This recording was sponsored by Dr James Reid-Baxter and features Christopher Guild on a 1986 Steinway D piano.
Composer Biography
Bernard van Dieren, an English composer featured on this album, was Dutch-born and settled in London in 1909, near where Purcell was once organist.
Composer's Artistic Vision
Ronald Stevenson believed that transcription should allow the transcriber to make their own mark on the music as an act of homage.
Composition History
Ronald Stevenson's transcriptions of Frederick Delius were made with the younger pianist in mind, suggesting an educational purpose.
Composer Biography
Bernard van Dieren suffered from excruciating pain due to kidney stones from 1912, undergoing nine operations and taking morphine for the rest of his life.
Compositional Technique
Ronald Stevenson's transcription of Purcell's Toccata expands the sonority by doubling lines in different pitch registers to achieve a grander, organ-like sound.
Album & Artwork
This album, "Ronald Stevenson Piano Music, Volume Five: Transcriptions," is part of an ongoing series exploring the solo piano works of Ronald Stevenson.
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