Last Dance - CD

Michael Tsalka: Piano forte primo, harpsichord I
Diana Weston: Piano forte secondo, harpsichord II

This is the second in a two-part series focussing on the musical properties of the ‘square’ piano, an instrument largely unknown today, yet of great significance to a large sector of society, especially in Australia during its colonial days. To this end, the program includes works from the late eighteenth century as well as contemporary pieces that explore its particular sound qualities in different contexts. In use is an original square piano labelled Robertson of Liverpool c. 1835 by James Smith, semi-restored. Further instrumentation is provided by a Flemish reproduction harpsichord by Marc du Cornet.   Diana Weston
Wirr 126

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Johann Christoff Friedrich Bach (Michael Tsalka, primo, Diana Weston, secondo)
Sonata in A major
[1] Allegro 
[2] Allegrett 
Johann Baptist Vanhal (Michael Tsalka, primo, Diana Weston, secondo)
Sonata I in F major Op. 32 for piano 4 hands
[3] Allegro moderato 
[4] Adagio o Andante 
[5] Allegro 
Ludwig van Beethoven (Michael Tsalka, primo, Diana Weston, secondo)
[6] Variations on a theme by Count Grafen von Waldstein 
Nicholas Smith (Michael Tsalka, piano forte)
[7] Brushstrokes 
Joan Josep Gutiérrez (Michael Tsalka, piano forte, harpsichord)
[8] Prelude 
[9] Fugue 
Aspasia Nasopoulou (Diana Weston harpsichord)
[10] Io 
Ann Carr-Boyd (Michael Tsalka piano forte, Diana Weston harpsichord)
[11] Moonacres Farm 
Aspasia Nasopoulou (Michael Tsalka, piano forte)
3*1 Suite
[12] Utopia 
[13] Rubini 
[14] Ochto 
Ann Carr-Boyd (Michael Tsalka piano forte, Diana Weston harpsichord)
Outback River arr. Ann Carr-Boyd
[15] At the Source 
[16] Finale 
Elena Kats-Chernin (Diana Weston, piano forte)
[17] First Dance 
Violeta Dinescu (Michael Tsalka piano forte, Diana Weston, harpsichord)
Variations alla Vanhal
[18] I (i), (iv), III (i, iv), V (i, ii), VII (i, ii, iii, iv)

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