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Background: Brian Chapple was born in 1945. He studied at the Royal Academy of Music: composition with Lennox Berkeley and piano with Harry Isaacs. Early successes include Scherzos for four pianos ('a daring piece of musical collage… like an inspired improvisation', wrote Felix Aprahamian in The Sunday Times), which was premièred at the 1976 Proms. The orchestral Green and Pleasant was winner of the BBC Monarchy 1000 Prize in 1972; its première in Bath, conducted by Norman del Mar, was broadcast and televised. In 1976 Elgar Howarth‘s performance with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra was chosen to represent the BBC in UNESCO’s International Rostrum of Composers in Paris.

One is struck by the widely varied styles and idioms of these five works. The earliest, the Piano Sonata of 1986, is the most challenging from the point of view of both the performer and the listener. The latest, Bagatelles Diverses (2005), is also pianistically demanding, but uses a more straightforward, tonal language. The element of freshness and surprise here is generated by the close juxtaposition of the strongly contrasted colours, textures and tempi of the nine fairly short movements. Requies (1991) is perhaps the most striking, in its almost single-mindedly slow pace, simplicity of material and depth of feeling. The wittiest pieces and the lightest of touch are Burlesque (2000) for two pianos, four hands, and Four Pieces from 'A Bit of a Blow' (2005) for piano duet.

CATALOGUE NR: DDA25056
RECORD LABEL: Divine Art
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: including VAT £ 8.99
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RELEASE DATE: 14-Jan-2008

COMPOSER: Brian Chapple
TITLE: Burlesque
TRACKS: Burlesque for two pianos four hands. Sonata for Piano Solo. Bagatelles Diveres for solo piano. Requies for piano solo. Four Pieces from 'A Bit of a Blow' for piano duet.
ARTISTS: Anthony Goldstone   Caroline Clemmow    

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