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Eileen Joyce

Eileen Joyce - The Complete Studio Recordings (10CD)

‘In every way the most transcendentally gifted young piano student I have heard in the last 25 years’ was Percy Grainger’s pronouncement of the young Eileen Joyce (1908–1991) when he first heard her play in 1926.

The set’s editorial content includes a personal memoir of the pianist from Bryce Morrison; a thoroughly researched and documented history of her early years by David Tunley; an account of her career by another Australian academic and historian of performing arts, Victoria Rogers; and the story of her career as a recording artist, by Cyrus Meher-Homji.

"Pianophiles will be slavering at the prospect of having access to all this great artist’s recordings..." Jeremy Nicholas Gramophone

CD 1
The Parlophone Recordings
JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH: Fantasia & Fugue in A minor, BWV 944
PIETRO DOMENICO PARADIES: Toccata in A major (from Sonata No. 6)
WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART: Rondo in A major, KV 386

Orchestra conducted by Clarence Raybould

WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART:
Suite, KV 399 (excerpts)
Piano Sonata in C major, KV 545
FRANZ SCHUBERT:
Andante in A major, D.604
Impromptu in E flat major, D.899 No. 2
Impromptu in A flat major, D.899 No. 4
FREDERIC CHOPIN:
Nocturne in E flat major, Op. 9 No. 2
Nocturne in B major, Op. 32 No. 1
Fantasie-Impromptu in C sharp minor, Op. 66
Berceuse in D flat major, Op. 57
ROBERT SCHUMANN:
Novelette in D major, Op. 21 No. 2
Novelette in A major, Op. 21 Nminor, BWV 543/S.462 No. 1
ROBERT SCHUMANN (arr. LISZT):
Widmung, S.566
Frühlingsnacht, S.568
RICHARD WAGNER (arr. LISZT): Spinning Chorus, S.440 (Der fliegende o. 6
Stücklein 1 (No. 1 of Bunte Blätter, Op. 99)

CD 2
The Parlophone Recordings (continued)
FRANZ LISZT:
Liebesträume No. 3, S.541 No. 3
Waldesrauschen (Étude de Concert, S.145 No. 1)
Valse oubliée No. 1, S.215 No. 1
Au bord d’une source, S.160 No. 4 (Années de pèlerinage I: Suisse)
La leggierezza (Étude de concert, S.144 No. 2)
Gnomenreigen (Étude de concert, S.145 No. 2)
JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH (arr. LISZT): Organ Prelude and Fugue in A minor, BWV 543/S.462 No. 1
ROBERT SCHUMANN (arr. LISZT):
Widmung, S.566
Fruhlingsnact, S.568
RICHARD WAGNER (arr. LISZT): Spinning Chorus, S.440 (from Der fligende Hollander) (abridged)
CHARLES GOUNOD (arr. LISZT): Faust Waltz, S.407 (abridged)
JOHANNES BRAHMS:
Romance in F major, Op. 118 No. 5
Intermezzo in C major, Op. 119 No. 3
Capriccio in D minor, Op. 116 No. 7
Intermezzo in A major, Op. 76 No. 6
Rhapsody in E flat major, Op. 119 No. 4
Intermezzo in B flat minor, Op. 117 No. 2
Intermezzo in A major, Op. 118 No. 2
Ballade in G minor, Op. 118 No. 3

CD 3
The Parlophone Recordings (continued)
JOHANN NEPOMK HUMMEL: Rondo favori in E flat major, Op. 11
ADOLF VON HENSELT; Si oiseau j’étais (Were I a Bird) (Douze Études caractéristiques, Op. 2 No. 6)
PAUL DE SCHLÖZER: Étude in A flat major, Op. 1 No. 2
MORITZ MOSZKOWSKI:
Waltz in E major, Op. 34 No. 1
Caprice espagnole, Op. 37 (abridged)
ISAAC ALBÉNIZ (arr. GODOWSKY): Tango in D major (No. 2 of España, Op. 165)
ENRIQUE GRANADOS: The Maiden and the Nightingale (from Goyescas)
CHRISTIAN SINDING: Rustle of Spring, Op. 32 No. 3
EDVARD GRIEG:
Scherzo-Impromptu (No. 2 of Moods, Op. 73)
Butterfly (No. 1 of Lyric Pieces, Op. 43)
Melody (No. 3 of Lyric Pieces, Op. 47)
Solitary Traveller (No. 2 of Lyric Pieces, Op. 43)
Brooklet (No. 4 of Lyric Pieces, Op. 62)
To the Spring (No. 6 of Lyric Pieces, Op. 43)
Summer’s Eve (No. 2 of Lyric Pieces, Op. 71)
JEAN SIBELIUS: Romance in D flat major, Op. 24 No. 9
BERNHARD STAVENHAGEN: Menuetto scherzando, Op. 5 No. 3
SELIM PALMGREN: En route, Op. 9
IGNAZ FRIEDMAN (after EDUARD GÄRTNER): Viennese Dance No. 2
GABRIEL FAURÉ: Impromptu No. 2 in F minor, Op. 31
CLAUDE DEBUSSY:
Reflets dans l’eau (No. 1 of Images, Book I)
Toccata (No. 3 of Pour le piano)
JOAQUIN TURINA: Rapsodia Sinfónica, Op. 66

Orchestra conducted by Clarence Raybould

CD 4
The Parlophone Recordings (continued)
ANTON ARENSKY: Piano Trio in D minor, Op. 32
Henri Temianka, violin ·
Antoni Sala, cello

