Franz Waxman, a prominent Hollywood film composer, received twelve Academy Award nominations and won twice for his scores to Sunset Boulevard and A Place in the Sun.
Recording & Production
This album, titled Ascent, is Matthew Lipman's debut solo album and was made as an homage to his mother, Robin Lipman.
Composition History
Dmitri Shostakovich's Impromptu for viola and piano, Op. 33, dating from 1931, was previously lost and only rediscovered in 2017 in the Moscow State Archives.
Composition History
Clarice Assad's Metamorfose was commissioned by Matthew Lipman as a tribute to his mother, exploring themes of grief and acceptance.
Composer Biography
York Bowen, known as 'the English Rachmaninov', was equally accomplished as a pianist and composer, performing his own works with leading virtuosi and making the first recording of Beethoven's Fourth Piano Concerto.
Composition History
Franz Waxman's Carmen Fantasie, a virtuoso showpiece based on themes from Bizet's Carmen, was originally composed for the 1947 film Humoreske.
Composition History
York Bowen's Phantasy for Viola and Piano, Op. 54, was composed in 1918 for a competition established by patron Walter Willson Cobbett, which invited single-movement 'phantasies'.
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