Once More with Feeling: A Selection of Favourite Piano Encores

Featuring

Philip Martin
Claude Debussy
Emmanuel Chabrier
Isaac Albéniz
George Gershwin
Déodat de Séverac

Gabriel Fauré
Edvard Grieg
Erik Satie
Alexandre Tansman
Scott Joplin
Ignacio Cervantes
Sergei Rachmaninoff
Leopold Godowsky
Robert Schumann

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Composition History

Philip Martin's "Night piece for Julia" exists in two forms: a solo piece and the last movement of his Third Piano Concerto, both inspired by a flight to the Netherlands.

Performer Biography

Philip Martin, the pianist on this album, made his Proms debut in 1985 at the Royal Albert Hall playing Britten's Diversions for piano (left hand) and orchestra.

Performer Biography

Philip Martin studied composition with Franz Reizenstein, a noted émigré pianist and composer who was a pupil of Paul Hindemith.

Compositional Technique

Erik Satie's "Gnossienne No. 3" is written in "free time," meaning it lacks traditional bar-lines.

Composer's Artistic Vision

Pianist and composer Philip Martin's own jazz pieces on this album, "Blues" and "Boogie-Woogie," were directly influenced by his passion for American music.

Composition History

The title "Oriental Sketch" for Rachmaninoff's piece was given by his publisher, not by Rachmaninoff himself, and the music is not particularly 'oriental' in character.

Album & Artwork

This album, titled "Once more with feeling....", is a collection of Philip Martin's favorite piano encores, released to coincide with his 70th birthday and 50 years in the music profession.