Duncan Honeybourne – Duncan Honeybourne plays the 1873 Bevington organ at Holy Trinity Parish Church, Bincombe, Dorset (2023)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 57:41 minutes | 388 MB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © ASC Records
Bincombe is “a tiny place, comprising a few cottages, fields, farms and an ancient church nestled against a verdant hillside in sight of the sea. The lush meadows provide an inviting backdrop whilst, on the sightline, the English channel sparkles in the summer sunshine and shimmers mysteriously at night.” (Duncan Honeybourne). Part of the church dates from the twelfth century, with most of the remainder having been constructed in the fifteenth. The single manual organ was built by the London firm of Bevington and Sons in 1873 and supplied at a cost of £105 to the neighbouring parish of Broadwey. It was moved to Bincombe in 1903. (Bincombe is famous for its “bumps”, a cluster of round barrows which are visible from the Weymouth Relief Road.)
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Duncan Honeybourne, Gordon Pullin – Pictures of Light: Music by William Baines (2022)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 01:17:30 minutes | 630 MB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Divine Art
William Baines is one of those exceptionally gifted composers whose music still remains little known to the general music-loving public.
Deeply rooted in Nature, it shows influences from Debussy, Scriabin, Chopin, Liszt and Ravel and has totally assimilated those exemplars into truly mature and distinguished works all his own. This album includes a number of impressionist piano solos and also the first recording (and first performance) of the Five Songs, presented by veteran tenor Gordon Pullin, who has long been associated with the music of Baines. Duncan Honeybourne has become one of the most sought after of British pianists with a sparkling discography and is totally at home in this picturesque music. This album is produced also in memory of Baines on the centenary of his death.
The album concludes with ‘At the Grave of William Baines’ by fellow Yorkshireman Robin Walker – a fitting tribute by a living composer with similar abilities to draw inspiration from the world around him.
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Duncan Honeybourne – In dreams’ projections… (2022)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 01:14:55 minutes | 589 MB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © ASC Records
Premiere recordings of piano cycles by Sadie Harrison and Cecilia McDowall, plus shorter works by Ruth Barrett, Andrew Downes, Richard Francis, Richard Pantcheff and Jenni Pinnock.
English pianist Duncan Honeybourne has premiered over 70 new piano works and his recordings reflect a long association with 20th and 21st century British piano music. In dreams’ projections presents an eclectic collection of new piano works written for Honeybourne by a range of composers.
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Duncan Honeybourne – De Profundis Clamavi (2021)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 02:36:42 minutes | 2,41 GB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © EM Records
De Profundis Clamavi is a double CD with recordings of English piano music that contrasts three dramatic sonatas with a lively selection of shorter pieces ranging from sublime poetry to dark rhapsody.
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Duncan Honeybourne – A Hundred Years of British Piano Miniatures (2018)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 54:00 minutes | 380 MB | Genre: Classical
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The piano pieces here trace a trajectory from the Edwardian poetry of Leo Livens to the overdubbing of Peter Reynolds by way of a century of evocative, descriptive and exciting miniatures. Reflecting pastoral, light and experimental traditions, these previously unrecorded works offer rich variety from neglected composers. Duncan Honeybourne enjoys a colorful and unique career as solo pianist, chamber musician, educator and artistic director. He has appeared at many major concert halls and at leading festivals, and has been a frequent broadcaster at home and abroad. One of his generation’s leading exponents of 20th century English piano music, several celebrated contemporary composers have also dedicated major new works to him. An inspiring teacher and educator, he has devised and written several recital programmes blending words and music and has created and directed several series of piano and chamber concerts. Duncan is also sought-after nationwide as a thought-provoking and entertaining lecturer on his experience of living with autism.
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