Unsung Heroes III
We are very pleased to present this e-cital entitled Unsung Heroes, Part III, dedicated to the efforts of those composers who poured their lives and resources into largely thankless work. In a modest attempt to right this wrong we all hope that, through this presentation, these long-hidden treasures may be brought to light and introduced to a wider audience.
We wish to thank our performers who have devoted many hours to preparation of these pieces, and hope they may receive their well-deserved mead of appreciation from others.
We wish to thank you, the listener, for taking the the time to download and hear these performances and hope you enjoy them! We cordially invite you to participate in our discussion board - just click the linked number under the "Discussion" column.
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NOTE: E-cital suffered a drastic hacking attack followed by a catastrophic hard drive failure which has eliminated all of the previous comments. Given the short timeframe between these two events, we did not have time to establish a redundancy system. We apologize, therefore, not only for the spotty availabilty during the former events but also for the lost comments during the latter.
And now, without further ado...
| Performer | Name | Title | Op./No. | Listen | Video | Thoughts | Discussion |
| Tim Adrianson | Tim Adrianson | Piano Sonata | I knew William Flanagan as the Classical music critic fo...(More) | 0 | |||
| Tim Adrianson | Tim Adrianson | Fifth Piano Sonata Mv 1 | 37 | Vincent Persichetti is not exactly an "Unsung Hero" -- ...(More) | 0 | ||
| Tim Adrianson | Tim Adrianson | Fifth Piano Sonata, Mv 2 | 37 | See notes on Persichetti, Mv 1 | 0 | ||
| Tim Adrianson | Tim Adrianson | Fifth Piano Sonata, Mv 3 | 37 | See Persichetti, Mv 1 -- Only additional comment is th...(More) | 0 | ||
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| Cinnamonbear | Andy Strong | Consolation | "Consolation" is the fifth piece in "Eleven Works for Pi...(More) | 0 | |||
| Cinnamonbear | Andy Strong | Melody | "Melody" is the second piece in "Eleven Works for Piano"...(More) | 0 | |||
| currawong | Herzliebster Jesu | Margaret Sutherland Two Chorale Preludes on Bach Choral...(More) | 0 | ||||
| currawong | Jesu, meine Freude | Margaret Sutherland (1897-1984) Two Chorale Preludes on...(More) | 0 | ||||
| currawong | Sonatina movt 2 | Australian comppser Margaret Sutherland (1897-1984) was ...(More) | 0 | ||||
| dannylux | Mel | Waltz in A Major | Vasily Kalinnikov (1866-1901) wrote his Valse in 1894. I...(More) | 0 | |||
| debrucey | Bruce David Jefferies | Night Pieces | X | 0 | |||
| LadyChen | Gallop | You can read about the composer, Christos Tsitsaros at h...(More) | 0 | ||||
| LadyChen | Strangeness of Heart | From the Vancouver Sun, after Somers death in 1999: ...(More) | 0 | ||||
| Musica 71 | Judy Darst | Gagliarda | X | 0 | |||
| musica 71 | Judy Darst | Spanish Dances, Rustica, Serrana | X | 0 | |||
| musica71 | Judy Darst | Siciliana | X | 0 | |||
| SlatterFan | Julian | Daydream | John Ireland (1879-1962) was an English composer who spe...(More) | 0 | |||
| SlatterFan | Julian | Meridian | John Ireland (1879-1962) was an English composer who spe...(More) | 0 | |||
| SlatterFan | Julian | Summer Evening | John Ireland (1879-1962) was an English composer who spe...(More) | 0 | |||
| Tim Adrianson | Tim Adrianson | American Ballads | In the 1930's and '40's, Roy Harris was regarded as one ...(More) | 0 | |||
| Tim Adrianson | Tim Adrianson | El Bejuco; El Indio | Paul Bowles is better known as an author ("Under the She...(More) | 0 | |||
| Tim Adrianson | Tim Adrianson | Guaracha | Morton Gould enjoyed quite a successful music career as ...(More) | 0 | |||
| Tim Adrianson | Tim Adrianson | Rondel (To a Young Girl) | Leo Smit was better known as a pianist during his lifeti...(More) | 0 | |||
| Tim Adrianson | Tim Adrianson | Sonatina for Piano | Gail Kubik was a composer best known in the '40's and '5...(More) | 0 | |||
| Tim Adrianson | Tim Adrianson | Variations, from Music for Piano | Irvine Fine was a well-known and respected composer and ...(More) | 0 | |||
| Tim Adrianson | Tim Adrianson | Salute to Scarlatti | Norman Dello Joio first "breakthrough" piano piece, whic...(More) | 0 | |||
| Dachshund | William | Valentine Waltz | 0 | ||||
| Rachfan | David April | Prologue from Eight Mood Pictures | 1/1 | This is the “Prologue� from Eight Mood Pictures Op. ...(More) | 0 | ||
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| dannylux | Mel | Consolation | 9/1 | Ukranian late-Romantic Viktor Kosenko wrote the Consolat...(More) | 0 | ||
| heidiv | heidiv | RĂŞverie | 10/4 | Recorded on Zoom H4n, Steinway L, closed lid. Audacity ...(More) | 0 | ||
| Inlanding | Glen | Élégie | 10/5 | X | Jules Émile Frédéric Massenet, (May 12, 1842 –...(More) | 0 | |
| ronde des sylphes | Nuit d'ete | 11/5 | X | No. 5 of Liapunov's set of transcendental etudes, writte...(More) | 0 | ||
| dannylux | Mel | Reverie d'Amour | 20/2 | York Bowen (1884-1961) was a English composer whose styl...(More) | 0 | ||
| wr | Prelude | 31/16 | A single voice in a simple two-note motif with tolling r...(More) | 1 | |||
| Rachfan | David April | Prelude | 37/1 | Alexander Scriabin composed the Prelude Op. 37, No. 1 in...(More) | 0 | ||
| dannylux | Mel | Etude 'Greetings to Liszt' | 40/3 | Otto Nicolai (1810-1849) is remembered, if at all, for w...(More) | 0 | ||
| wr | 12 Esquisses, 1st Series | 41/6 | Charles Koechlin (1867-1950) was a French composer, writ...(More) | 0 | |||
| wr | 12 Esquisses, 1st Series | 41/7 | Marked "Adagio" and "comme de l'orgue". There is no ti...(More) | 0 | |||
| wr | 12 Esquisses, 1st Series | 41/8 | The marking is "Moderato tranquillo ma non lento". | 0 | |||
| wr | 12 Esquisses, 1st Series | 41/9 | Andante (non troppo lento) presque "moderato". It's fas...(More) | 0 | |||
| wr | Nocturne | 57/1 | 0 | ||||
| dannylux | Mel | Lyrica Nova | 59/3 | Sergei Bortkiewicz wrote Lyrica Nova Op.59 No.3 in 1940,...(More) | 0 | ||
| ronde des sylphes | Casta diva for l.h. only | 61 | X | A very rare arrangement by the Italian 19th century comp...(More) | 0 | ||
| FSO | Fluttershy Oakley | Morituri te salutant | 63/21 | Perhaps one of the better known of these unsung heroes, ...(More) | 0 | ||
| ronde des sylphes | A te, o cara (transcription from Bellini) | 70/1 | X | In the bicentenary year of the composer, here is the fir...(More) | 0 |
