The Complete Parlophone & Columbia Solo Recordings (Recorded 1933-1945)

Featuring

Eileen Joyce
Clarence Raybould
Orchestra
Johann Sebastian Bach
Pietro Domenico Paradies
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Franz Schubert
Frédéric Chopin
Robert Schumann
Franz Liszt
Johannes Brahms
Johann Nepomuk Hummel
Adolf von Henselt
Paul de Schlözer
Moritz Moszkowski
Leopold Godowsky
Enrique Granados
Christian Sinding
Edvard Grieg
Jean Sibelius
Bernhard Stavenhagen
Selim Palmgren
Ignacy Friedman
Gabriel Fauré
Claude Debussy
Sergei Rachmaninoff
Eugen d'Albert
Richard Strauss
Ernö Dohnányi
Stefan Bergman
Cyril Scott
Riccardo Pick-Mangiagalli
Harry Farjeon
Dmitri Shostakovich
Maurice Ravel
Alexander Scriabin
Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy
Ludwig van Beethoven

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Performer Biography

Eileen Joyce retired from her career in her early fifties, stating she was 'depleted spiritually and mentally' from working and traveling too much.

Performer Biography

Eileen Joyce's talent was praised by renowned pianists Percy Grainger and Wilhelm Backhaus, with Grainger calling her 'the most transcendentally gifted child he had ever heard'.

Performer Biography

Eileen Joyce, the pianist on this album, was born in Tasmania in 1908 and moved to Western Australia at age one, where her talent was quickly recognized by nuns at a convent.

Critical Reception

Eileen Joyce's virtuosity was described as 'life-affirming' by the author, and her recordings have the power to 'reinvent themselves' for listeners.

Cultural Impact

Eileen Joyce was known for changing her vibrant gowns during concerts, a theatrical ploy initiated by her agent husband, Christopher Mann, to promote her.

Recording & Production

This five-CD set compiles Eileen Joyce's complete solo recordings made for Parlophone and Columbia between 1933 and 1945.

Performer Biography

Eileen Joyce made her London debut at the Proms in September 1930, choosing Prokofiev's Third Concerto, which was new and rarely performed at the time.