℗ 2023 Naxos Rights (Europe) Ltd
| Released | October 27, 2023 |
| Duration | 1h 14m 31s |
| Record Label | Naxos |
| Catalogue No. | 8.574479 |
| Genre | Classical (Instrumental) |
Gurney: Piano Sonatas Nos. 1 & 3
George Rowley
Available in 96 kHz / 24-bit AIFF, FLAC high resolution audio formats
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5 Preludes
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1.1
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No. 5 in D Major
Ivor Gurney; George Rowley |
2:09 | |||
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1.2
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No. 2 in A Minor
Ivor Gurney; George Rowley |
1:09 | |||
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1.3
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No. 4 in F-Sharp Major
Ivor Gurney; George Rowley |
2:15 | |||
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1.4
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No. 3 in D-Flat Major
Ivor Gurney; George Rowley |
2:59 | |||
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1.5
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No. 1 in F-Sharp Major
Ivor Gurney; George Rowley |
2:25 | |||
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Piano Sonata No. 1 in F Minor
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1.6
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I. Molto allegro
Ivor Gurney; George Rowley |
8:38 | |||
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1.7
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II. Largo
Ivor Gurney; George Rowley |
11:27 | |||
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1.8
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III. Moderato
Ivor Gurney; George Rowley |
6:52 | |||
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Piano Sonata No. 3 in D Minor
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1.9
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I. Moderato
Ivor Gurney; George Rowley |
12:52 | |||
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1.10
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II. Adagio
Ivor Gurney; George Rowley |
9:18 | |||
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2 Poems for Piano
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1.11
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No. 1, Autumn
Ivor Gurney; George Rowley |
4:22 | |||
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Piano Sonata No. 2 in D Major
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1.12
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II. Adagio
Ivor Gurney; George Rowley |
10:05 | |||
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Digital Booklet
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Ivor Gurney’s songs have long earned him renown but his works for piano are hardly known. The lyrically beautiful Five Preludes reflect influences as wide as Schumann and Scriabin but preserve Gurney’s expressive freshness. The Sonatas nos. 1 and 3 inhabit very different sound worlds from each other, and only one movement of Sonata No. 2 has survived, a deeply poignant elegy – all of which are heard here in world-premiere recordings. His poem for piano, Autumn, offers further opportunity to discover this rarely heard music by a composer for whom the pursuit of beauty was of the utmost importance.
Pianist George Rowley has performed throughout the UK and abroad, including appearances at the Winchester Festival, Holywell Music Room and the Liddell Concert Series. He has reached the final stages of many competitions including the Brighton and Hove Concerto Competition, the Intercollegiate Piano Competition (Beethoven Piano Society of Europe) and the Sir Ian Stoutzker Prize.
96 kHz / 24-bit PCM – Naxos Studio Masters
| Track title | Peak (dB FS) | RMS (dB FS) | LUFS (integrated) | DR | |
Album average Range of values | -2.22 -6.04 to -0.50 | -23.54 -28.30 to -16.19 | -20.13 -25.30 to -12.90 | 13 9 to 16 | |
| 1 | No. 5 in D Major | -0.51 | -23.24 | -19.6 | 13 |
| 2 | No. 2 in A Minor | -0.94 | -16.19 | -12.9 | 9 |
| 3 | No. 4 in F-Sharp Major | -6.04 | -27.15 | -23.9 | 13 |
| 4 | No. 3 in D-Flat Major | -2.85 | -26.82 | -23.3 | 14 |
| 5 | No. 1 in F-Sharp Major | -5.06 | -26.17 | -22.5 | 12 |
| 6 | I. Molto allegro | -0.51 | -21.45 | -18.1 | 13 |
| 7 | II. Largo | -0.50 | -22.68 | -18.9 | 14 |
| 8 | III. Moderato | -0.51 | -19.68 | -16.9 | 13 |
| 9 | I. Moderato | -0.51 | -20.72 | -17.5 | 13 |
| 10 | II. Adagio | -5.51 | -28.30 | -25.3 | 15 |
| 11 | No. 1, Autumn | -3.21 | -25.14 | -21.7 | 13 |
| 12 | II. Adagio | -0.51 | -24.97 | -21.0 | 16 |