Frank Merrick: A Recorded Legacy
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Label: Nimbus - Grand Piano
Cat No: NI8820
Format: CD
Number of Discs: 6
Release Date: 2nd November 2018
Contents
Works
The Well-Tempered Clavier Book 2, BWV870-893Burlesque
Lullaby
Moy Mell 'The Pleasant Plain, an Irish Tone Poem'
Paean
Piano Sonata no.1 in F sharp minor
Piano Sonata no.2 in G major
Piano Sonata no.3 in G sharp minor
Piano Sonata no.4 in G major
Andante favori in F, WoO57
Piano Sonata no.27 in E minor, op.90
Rhapsodies (2), op.79
Berceuse in D flat major, op.57
Estampes (3)
Divertissement no.2 in A major, H14
Nocturnes (18)
Bonny Blue Bell: Variations on a Somerset folk song
Esperanto Poems (8)
Movements (2) in symphonic form (completion of Schubert's Symphony no.8)
Piano Concerto no.2
Romantic Pieces (4)
Aus meinem Tagebuch, op.82
Variations and Fugue on a theme of J S Bach, op.81
Adagio in E major, D612
Impromptus (4), op.142 D935
Valse mignonne
Keyboard Sonata in C sharp minor, R21
Variations on 'Black Eyed Susan'
Artists
Frank Merrick (piano)Michael Round (piano)
Sybil Michelow (mezzo-soprano)
The St Cecilia Orchestra
Conductor
Trevor HarveyWorks
The Well-Tempered Clavier Book 2, BWV870-893Burlesque
Lullaby
Moy Mell 'The Pleasant Plain, an Irish Tone Poem'
Paean
Piano Sonata no.1 in F sharp minor
Piano Sonata no.2 in G major
Piano Sonata no.3 in G sharp minor
Piano Sonata no.4 in G major
Andante favori in F, WoO57
Piano Sonata no.27 in E minor, op.90
Rhapsodies (2), op.79
Berceuse in D flat major, op.57
Estampes (3)
Divertissement no.2 in A major, H14
Nocturnes (18)
Bonny Blue Bell: Variations on a Somerset folk song
Esperanto Poems (8)
Movements (2) in symphonic form (completion of Schubert's Symphony no.8)
Piano Concerto no.2
Romantic Pieces (4)
Aus meinem Tagebuch, op.82
Variations and Fugue on a theme of J S Bach, op.81
Adagio in E major, D612
Impromptus (4), op.142 D935
Valse mignonne
Keyboard Sonata in C sharp minor, R21
Variations on 'Black Eyed Susan'
Artists
Frank Merrick (piano)Michael Round (piano)
Sybil Michelow (mezzo-soprano)
The St Cecilia Orchestra
Conductor
Trevor HarveyAbout
Frank Merrick (1886-1981) was a tireless champion of the causes in which he believed and these causes extended well beyond the field of music. Although his name is associated with the piano music of a range of composers as diverse as John Field and Prokofiev, Schubert and Arnold Bax, he also campaigned with the suffragettes, was imprisoned during the First World War as a Conscientious Objector and over many years advocated the use of the universal language Esperanto. Between 1898-1901 Frank Merrick studied in Vienna with the celebrated teacher, Theodor Leschetizky, and he made his London debut aged 16 in 1903.
Beginning in 1961 (at the age of 75) and extending through to the early 1970s Frank Merrick recorded important works from his recital repertoire, and much else besides. These recordings, although fully intended for publication, and reviewed in various periodicals at the time of release, were nonetheless a largely private venture. The recollection of Frank Merrick’s family is that fewer than 100 copies of each LP were produced. During the initial phase of this project Nimbus was fortunate to be able to find all of the FMS titles and all but two of the RRE titles. This selection presents the strongest performances and the best recorded sound available to us.
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