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BACH TRANSCRIPTIONS and The first recording for some twenty years by a performer whose pioneering version of the Bliss piano concerto for EMI in the 1960's (now re-issued on Divine Art CD24106) drew undiluted praise. Trevor plays the great Bach/Busoni transcriptions, Myra Hess' version of "Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring" and (for the first time on CD) works by Australian composers Margaret Sutherland Felix Werder and Nigel Butterley. |
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playing time: 58:04 direct sale price: £12.00 audio sample: "The Humorist" (from First Suite) by Margaret Sutherland |
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tracks: Bach (arr. Busoni): The pieces by Felix Werder on this CD are now published (2001) by Keys Press, 66 Clotilde Street, Mount Lawley, WA 6050, Australia |
review extracts: for full reviews click here | ||
| "Eloquent and finely-sculpted advocacy" - Gramophone | |||
| "This is a fascinating addition to any CD collection and is a fine example of virtuosity and musical sensitivity combined" - Dolmetsch Foundation Bulletin | |||
| "Sound technique…affecting interpretations…excellently engineered" - Musical Opinion | |||
| "Barnard is grand . I think magisterial is the right word. If he was always this good one must ask why the hell he spent his life teaching." - Andre Jute Classical Jukebox (Ireland) | |||
| "Trevor Barnard dispatches his Bach transcriptions with aplomb, but the real interest will be in the Australian composers he brings to the surface. A worthwhile release." - Martin Anderson - Fanfare (USA) | |||
| "I like the performance [of Comment]" - Nigel Butterley | |||
| "Trevor Barnard needs no prompting to realise my ideas" - Felix Werder | |||