Gary Steigerwalt - Hopekirk: Piano Works (2017) [Hi-Res]

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Title: Hopekirk: Piano Works
Year Of Release: 2017
Label: Toccata Classics
Genre: Classical
Quality: flac 24bits - 44.1kHz +booklet
Total Time: 00:58:04
Total Size: 443 mb
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Tracklist
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01. Iona Memories: I. Wandering
02. Iona Memories: II. Crònan (A Hushing Song)
03. Iona Memories: III. In the Ruins
04. Iona Memories: IV. A Twilight Tale
05. Romance in A Minor
06. Serenade in F-Sharp Major
07. 5 Scottish Folksongs: No. 1, Land o' the Leal
08. 5 Scottish Folksongs: No. 2, Turn Ye to Me
09. 5 Scottish Folksongs: No. 5, Eilidh Bhan
10. Sundown
11. Serenata Suite for Piano: I. Maestoso
12. Suite for Piano: I. Sarabande
13. Suite for Piano: II. Minuet
14. Suite for Piano: III. Air
15. Waltz in F-Sharp Major
16. 2 Compositions for Piano: No. 1, Shadows
17. Robin Good-fellow
18. 2 Tone-pictures: No. 1, Dance to Your Shadow
19. 2 Tone-pictures: No. 2, The Seal-woman's Sea-joy

The Scottish musician Helen Hopekirk (1856–1945), regarded as one of the major concert pianists of her generation, also made a lasting contribution as a piano teacher in Boston after her emigration in 1897. As a composer, she forged an intriguing path by turning to the music of her native country as the wellspring of her creativity: the early pieces can sound like Brahms in the Highlands, and her later works marry Debussyan Impressionism with Hebridean folk-music, to evocative, touching and exhilarating effect.