Liszt, Ireland: Sonatas / Hicks

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Label
Divine Art
Release Date
March 11, 2022
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      Rebecca Clarke, Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, John Ireland, Franz Liszt, Charles Villiers Stanford
    • PERFORMER
      Tom Hicks
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      March 11, 2022
    • UPC
      809730522727
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      DDA25227
    • LABEL
      Divine Art
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Classical
    Works ⌄

    1. No. 24 in B Minor

      Composer: Charles Villiers Stanford

      Performer: Tom Hicks

    2. No. 5 in D Major

      Composer: Charles Villiers Stanford

      Performer: Tom Hicks

    3. Valse Suite, Op. 71, "Three-fours": II. Andante

      Composer: Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

      Performer: Tom Hicks

    4. Cortège

      Composer: Rebecca Clarke

      Performer: Tom Hicks

    5. I. Allegro moderato

      Composer: John Ireland

      Performer: Tom Hicks

    6. II. Non troppo lento

      Composer: John Ireland

      Performer: Tom Hicks

    7. III. Con moto moderato

      Composer: John Ireland

      Performer: Tom Hicks

    8. Lento assai -

      Composer: Franz Liszt

      Performer: Tom Hicks

    9. Andante sostenuto -

      Composer: Franz Liszt

      Performer: Tom Hicks

    10. Allegro Energico

      Composer: Franz Liszt

      Performer: Tom Hicks


Hailed as an artist of ‘magnificent pianism’, Guernsey-born pianist Tom Hicks has been praised for his ‘gorgeously creative playing’ that ‘transports the listener to another place and time’. Hicks is a gold medallist in numerous national and international competitions and holds degrees and awards from The University of Manchester, The Royal Northern College of Music, Yale University and Northwestern University, where he now lectures. His first disc featuring John Ireland’s Sarnia, ‘Tom Hicks: Ireland and Tchaikovsky’ has been described as ‘brilliantly evocative’ by Colin Clarke in International Piano, and ‘gorgeously creative’ by Scott Noriega in Fanfare. In his first recording for Divine Art, Tom presents stellar performances of two major Sonatas – those of Franz Liszt and John Ireland. A generation apart, both are highpoints of the Romantic and post-Romantic era. This playing puts Hicks at the top of the tree for his bold expressiveness and vision. On this album Hicks prefaces the Sonatas with shorter, but equally imaginative and expressive pieces: two Preludes by Stanford, Cortège by Rebecca Clarke, and one of the charming waltzes from the ‘Three-Fours’ Suite by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor.