This album includes four world premiere recordings of Ronald Stevenson's works.
Composer's Artistic Vision
Stevenson was fascinated by Busoni's views on transcription, believing it to be an art of composition in itself, and became an authority on Busoni in the English-speaking world.
Composer Biography
Ronald Stevenson, a pianist, composer, thinker, writer, and educator, was born into a working-class family and had Scottish and Welsh heritage.
Performer Biography
Peter Jablonski, the pianist on this recording, was discovered by conductors Claudio Abbado and Vladimir Ashkenazy and signed by Decca at age seventeen.
Composer's Artistic Vision
Stevenson strongly believed that pianists should know how to compose, as it helps them understand the 'choreography of the keyboard'.
Compositional Technique
Stevenson is credited with reviving the art of piano transcription, a tradition that declined with the advent of recordings, and approximately a quarter of his output consists of such works.
Composer Biography
Stevenson was a committed pacifist and chose to go to prison in 1947 rather than serve in the National Service, composing and reading even in harsh conditions.
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