Duo Praxedis – Thomas: Complete Duos for Harp & Piano, Vol. 3 (2023) [Official Digital Download 24bit/44,1kHz]

Duo Praxedis – Thomas: Complete Duos for Harp & Piano, Vol. 3 (2023)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 01:00:55 minutes | 498 MB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Toccata Classics

Harpist to Queen Victoria, the Welsh composer John Thomas (1826–1913) also wrote prolifically for his own instrument, both for solo harp and for duos of two harps or harp and piano – a combination where the different sounds of the two instruments enhance the clarity of the texture. Thomas’ original works use the elegant Romantic style of his own day, but he also left a generous legacy of transcriptions, especially of operatic favourites. Although some of his music was intended for the Victorian drawing room, other pieces require a virtuoso technique – and all of it has a thoroughly engaging melodic appeal.

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Duo Praxedis – John Thomas: Complete Duos for Harp and Piano, Volume Two (2023) [Official Digital Download 24bit/44,1kHz]

Duo Praxedis – John Thomas: Complete Duos for Harp and Piano, Volume Two (2023)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 01:16:38 minutes | 587 MB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Toccata Classics

Harpist to Queen Victoria, the Welsh composer John Thomas (1826–1913) wrote prolifically for his own instrument, both for solo harp and for duos of two harps or harp and piano – a combination where the different sounds of the two instruments enhance the clarity of the texture. Thomas’ own compositions use the elegant Romantic style of his own day, but he also left a generous legacy of transcriptions, with no fewer than fourteen Schubert songs recorded on this second volume of his complete duos for harp and piano. Although some of his music was intended for the Victorian drawing room, other pieces require a virtuoso technique – and all of it has a thoroughly engaging melodic appeal.

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Duo Praxedis – Thomas: Complete Duos for Harp & Piano, Vol. 1 (2020) [Official Digital Download 24bit/44,1kHz]

Duo Praxedis – Thomas: Complete Duos for Harp & Piano, Vol. 1 (2020)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 01:19:46 minutes | 653 MB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Toccata Classics

Harpist to Queen Victoria, the Welsh composer John Thomas (1826–1913) was also a prolific composer for his own instrument, writing works both for solo harp and for duos of two harps or harp and piano – a combination where the different sounds of the two instruments enhances the clarity of the texture. Thomas’ original works use the elegant Romantic style of his own day, but he often drew on Welsh folksong for his inspiration and also left a generous legacy of transcriptions, especially of operatic favourites.

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Duo Praxedis – Piazzolla: Works for Harp & Piano (2021) [Official Digital Download 24bit/48kHz]

Duo Praxedis – Piazzolla: Works for Harp & Piano (2021)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/48 kHz | Time – 01:43:13 minutes | 919 MB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Ars Produktion

Astor Piazzolla is probably the best known composer of “Nuevo Tango” – that exciting combination of passion and melancholy, of Tango Argentino and classical music. Duo Praxedis also represents an “exciting combination” (quote International Piano Magazine) with it’s equally rare and tonally highly exciting instrumentation of harp and piano. The masculine-muscular aura of the concert grand piano in constant interplay with the feminine-sensual sound of the harp seem to be made for this music – a hitherto unheard-of tango experience, which you will not want to miss once you have heard the unique sound of Duo Praxedis!

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