SERGEI RACHMANINOV:
Prelude in G minor, Op. 23 No. 5
Prelude in E flat major, Op. 23 No. 6
Prelude in C minor, Op. 23 No. 7
Prelude in A flat major, Op. 23 No. 8
Prelude in A minor, Op. 32 No. 8
Prelude in D flat major, Op. 32 No. 13
EUGEN D’ALBERT: Scherzo in F sharp major, Op. 16 No. 2
RICHARD STRAUSS (arr. GIESEKING): Ständchen, Op. 17 No. 2
ERNO DOHNÁNYI: Rhapsody in C major, Op. 11 No. 3
ERIK BERGMAN:
Polka Caprice, Op. 1 No. 3
Himmelgesang, Op. 2 No. 1
CYRIL SCOTT:
Lotus Land, Op. 47 No. 1
Danse nègre, Op. 58 No. 5
RICCARDO PICK-MANGIAGALLI: Le Danse d’Olaf (Deux Lunaires, Op. 33 No. 2)
HARRY FARJEON: Tarantella
DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH: Three Fantastic Dances, Op. 5

CD 5
The Columbia Recordings
FRANZJOSEPH HAYDN: Piano Trio No. 39 in G major, Hob.XV.25
Henry Holst, violin
Anthony Pini, cello

AMADEUS WOLFGANG MOZART:
Piano Sonata No. 12 in F major, KV 332
Piano Sonata No. 17 in D major, KV 576
Romance in A flat major, KV Anh.205 (attribution)
Gigue in G major, KV 574
Minuet in D major, KV 355
LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN:
Bagatelle in C major, Op. 33 No. 2
Bagatelle in A minor, WoO 59 ‘Für Elise’
FREDERIC CHOPIN:
Étude in E major, Op. 10 No. 3
Ballade No. 1 in G minor, Op. 23
Ballade No. 3 in A flat major, Op. 47

CD 6
The Columbia Recordings (continued)
FELIX MENDELSSOHN: Rondo capriccioso, Op. 14
EDVARD GRIEG: Ballade in G minor, Op. 24
ALEXANDER SCRIABIN:
Prelude in E major, Op. 11 No. 9
Prelude in C sharp minor, Op. 11 No. 10
MAURICE RAVEL: Jeux d’eau

JOHN IRELAND: Piano Concerto in E flat major
Hallé Orchestra
Leslie Heward

DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH: Piano Concerto No. 1 in C minor, Op. 35
Arthur Lockwood, trumpet
Hallé Orchestra
Leslie Heward

CD 7
The Decca Recordings
WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART: Piano Sonata No. 7 in C major, KV 309
LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN:
Piano Sonata No. 8 in C minor, Op. 13 ‘Pathétique’
Bagatelle in E flat major, Op. 33 No. 1
ROBERT SCHUMANN: Papillons, Op. 2
FREDERIC CHOPIN:
Waltz in B minor, Op. 69 No. 2
Waltz in E minor, Op. posth.*
CESAR FRANCK Variations symphoniques
Paris Conservatoire Orchestra
Charles Munch

*PREVIOUSLY UNPUBLISHED

CD 8
The Decca Recordings (continued)
PYOTR ILYICH TCHAIKOVSKY: Piano Concerto No. 2 in G major, Op. 44 (ed. Siloti)*
London Philharmonic Orchestra
Grzegorz Fitelberg

SERGEI RACHMANINOV: Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor, Op. 18
London Philharmonic Orchestra
Erich Leinsdorf

SERGEI RACHMANINOV: Humoresque in G major, Op. 10 No. 5
ARTHUR BLISS: Baraza (from ‘Men of Two Worlds’)
National Symphony Orchestra & Men’s Chorus
Muir Mathieson
*UNPUBLISHED ON 78-rpm or LP

CD 9
The Decca Recordings (continued)
FELIX MENDELSSOHN: Piano Concerto No. 1 in G minor, Op. 25
London Symphony Orchestra
Anatole Fistoulari

The HMV Recordings
JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH
Concerto for Three Harpsichords in C major, BWV 1064
Eileen Joyce, George Malcolm & Thurston Dart, harpsichords
Denis Vaughan, continuo
Pro Arte Orchestra
Boris Ord

ANTONIO VIVALDI (arr. BACH):
Concerto for Four Harpsichords in A minor, BWV 1065
(arr. DART) Concerto for Four Harpsichords in D minor
Eileen Joyce, George Malcolm, Thurston Dart & Denis Vaughan, harpsichords
Pro Arte Orchestra
Boris Ord

GEORGE MALCOLM: Variations on a theme of Mozart for Four Harpsichords
Eileen Joyce, George Malcolm, Thurston Dart & Denis Vaughan, harpsichords

The Saga Recordings
LUDWIG BEETHOVEN: Bagatelle in A minor, WoO 59 ‘Für Elise’
ROBERT SCHUMAN:
Romance in F sharp major, Op. 28 No. 2
(arr. LISZT) Widmung, S.566

CD 10

  1. The Saga Recordings (continued)
  2. FRANZ LISZT:
  3. Gnomenreigen (Étude de concert, S.145 No. 2)
  4. Un sospiro (Étude de concert, S.144 No. 3)
  5. GABRIEL FAURÉ: Impromptu No. 2 in F minor, Op. 31
  6. CLAUDE DEBUSSY:
  7. Clair de lune (from Suite Bergamasque)
  8. La Cathédrale engloutie (Préludes, Book I No. 10)
  9. ENRIQUE GRANADOS:
  10. The Maiden and the Nightingale (from Goyescas)
  11. Allegro di concierto
  12. ERNO DOHNÁNYI: Rhapsody in C major, Op. 11 No. 1
  13. EDVARD GRIEG:
  14. Notturno (No. 4 Lyric Pieces, Op. 54)
  15. Melody (No. 3 of Lyric Pieces, Op. 47)
  16. Piano Concerto in A minor, Op. 16
  17. Royal Danish Orchestra
  18. John Frandsen

Eileen Joyce, piano

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