Wayne Marshall, Andy Miles & WDR Funkhausorchester – Wayne Marshall Born to Play Gershwin (2024)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 01:13:51 minutes | 735 MB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Wayne Marshall was eight years old when, at home in England, he heard a Gershwin concert broadcast on the radio – a pivotal listening experience, as he recalled fifty years later in a WDR video clip. It may have set his life in a new direction, eventually leading to Cologne as Chief Conductor of the Funkhausorchester. It comes as no surprise that outstanding recordings from those six years at WDR include productions of great Gershwin works. And Marshall has already released a complete recording of Gershwin’s output for piano and orchestra with the Aalborg Symphony – assuming the double role of conductor and pianist like André Previn in the Concerto in F with the London Symphony Orchestra, a disc that made a lasting impression upon him.
Wayne Marshall called it to an end, after ten years of being chief conductor of the WDR Funkhausorchestra, the second orchestra of the Westdeutscher Rundfunk broadcast station. Wayne just wanted to look out for new challenges, internationally and worldwide, being an independent musician, mainly organ player. This CD is a document of his work with the WDR Funkhausorchestra.
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Benyamin Nuss, Wayne Marshall, Maria Kliegel, Maurice Steger – Bernstein: Piano & Chamber Music (2018)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/48 kHz | Time – 02:59:52 minutes | 1,51 GB | Genre: Classical
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With Bernstein being considered as a composer of symphonies, musicals, and sacred works, many people forget that he also wrote a considerable amount of chamber music pieces, most of them for piano only. His Anniversaries represent an important part of these collections: miniatures created in homage to his friends and colleagues for each new anniversary. They include Copland, Foss, Mr and Mrs Koussevitzky, Sondheim, his wife and daughter and many other lesser-known characters. And let’s not forget his 1981 Touches for solo piano, a piece which was required for the Van Cliburn International Piano Competition. There’s also a Sonata for Clarinet and Piano, another for violin and piano, a trio with piano, and a few other diversified pieces, most of which date from between the composer’s first maturity to the 1950s. Then there are the surprising Variations for recorder and cello on an “octatonic” scale, one of Messiaen’s favoured modes of limited transposition. Another rarity; the Dance Suitealmost constitutes a musical testament as it was created only a few months before the genius composer-conductor passed away. It features jazz and even music-hall influences and was very dear to Mr Bernstein.
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Wayne Marshall – Rutter: The Piano Collection – A Flower Remembered (2020)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 21:31 minutes | 327 MB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Decca (UMO) (Classics)
For the very first time, John Rutter CBE has arranged eight of his best-loved choral works for solo piano.
This period of lockdown inspired John to return to some of his most cherished works and re-score them for his fans and supporters, who can now enjoy the familiar sacred melodies in their own homes. To record the new transcriptions, John approached his friend, pianist Wayne Marshall, who recorded the music alone at a studio in Malta during the COVID-19 pandemic, communicating with John over phone and email as the album came together.
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Wayne Marshall – The Piano Collection (2020)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 49:28 minutes | 701 MB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Decca (UMO) (Classics)
For the very first time, John Rutter CBE has arranged eight of his best-loved choral works for solo piano.
This period of lockdown inspired John to return to some of his most cherished works and re-score them for his fans and supporters, who can now enjoy the familiar sacred melodies in their own homes. To record the new transcriptions, John approached his friend, pianist Wayne Marshall, who recorded the music alone at a studio in Malta during the COVID-19 pandemic, communicating with John over phone and email as the album came together.
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