York Bowen: Fragments from Hans Andersen & Studies
9/15/2023, 24 Tracks, 1:06:36
Featuring
Nicolas Namoradze
York Bowen
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Performer Biography
Nicolas Namoradze, the pianist on this album, won the 2018 Honens International Piano Competition, one of the largest competition prizes in classical music.
Critical Reception
The composer Saint-Saëns esteemed York Bowen as 'the most remarkable of the young British composers'.
Composer Biography
York Bowen was affectionately known as 'Uncle Yobo' by his students at the Royal Academy of Music, where he was a professor of piano.
Composer Biography
York Bowen, the composer, was born Edwin Yorke Bowen in London in 1884, the third son of a whisky distiller.
Composer Biography
York Bowen was an accomplished violist and horn player, even joining the regimental band of the Scots Guards during the Great War.
Composer Biography
York Bowen was a student of the famously eccentric Tobias Matthay, a piano pedagogue and composer.
Recording & Production
This album was recorded in the Concert Hall, Wyastone Estate, Monmouth, between July 13-15, 2019.
