On an Overgrown Path
Richard Saxel (piano)
Saxel's delicately nuanced playing, captured in a warm but clear sound, certainly conveys both the intimacy and longing that epitomise his chosen character pieces...in On an Overgrown Path Saxel...
On an Overgrown Path
Richard Saxel (piano)
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Saxel's delicately nuanced playing, captured in a warm but clear sound, certainly conveys both the intimacy and longing that epitomise his chosen character pieces...in On an Overgrown Path Saxel...
About
June 2010 is the 200th anniversary of the birth of Schumann. Schumann wrote his Woodland Scenes in just nine days, beginning on 29th December 1848. The cycle of nine short pieces offers typically schizophrenic and ephemeral visions, in which the distinction between fantasy and reality is blurred. This unique and beautifully crafted recording links these three composers by simple woodland themes.
Contents and tracklist
- Richard Saxel
- Richard Saxel
- Richard Saxel
- Richard Saxel
- Richard Saxel
Awards and reviews
Christmas 2010
Saxel's delicately nuanced playing, captured in a warm but clear sound, certainly conveys both the intimacy and longing that epitomise his chosen character pieces...in On an Overgrown Path Saxel demonstrates a sensitive understanding of the composer's idiosyncratic means of expression.
November 2010
No other CD duplicates this programme and it's valuable to have suchj a sensitive and adroit complete account of MacDowell's rarely recorded Sketches.
Awards Issue 2010
[Saxel] makes a haunting claim for intimacy...to anyone who warms to introspection presented with an enviable taste and clarity this recital is outstanding. Saxel is finely recorded, his own notes reflect his intimacy with music he clearly cherishes
October 2010
Saxel's voicing and colouration, his phrasing and genuine grasp of the best qualities of this music, raise the stature of MacDowell's inspiration by several cubits...[his] sense of characterization [in the Schumann] is excellent, creating tiny-tone-pictures which are nonetheless unified by the composer's macro-cellular construction
