Original Piano Music

Alison Mathews: Landscapes

SHEET MUSIC REVIEW • by ANDREW EALES
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Alison Mathews is a contemporary British composer whose delightful piano music has established itself as one of the highlights within the growing Editions Musica Ferrum catalogue.

I have previously given glowing reviews to her excellent Treasure Trove (for intermediate pianists, read the review) and Doodles (for elementary players, reviewed here).

Alison’s latest collection is aimed at the early advanced player. Landscapes: Poetic Piano Solos consists of 14 original compositions that would suit late intermediate players between around UK Grade 4-6 level.

Let’s take a look (and a listen!) …

Barbara Arens in Conversation

Barbara Arens will be known to most Pianodao readers as an excellent and prolific educational composer – I have previously reviewed several collections of her music, and most recently the Piano Exotico and Piano Tranquillo/Vivace collections published by Breitkopf & Härtel.

Around the time I was writing that review, I heard from Barbara that she was publishing a further five books via her own Editions Rensakov publishing on Amazon.

I decided it was about time I caught up with Barbara for a chat about all this fresh activity!…

Pam Wedgwood’s ‘Piano Gallery’

SHEET MUSIC REVIEW • by ANDREW EALES
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The simple ideas – so they say – are often the best.

And with her latest publication Piano Gallery, best-selling composer Pam Wedgwood has taken the seemingly simple idea of composing a collection of pieces inspired by great artworks, and with the visionary support of Faber Music, produced one of the most imaginative collections of original late-intermediate repertoire that I have recently had the pleasure of reviewing here.

So what is it about this publication that makes it such a worthwhile purchase?

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