Walking in the air : the music of Howard Blake.
- Format:
- Sound recording
- Author/Creator:
- Blake, Howard, composer.
- Series:
- Naxos Music Library.
- Standardized Title:
- Chamber music. Selections
- Language:
- No linguistic content
- Subjects (All):
- Piano music.
- Piano music (Pianos (2)).
- Genre:
- Piano music.
- Streaming audio.
- Sound recordings.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (1 audio file)
- Other Title:
- Music of Howard Blake
- Place of Publication:
- London : Decca Music Group, [2014]
- System Details:
- digital
- audio file
- Summary:
- Vladimir Ashkenazy returns with an unexpected album of compositions by his long-standing friend Howard Blake, best known for the Christmas favourite 'Walking in the Air'. 'Walking in the Air', which Ashkenazy has chosen as the title track of the disc is arranged here for solo piano. The song was composed by Blake as the centrepiece of his score for the children's classic animated film 'The Snowman', and exemplifies the composer's warmly accessible style. Ashkenazy performs nine world premiere recordings from Blake's repertoire and the album features music from Blake's other film scores, including Ridley Scott's 'The Duellists' and horror classic 'The Changeling' and the Prelude for Vova Op.640, written after Ashkenazy asked Blake to "make a piece out of my initials A S H - like Liszt did with B A C H". Howard Blake's illustrious career has spanned over 50 years in which he has composed more than 650 works, both classical and popular. He has written scores for numerous films, beginning in the 1970s, but it was in 1982, with his orchestral score for 'The Snowman' that Blake achieved widespread acclaim. While he is best known for the Christmas classic, he has written a wide range of music, including a piano concerto for the 30th birthday of Princess Diana. "His piano music is extremely well written and pianistic, due, of course, to the fact that he is a very good pianist himself," explains Ashkenazy, "and so it is truly a joy to play."
- Contents:
- The snowman. Walking in the air (3:07)
- The changeling. Music box (3:53)
- The duellists. Laura (2:01)
- Prelude for Vova (3:02)
- Speech after long silence (7:56)
- 12 piano pieces, op. 177 (excerpts) (21:48)
- Dances for two pianos (11:30)
- Sonata for two pianos (14:04)
- Piano fantasy (4:20)
- Four easy pieces (3:40)
- Romanza (2:26)
- Haiku for Yu-Chee (1:12)
- Parting (1:21).
- Participant:
- Vladimir Ashkenazy, Vovka Ashkenazy, pianos.
- Notes:
- Recorded 2013 Potton Hall.
- Hard copy version record.
- Other Format:
- Source record: Blake, Howard. Walking in the air.
- OCLC:
- 1005738152
- Publisher Number:
- GBF071302610
- GBF071302600
- GBF071302590
- GBF071302630
- GBF071302620
- GBF071302571
- GBF071302572
- GBF071302573
- GBF071302574
- GBF071302575
- GBF071302576
- GBF071302577
- GBF071302578
- GBF071302581
- GBF071302582
- GBF071302583
- GBF071302584
- GBF071302585
- GBF071302586
- GBF071302587
- GBF071302588
- GBF071302589
- GBF071302561
- GBF071302562
- GBF071302563
- GBF071302564
- GBF071302530
- GBF071302540
- GBF071302550
- GBF071302660
- GBF071302640
- 00028947863014 Decca
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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