Prima Facie Records

More Preludes to Chopin (PFCD134) £12.50

Kenneth Hamilton - piano
An Official Classical Chart top 10 recording
Selected by Spotify as a 'very best Classical new release'

"Here is a release that stands out from the crowds by a country mile. Well recorded, played with real mastery, and including fabulously but unsurprisingly eloquent notes from Hamilton himself, any lover of Chopin’s music - and indeed of piano playing - should acquire this urgently." Colin Clarke, Fanfare

Following his extremely popular and critically acclaimed 'Preludes to Chopin', Prima Facie presents 'More Preludes to Chopin', a remarkable and thought-provoking new CD by Kenneth Hamilton, as the latest release in its Heritage series. This new recording features a strikingly eloquent later version of Chopin’s famous Nocturne op.9 no.2 using the composer’s personal variants, an epic rendition of the dramatic C minor Nocturne inspired by Chopin’s own interpretative advice to his students, and a gripping performance of the great Polonaise-Fantasy. The CD is accompanied by Hamilton’s fascinating notes on the pieces and their performance history.

1. Prelude in C-minor, op.28 no.20 (1’38”)
2. Nocturne in C-minor, op.48 no.1 (5’58”)
3. Prelude in E-minor, op.28 no.4 (1’44”)
4. Waltz in A-minor, op.34 no.2 (4’38”)
5. Prelude in E major, op.28 no.9 (1’04”)
6. Polonaise-Fantasy, op.61 (13’03”)
7. Prelude in Bb minor, op.28 no.16 (1’12”)
8. Nocturne in Eb major, op. 55 no.2 (4”36’)
9. Prelude Db major (Raindrop), op.28 no.15 (5’18”)
10. Prelude in C# minor, op.28 no.10 (0’30”)
11. Waltz in C# minor, op.64 no.2 (2’52”)
12. Prelude in Bb major, op.28 no.21 (2’08”)
13. Nocturne in Eb major, op. 9 no.2 (4’20”)
14. Prelude in F major, op.28 no.23 (1’00”)
15. Brilliant Variations on the Rondo “Je vends des scapulaires” from Ludovic, op.12 (7’37”)
16. Prelude in C-major, op.28 no.1 (0’.50”)
17. Ballade No.1 in G minor, op.23 (8’42”)

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The Children of Húrin (PFCD126/127) £15.00 / £20.00

Composed by Paul Corfield Godfrey and featuring Volante Opera (2-CD set)

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USA / Canada £20.00 GBP Rest of World £15.00 GBP

Prima Facie Records is pleased to announce the release of 'The Children of Húrin' (complete demo recording). Following on from our successful releases of both 'Beren and Lúthien' and 'The Fall of Gondolin', Parts Two and Four of a series of “epic scenes” drawn from J R R Tolkien’s posthumous writings for The Silmarillion, Prima Facie Records in collaboration with Volante Opera Productions now presents a recording on 2 CDs of 'The Children of Húrin', the third part of Paul Corfield Godfrey’s cycle.' The Children of Húrin' was the first part of the cycle to be composed, in 1982, and employed a variety of posthumously published texts by the author with permission of the Tolkien Estate and the assistance of the late Christopher Tolkien - one of the people to whom this work is dedicated.

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Anthony Powers - Complete Piano Music 1983-2003 (PFCD124/125) £15.00

Performed by Richard Casey

CD 1
1-3 Piano Sonata No. 1 (1983)
4-5 Piano Sonata no. 2 (1986)
CD 2
1 Vista (2003)
2 Sensing
3-18 The Memory Room (1991)

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The Anatomy of Melancholy (PFCD123) £12.50

Piano music by Marc Yeats, performed by Ian Pace

1. Enûma Eliš (2010)
2. Ouroboros (2009/10)
3. Professor Wingard's Nameless Force (2010/15)
4. The Anatomy of Melancholy (1998/2015)
5. The Viciousness of Circles (1998)
6. William Mumler's Spirit Photography (2016)

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John Cage: 4 Solos for Voice - Solos for Voice 93-96 (PFCD122) £12.50

Performed by Electric Phoenix

(1) 4 Solos for Voice 14’54 Electric Phoenix
(2) Solo for Voice 93 14’14 Judith Rees
(3) Solo for Voice 94 13’49 Meriel Dickinson
(4) Solo for Voice 95 14’13 Daryl Runswick
(5) Solo for Voice 96 14’11 Terry Edwards

Tracks 2-5 are world première recordings

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