Ronald Stevenson: Piano Works Peter Jablonski

• Ronald Stevenson (1928 - 2015): Peter Grimes Fantasy on themes from Benjamin Britten’s opera for piano solo (1971):
• 1 Stevenson: Peter Grimes Fantasy on themes from Benjamin Britten’s opera for piano solo (1971) 07:25
• Suite for piano from Paderewski’s opera Manru (1961):
• 2 Stevenson: Suite for piano from Paderewski’s opera Manru (1961): Introduction and Gypsy March 03:53
• 3 Stevenson: Suite for piano from Paderewski’s opera Manru (1961): Gypsy Song 03:02
• 4 Stevenson: Suite for piano from Paderewski’s opera Manru (1961): Lullaby 02:28
• 5 Stevenson: Suite for piano from Paderewski’s opera Manru (1961): Cracovienne 04:08
• Romance from Concerto in D minor, Mozart K466, realised by Ronald Stevenson (2002):
• 6 Stevenson: Romance from Concerto in D minor, Mozart K466, realised by Ronald Stevenson (2002) 08:57
• Quintet from The Mastersingers, ‘elaborated for left hand alone’, Wagner-Wittgenstein (1980)
• 7 Stevenson: Quintet from The Mastersingers, ‘elaborated for left hand alone’, Wagner-Wittgenstein (1980) 05:54
• Ostinato Macabro on the name Godowski (1980):
• 8 Stevenson: Ostinato Macabro on the name Godowski (1980) 01:00
• Etudette d’après Korsakov et Chopin (Spectre d’Alkan) (1987):
• 9 Stevenson: Etudette d’après Korsakov et Chopin (Spectre d’Alkan) (1987) 01:53
• 6 Pensées sur des Préludes de Chopin (1959):
• 10 Stevenson: 6 Pensées sur des Préludes de Chopin (1959): I. Agitato/Largo 01:38
• 11 Stevenson: 6 Pensées sur des Préludes de Chopin (1959): II. Lento funebre 01:44
• 12 Stevenson: 6 Pensées sur des Préludes de Chopin (1959): III. Andantino (alla mazurka) 01:03
• 13 Stevenson: 6 Pensées sur des Préludes de Chopin (1959): IV. Lento sostenuto 01:10
• 14 Stevenson: 6 Pensées sur des Préludes de Chopin (1959): V. Allegro agitato, con urgenza 01:23
• 15 Stevenson: 6 Pensées sur des Préludes de Chopin (1959): VI. Non agitato/Largo 02:19
• Little jazz variations on Purcell’s New Scotch Tune (1964/75):
• 16 Stevenson: Little jazz variations on Purcell’s New Scotch Tune (1964/75) 05:10
• Piccolo Niccolò Paganinesco (1986):
• 17 Stevenson: Piccolo Niccolò Paganinesco (1986) 04:53
• Preludette on the name George Gershwin (1981):
• 18 Stevenson: Preludette on the name George Gershwin (1981) 00:53
• Tauberiana, transcription of Richard Tauber’s song My Heart and I (1980):
• 19 Stevenson: Tauberiana, transcription of Richard Tauber’s song My Heart and I (1980) 04:02
• Total Runtime 01:02:55

Info for Ronald Stevenson: Piano Works

Pianist Peter Jablonski’s new album on Ondine is focused on the piano works of Ronald Stevenson (1928–2015), a Scottish pianist, composer, thinker, writer, educator, and a committed pacifist. Best known for his monumental 80-minute-long Passacaglia on DSCH, a tribute to Shostakovich composed in 1962, this piano album features a selection of piano gems written between 1959 and 2002. Alongside Stevenson’s masterful Peter Grimes Fantasy, the album includes four world première recordings touching but a corner of a rich and enormous tapestry of nearly 500 piano pieces written by the composer.

Stevenson’s musical interests were wide-ranging: since his college days, he studied counterpoint, and was interested in the music of Purcell and early masters. He also admired the grand virtuoso tradition of Chopin and Liszt, Medtner and Rachmaninoff, Paderewski, Godowski, Sorabji, and others. Not only did Stevenson study them all and played their works on the piano, but each of these figures found an honoured place in his musical temple. Many of Stevenson’s musical compositions are examples of intertwining complexities of his musical thought, melody, counterpoint, and harmony; he weaves his musical fabrics that preserve the wide gamut of his creative thinking.

Peter Jablonski, piano

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