CB 9th Barry J. Babin

Das Schaffen von Johann Sebastian Bach erfreute sich ab dem 19. Jahrhundert ungemeiner Beliebtheit bei den größten Pianisten der Zeit. Ob Franz Liszt, Camille Saint-Saëns oder Sergej Rachmaninow, sie alle haben Werke des Barockmeisters für Klavier solo bearbeitet. Weniger bekannt sind die ebenfalls zahlreichen Bach-Transkriptionen für zwei Klaviere.

From the 19th century onwards, the works of Johann Sebastian Bach enjoyed immense popularity among the greatest pianists of the time. Whether Franz Liszt, Camille Saint-Saëns or Sergei Rachmaninov, they all arranged works by the Baroque master for solo piano. Less well known are the numerous Bach transcriptions for two pianos.

Das Schaffen von Johann Sebastian Bach erfreute sich ab dem 19. Jahrhundert ungemeiner Beliebtheit bei den größten Pianisten der Zeit. Ob Franz Liszt, Camille Saint-Saëns oder Sergej Rachmaninow, sie alle haben Werke des Barockmeisters für Klavier solo bearbeitet. Weniger bekannt sind die ebenfalls zahlreichen Bach-Transkriptionen für zwei Klaviere.

Concertos for two pianos and orchestra by Felix Mendelssohn and Max Bruch belong to the standard German romantic repertoire for piano duos. Genova & Dimitrov have recorded them as well as the concertos of Francis Poulenc, Darius Milhaud, and Robert Casadesus. If until these composers the piano above all functioned to develop complex melodic and harmonic relations, then the Hungarian composer, pianist, folk music researcher, editor, and teacher Béla Bartók moved the piano or pianos closer to the percussion family.

Glenn Jones (born 1962 in Jacksonville, Florida) is an American R&B/soul singer. Jones started his career as a gospel singer, working and recording with the Florida-based gospel group, The Modulations, before managing a successful move into the R&B field. He got his recording start in R&B in 1980 when Norman Connors featured the singer on a track, "Melancholy Fire" on his album, Take It to the Limit. The song was released as a single, climbing to #20 on the Billboard R&B chart. Jones toured with Connors, and in 1983 he signed a deal with RCA. In the same year, he issued a five-track mini-album Everybody Loves a Winner that had the top 30 R&B single, "I Am Somebody". His first full-length album, Finesse, was released in 1984. The single "Show Me," reached #3 on the R&B charts.

icated to Bramwell Tovey, this album of world premiere recordings by celebrated composer Roderick Elms features soloists Carlos Bonell (guitar), Derek Hannigan (bass clarinet) and Joanna Smith (piano) and Roderick Elms himself, with the BBC Concert Orchestra under the baton of Barry Wordsworth.

icated to Bramwell Tovey, this album of world premiere recordings by celebrated composer Roderick Elms features soloists Carlos Bonell (guitar), Derek Hannigan (bass clarinet) and Joanna Smith (piano) and Roderick Elms himself, with the BBC Concert Orchestra under the baton of Barry Wordsworth.