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TP049 Retrospect
Larry Sitsky (piano)
$23 (Australian dollars)
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| Larry Sitsky is known throughout Australia as a composer. He is also one of the best pianists, and he has a healthy respect for the work of his fellow Australians. Here he plays pre-war miniatures with evident affection. |
CONTENTS
| Mirrie Hill | Waltz |
| Alfred Hill | Retrospect
Highland Air
Berceuse
Valse Triste
One came Fluting
The Broken Ring
Quiet River |
| Dorian le Gallienne | Nocturne |
| Margaret Sutherland | Two Choral Preludes :
I. Herzliebster Jesu
II. Jesu, meine Freude |
| Percy Grainger | Beautiful Fresh Flower |
| Louis Lavater | Valse Capricieuse
Valse Elegante |
| Iris de Cairos-Rego | Canzonetta
The Waltz Caprice
Tarrel (A Highland Song)
Arabesque in A Minor |
| Frank Hutchens | Gavotte Brillante
Evening
In a Boat
Prelude in B Major
Weeping Mist (A Legend)
The Enchanted Isle |
| Roy Agnew | Prelude No. 1
Prelude No. 2
Prelude No. 3 (The Wind)
Prelude No. 4
Sea Surge
Album Leaf |
REVIEWS
Larry Sitsky's laudable collection appeals and succeeds on a number of levels. Firstly it commits to CD a chunk of the local piano repertory that is often snubbed – the bagatelle-like miniature. Secondly, it mines the unstable area of early 20th century Australian music. And lastly, Sitsky's coruscating pianism – some of the pretty but unimportant music here would have been hard to argue for were it not for his piano-playing.
Lyle Chan. Soundscapes April-May 1996
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