Two Forgotten English Pianists / Howard-Jones, Isaacs

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Release Date
June 18, 2021
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      VARIOUS
    • PERFORMER
      Howard-Jones, Isaacs
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      June 18, 2021
    • UPC
      5024709160358
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      APR6035
    • LABEL
      APR
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      2
    • GENRE
      Classical
    Works ⌄

    1. Prelude No. 10 in E Minor, BWV 855

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Evlyn Howard-Jones

    2. Fugue No. 10 in E Minor, BWV 855

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Evlyn Howard-Jones

    3. Prelude No. 11 in F Major, BWV 856

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Evlyn Howard-Jones

    4. Fugue No. 11 in F Major, BWV 856

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Evlyn Howard-Jones

    5. Prelude No. 12 in F Minor, BWV 857

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Evlyn Howard-Jones

    6. Fugue No. 12 in F Minor, BWV 857

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Evlyn Howard-Jones

    7. Prelude No. 13 in F-Sharp Major, BWV 858

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Evlyn Howard-Jones

    8. Fugue No. 13 in F-Sharp Major, BWV 858

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Evlyn Howard-Jones

    9. Prelude No. 14 in F-Sharp Minor, BWV 859

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Evlyn Howard-Jones

    10. Fugue No. 14 in F-Sharp Minor, BWV 859

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Evlyn Howard-Jones

    11. Prelude No. 15 in G Major, BWV 860

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Evlyn Howard-Jones

    12. Fugue No. 15 in G Major, BWV 860

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Evlyn Howard-Jones

    13. Prelude No. 16 in G Minor, BWV 861

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Evlyn Howard-Jones

    14. Fugue No. 16 in G Minor, BWV 861

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Evlyn Howard-Jones

    15. Prelude No. 17 in A-Flat Major, BWV 862

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Evlyn Howard-Jones

    16. Fugue No. 17 in A-Flat Major, BWV 862

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Evlyn Howard-Jones

    17. I. Adagio sostenuto

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Performer: Evlyn Howard-Jones

    18. II. Allegretto

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Performer: Evlyn Howard-Jones

    19. III. Presto agitato

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Performer: Evlyn Howard-Jones

    20. Rondo in G Major, Op. 51, No. 2

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Performer: Evlyn Howard-Jones

    21. 6 Ecossaises in E-Flat Major, WoO 83 (arr. E. Albert)

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Performer: Evlyn Howard-Jones

    22. 2 Concert Etudes, S145/R6: No. 1. Waldesrauschen (Forest Murmurs)

      Composer: Franz Liszt

      Performer: Evlyn Howard-Jones

    23. Liebesträume, S541/R211: No. 3. Nocturne in A-Flat Major

      Composer: Franz Liszt

      Performer: Evlyn Howard-Jones

    24. 8 Piano Pieces, Op. 76: No. 2. Capriccio in B Minor

      Composer: Johannes Brahms

      Performer: Evlyn Howard-Jones

    25. Dance

      Composer: Frederick Delius

      Performer: Evlyn Howard-Jones

    26. No. 1. Mazurka

      Composer: Frederick Delius

      Performer: Evlyn Howard-Jones

    27. No. 2. Waltz for a little girl

      Composer: Frederick Delius

      Performer: Evlyn Howard-Jones

    28. No. 3. Waltz

      Composer: Frederick Delius

      Performer: Evlyn Howard-Jones

    29. No. 5. Toccata

      Composer: Frederick Delius

      Performer: Evlyn Howard-Jones

    30. No. 1. Scherzando

      Composer: Frederick Delius

      Performer: Evlyn Howard-Jones

    31. No. 2. Quick

      Composer: Frederick Delius

      Performer: Evlyn Howard-Jones

    32. No. 3. Con moto

      Composer: Frederick Delius

      Performer: Evlyn Howard-Jones

    33. I. Allemande

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Edward Isaacs

    34. II. Courante

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Edward Isaacs

    35. VII. Gigue

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Edward Isaacs

    36. Fantaisie in G Major, HWV 490

      Composer: George Frideric Handel

      Performer: Edward Isaacs

    37. Keyboard Suite No. 5 (Set I) in E Major, HWV 430: IV. Air, "Harmonious Blacksmith"

      Composer: George Frideric Handel

      Performer: Edward Isaacs

    38. I. Grave - Allegro di molto e con brio

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Performer: Edward Isaacs

    39. II. Adagio cantabile

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Performer: Edward Isaacs

    40. III. Rondo: Allegro

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Performer: Edward Isaacs

    41. 6 Moments musicaux, Op. 94, D. 780: No. 3 in F Minor: Allegro moderato

      Composer: Franz Schubert

      Performer: Edward Isaacs

    42. Bolero, Op. 19

      Composer: Frédéric Chopin

      Performer: Edward Isaacs

    43. Waltz No. 3 in A Minor, Op. 34, No. 2, "Valse brillante"

      Composer: Frédéric Chopin

      Performer: Edward Isaacs

    44. Waltz No. 6 in D-Flat Major, Op. 64, No. 1, "Minute"

      Composer: Frédéric Chopin

      Performer: Edward Isaacs

    45. Waltz No. 7 in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 64, No. 2

      Composer: Frédéric Chopin

      Performer: Edward Isaacs

    46. Waltz No. 13 in D-Flat Major, Op. 70, No. 3

      Composer: Frédéric Chopin

      Performer: Edward Isaacs

    47. Waltz No. 14 in E Minor, Op. posth.

      Composer: Frédéric Chopin

      Performer: Edward Isaacs

    48. Chopin - 6 Chants polonais, S480/R145: No. 5. Mein Freuden (Moja pieszczotka, My Joys)

      Composer: Franz Liszt

      Performer: Edward Isaacs

    49. No. 3. Nocturne in A-Flat Major

      Composer: Franz Liszt

      Performer: Edward Isaacs

    50. 2 Morceaux, Op. 10: No. 2. Humoresque in E Minor

      Composer: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

      Performer: Edward Isaacs


THE TWO PIANISTS featured here were contemporaries, both English. Both made a small number of recordings for Columbia between 1926 and 1930 and today are largely forgotten. Howard-Jones was of an academic nature whose interpretations were described as having ‘scholarly and fastidious profundity’. He excelled in Bach and Brahms and his ‘Well-Tempered Clavier’ recordings in particular offer playing of rare spirituality and beauty. As a friend of the composer and dedicatee of five of the piano pieces, his Delius recordings, which comprise the complete meagre published output for solo piano by the composer, have a unique authority. Edward Isaacs, who revelled in the repertoire of Chopin and Liszt, was described as ‘a kindly genial companion and a witty charming raconteur’. His recordings radiate brilliance and joie de vivre. This is the first time most of these discs have been reissued since the days of the original 78s. An added bonus is the discovery of a wonderful previously unpublished Howard-Jones recording of Beethoven’s Rondo in G major.