Selected and reviewed by ANDREW EALES
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By happy coincidence, in the same week that Pianodao celebrated the site’s tenth anniversary, so too Debbie Wiseman’s new piano album Ten appeared. It was a special pleasure to attend the launch event hosted by Presto Music in partnership with publishers Faber Music, at which the composer introduced and performed from the collection.
Debbie Wiseman is undoubtedly one of Britain’s most popular and distinguished living composers. This year she celebrates ten years as Classic FM Composer in Residence, and her new solo piano album brings together ten of her best-loved compositions in new arrangements, together with a brand new ‘bonus’ piece, Ten Years Forward.
The recording is now available from Silva Screen, and can be streamed online on major platforms. Faber Music’s sheet music publication to tie in with this is both an accurate transcription, and suitable for intermediate players.
Subtitled “Memories for solo piano”, I suspect the music book may prove to be one of the year’s most essential and popular new repertoire titles…
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