Antony Gray – Il maestro e lo scolare: Piano Duets for Teacher and Pupil (2021) [Official Digital Download 24bit/44,1kHz]

For the first time, here is an album full of piano duets written expressly for teacher and student, from the first in the genre, Haydn’s Il Maestro e lo Scolare, through many well-known composers of the 19th and 20th centuries up to the current decade. Very few of these works have attained any sort of public awareness apart from Stravinsky’s Easy Pieces, but though written deliberately with one ‘easy’ part for the learner, the pieces are thoroughly delightful, tuneful and never simplistic: indeed they display all the hallmarks of Romantic, Impressionist (and in two cases jazz-inspired) music-making of high quality and all make more extremely entertaining and pleasant listening. Antony Gray is a London-based pianist and teacher with acclaimed recordings to his name. His work with students of all ages, those that wish to pursue advanced training and even those who do not, produces a wonderful rapport which shines through in these recordings. Over 50 of Gray’s students are represented on the album.

Tracklist:
1-1. Antony Gray – Petit carillon (01:50)
1-2. Antony Gray – Il maestro e lo scolare, Hob. XVIIa:1 (09:00)
1-3. Antony Gray – No. 1 in G Minor (01:33)
1-4. Antony Gray – No. 2 in E-Flat Major (02:44)
1-5. Antony Gray – No. 1, Prologue (01:30)
1-6. Antony Gray – No. 2, Moment musical (01:20)
1-7. Antony Gray – No. 3, Mélodie (01:46)
1-8. Antony Gray – No. 4, Air de ballet (01:37)
1-9. Antony Gray – No. 5, Arabesque (02:10)
1-10. Antony Gray – No. 6, Berceuse (01:50)
1-11. Antony Gray – No. 7, Valse (01:29)
1-12. Antony Gray – No. 8, Tarantelle (01:13)
1-13. Antony Gray – No. 1, Romance (02:38)
1-14. Antony Gray – No. 2, Sérénade (01:26)
1-15. Antony Gray – I. The Old Village Church (00:47)
1-16. Antony Gray – II. Putting the Wooden Doll to Sleep (01:03)
1-17. Antony Gray – III. The Sleighride (00:41)
1-18. Antony Gray – IV. The Prisoners Leave for Siberia (00:57)
1-19. Antony Gray – V. The Carrousel (00:51)
1-20. Antony Gray – VI. The Moujik in the Dark Woods (00:48)
1-21. Antony Gray – VII. Baba Tells an Old Tale (00:46)
1-22. Antony Gray – VIII. The Cossacks Ride By (00:56)
1-23. Antony Gray – IX. The Barge on the Dnieper (01:10)
1-24. Antony Gray – X. Holiday in the Village (00:39)
1-25. Antony Gray – No. 1, Dedicatoria a mi hijo Eduardo (Arr. A. Gray for Piano 4 Hands) (00:50)
1-26. Antony Gray – No. 2, Sans lenteur (01:53)
1-27. Antony Gray – No. 3, Presque vite (01:10)
1-28. Antony Gray – I. Une petite berceuse (01:20)
1-29. Antony Gray – II. Une petite danse slovaque (01:25)
1-30. Antony Gray – III. Une petite barcarolle (02:35)
1-31. Antony Gray – IV. Une petite marche bien française (03:02)
1-32. Antony Gray – V. Un petit truc embêtant (02:39)
1-33. Antony Gray – No. 2, La cigogne lasse (03:46)
1-34. Antony Gray – No. 3, Le cheval de ferme-l’oeil (01:48)
1-35. Antony Gray – No. 1, Andante (01:44)
1-36. Antony Gray – No. 2, Lento (01:22)
1-37. Antony Gray – No. 3, Allegretto (01:00)
1-38. Antony Gray – Steps: No. 1, Giant Steps (01:31)
1-39. Antony Gray – Steps: No. 2, Little Steps (01:32)
1-40. Antony Gray – Steps: No. 3, Dance Steps (00:56)
2-41. Antony Gray – No. 1a, 24 Variations & Finale (06:13)
2-42. Antony Gray – No. 1b, Prelude. Andante (00:38)
2-43. Antony Gray – No. 2, Polka (01:17)
2-44. Antony Gray – No. 3, Marche funèbre (01:30)
2-45. Antony Gray – No. 4, Valse (01:48)
2-46. Antony Gray – No. 5, Berceuse (02:23)
2-47. Antony Gray – No. 6, Galop (01:04)
2-48. Antony Gray – No. 7, Gigue (00:37)
2-49. Antony Gray – No. 8, Fughetta on B-A-C-H (00:40)
2-50. Antony Gray – No. 9, Tarantella (01:24)
2-51. Antony Gray – No. 10, Menuetto (00:49)
2-52. Antony Gray – No. 11, Valse (02:10)
2-53. Antony Gray – No. 12, Requiem (02:45)
2-54. Antony Gray – No. 13, Carillon (01:26)
2-55. Antony Gray – No. 14, Mazurka (01:25)
2-56. Antony Gray – No. 15, Fugue grotesque (00:44)
2-57. Antony Gray – No. 16, Cortége triomphal (02:01)
2-58. Antony Gray – No. 1, March (01:24)
2-59. Antony Gray – No. 2, Valse (01:41)
2-60. Antony Gray – No. 3, Polka (00:45)
2-61. Antony Gray – No. 1, Piccolo galoppo (01:42)
2-62. Antony Gray – No. 2, Lontano (03:17)
2-63. Antony Gray – No. 3, Sailor’s Piano (02:11)
2-64. Antony Gray – No. 2, Ruins of Pompeii (01:08)
2-65. Antony Gray – No. 3, Sorrento (01:22)
2-66. Antony Gray – No. 4, Mount Vesuvius (01:09)
2-67. Antony Gray – No. 6, Statue of St. Christopher (00:44)
2-68. Antony Gray – No. 8, Blue Grotto [Capri] (01:12)
2-69. Antony Gray – No. 9, Tarantella (00:33)
2-70. Antony Gray – No. 1, Andante (00:48)
2-71. Antony Gray – No. 2, Española (01:11)
2-72. Antony Gray – No. 3, Balalaika (00:56)
2-73. Antony Gray – No. 4, Napolitana (01:12)
2-74. Antony Gray – No. 5, Galop (01:52)
2-75. Antony Gray – Avec un doigt (00:38)
2-76. Antony Gray – Noch ein Wiegenlied (03:28)
2-77. Antony Gray – Jaggamuffin (01:15)
2-78. Antony Gray – The Immovable Do (Arr. for Piano 4 Hands) (03:44)
2-79. Antony Gray – Zanzibar Boat Song (04:00)
2-80. Antony Gray – Ye Banks and Braes o’ Bonnie Doon (Arr. for Piano 6 Hands) (02:06)
2-81. Antony Gray – The River Kwai March (After M. Arnold) (01:11)
2-82. Antony Gray – No. 1, Blue Moment (01:43)
2-83. Antony Gray – No. 2, Ballad (I’ll Never Be Lonely Again) (02:15)
2-84. Antony Gray – No. 3, Freight Train to Fresno (01:39)