4 Hands at Home - Domestic Music-Making in the Mid-19th Century / McCallum, Helyard

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Label
Toccata
Release Date
January 19, 2024
Format
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      Alexandre-Pierre-Francois Boely, Augusta Holmes, Charles Edward Horsley, Felix Mendelssohn, Ignaz Mo
    • PERFORMER
      Stephanie Mccallum, Erin Helyard
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      January 19, 2024
    • UPC
      5060640070318
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      TOCN0031
    • LABEL
      Toccata
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Piano
    Works ⌄

    1. La belle union, Op. 76

      Composer: Ignaz Moscheles

      Performer: Stephanie McCallum, Erin Helyard

    2. Lohengrin, Act I: Prelude (arr. for piano 4 hands)

      Composer: Richard Wagner

      Performer: Stephanie McCallum, Erin Helyard

    3. Theme: Andante tranquillo

      Composer: Felix Mendelssohn

      Performer: Stephanie McCallum, Erin Helyard

    4. Variation 1

      Composer: Felix Mendelssohn

      Performer: Stephanie McCallum, Erin Helyard

    5. Variation 2

      Composer: Felix Mendelssohn

      Performer: Stephanie McCallum, Erin Helyard

    6. Variation 3

      Composer: Felix Mendelssohn

      Performer: Stephanie McCallum, Erin Helyard

    7. Variation 4

      Composer: Felix Mendelssohn

      Performer: Stephanie McCallum, Erin Helyard

    8. Variation 5

      Composer: Felix Mendelssohn

      Performer: Stephanie McCallum, Erin Helyard

    9. Variation 6

      Composer: Felix Mendelssohn

      Performer: Stephanie McCallum, Erin Helyard

    10. Variation 7

      Composer: Felix Mendelssohn

      Performer: Stephanie McCallum, Erin Helyard

    11. Variation 8: Allegro molto agitato

      Composer: Felix Mendelssohn

      Performer: Stephanie McCallum, Erin Helyard

    12. No. 1. Andante maestoso

      Composer: Charles Edward Horsley

      Performer: Stephanie McCallum, Erin Helyard

    13. No. 2. Allegretto scherzando

      Composer: Charles Edward Horsley

      Performer: Stephanie McCallum, Erin Helyard

    14. No. 3. Adagio - Allegro agitato

      Composer: Charles Edward Horsley

      Performer: Stephanie McCallum, Erin Helyard

    15. I. Allegro ma non troppo

      Composer: Alexandre-Pierre-François Boëly

      Performer: Stephanie McCallum, Erin Helyard

    16. II. Adagio

      Composer: Alexandre-Pierre-François Boëly

      Performer: Stephanie McCallum, Erin Helyard

    17. III. Scherzo: Allegro

      Composer: Alexandre-Pierre-François Boëly

      Performer: Stephanie McCallum, Erin Helyard

    18. IV. Rondo: Allegro

      Composer: Alexandre-Pierre-François Boëly

      Performer: Stephanie McCallum, Erin Helyard

    19. Pologne (version for piano 4 hands)

      Composer: Augusta Holmès

      Performer: Stephanie McCallum, Erin Helyard


Playing piano four-hands was both vital in the dissemination of music in the nineteenth century and also a popular domestic activity. The original 1853 Parisian Erard piano on which this recording was made demonstrates the clarity, warmth and differentiated timbres characteristic of the ‘straight stringing’ that was later replaced by the ‘cross-stringing’ of the modern concert grand. The repertoire from the period covers the many genres of four-hand piano works in their varied roles as domestic ‘info-entertainment’: orchestral works large and small, serious sonatas and variations, showpieces for emerging virtuosi and even a string quartet are all equally engaging in this once-familiar medium.