Walking In The Air: The Music Of Howard Blake Vladimir Ashkenazy
Album info
Album-Release:
2014
HRA-Release:
06.03.2014
Label: Decca
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Concertos
Artist: Vladimir Ashkenazy
Composer: Howard Blake (1938)
Album including Album cover Booklet (PDF)
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- 1 Walking in the Air from The Snowman, op.489u 03:06
- 2 Music Box from The Changeling, op.489n 03:53
- 3 Laura from The Duellists, op.604 02:01
- 4 Prelude For Vova, Op.640 03:02
- 5 Speech After Long Silence, Op.610 07:57
- 6 1. Prelude 02:23
- 7 2. Nocturne 03:13
- 8 3. Impromptu 04:41
- 9 4. Toccatina 01:26
- 10 5. Mazurka 01:33
- 11 6. Walking Song 01:53
- 12 7. Chaconne In D Minor 03:39
- 13 8. Scherzo In D Major 03:10
- 14 1. Parade 00:49
- 15 2. Slow Ragtime 01:08
- 16 3. Jump 00:45
- 17 4. Medium Rock 01:45
- 18 5. Folk Ballad 02:06
- 19 6. Boogie 01:00
- 20 7. Jazz Waltz 01:56
- 21 8. Cha-Cha 01:23
- 22 9. Galop 00:48
- 23 1. Allegro 04:56
- 24 2. Lento 03:34
- 25 3. Scherzando 02:15
- 26 4. Presto 03:29
- 27 Piano Fantasy, Op.1 04:20
- 28 Four Easy Pieces, Op.1b 03:40
- 29 Andante con moto 02:26
- 30 Haiku For Yu-Chee, op.56 01:12
- 31 Parting, Op.650a 01:18
Info for Walking In The Air: The Music Of Howard Blake
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 (and available as an e-single). 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 no fewer than 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.”
Vladimir Ashkenazy, piano
Vovka Ashkenazy, piano (on tracks 14-26)
Recorded at Potton Hall, Suffolk, 15, 16 March, 10, 11 June 2013
Recording Producer: Jeremy Hayes
Recording Engineer: Ben Connellan
Executive Producer: Dominic Fyfe
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Booklet for Walking In The Air: The Music Of Howard Blake