Piano Music by Billy Mayerl Vol. 1

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This is the first volume in a series in which the sequels cannot arrive too soon. The principal joy resides in Billy Mayrel's music - British piano pieces that are syncopated and melodious...Martin's... — BBC Music Magazine, July 2013, 4 out of 5 stars More…

Release Date: 11th Mar 2013
Catalogue No: SOMMCD0124
Label: Somm
Length: 76 minutes

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Mayerl: Autumn Crocus

Work length3:26

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Mayerl: Wistaria

Work length3:20

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Mayerl: Evening Primrose

Work length4:28

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Mayerl: Aquarium Suite

Work length25:09

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I. Willow Moss (Version for Piano)

Track length4:58

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II. Moorish Idol (Version for Piano)

Track length5:20

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III. Fantail (Version for Piano)

Track length3:47

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IV. Whirligig (Version for Piano)

Track length2:56

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V. Marigold (Version for Piano)

Track length3:04

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VI. From a Spanish Lattice (Version for Piano)

Track length5:04

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Mayerl: Puppets Suite

Work length8:44

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I. Golliwog

Track length2:32

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II. Judy

Track length2:48

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III. Punch

Track length3:24

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Mayerl: Weeping Willow

Work length4:42

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Mayerl: Railroad Rhythm

Work length3:41

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Mayerl: Siberian Lament

Work length3:50

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Mayerl: 3 Contrasts

Work length8:09

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No. 1, Ladybird

Track length2:34

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No. 2, Pastoral

Track length2:21

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No. 3, Fiddle Dance

Track length3:14

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Mayerl: Harp of the Winds

Work length4:31

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Mayerl: Shallow Waters

Work length3:31

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Mayerl: Robots, Op. 81

Work length2:47

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Philip Martin

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Post World War 1, broadcasting became ever more popular and most of the music played on the radio in those early days could be categorized as jazz or ragtime. The main element of these styles of music was of course syncopation and in Britain, Billy Mayerl had arguably become one of the most famous ‘syncopaters’ regularly broadcast on the radio at that time.

The distinguished Irish pianist and composer Philip Martin is the pianist introducing us here to Volume 1 of the series of Billy Mayerl’s music from Somm Records.

Somm has established itself as a great exponent of British piano music and this series is sure to be revered in the same light as previous releases of Bridge and Bax’s music.

Reviews

July 2013

This is the first volume in a series in which the sequels cannot arrive too soon. The principal joy resides in Billy Mayrel's music - British piano pieces that are syncopated and melodious...Martin's (he is joy number two) leaps through the repertoire with clean and infectious élan

June 2013

Martin's depth and breadth marks him out as a musician of exceptional qualities...This music needs to smile and dance (and occasionally to weep and yearn), but always there must be a soulful connection made, and hence Martin's playing is so much at the service of the music.

21st May 2013

My hunch is that Martin is more interested in pointing up Mayerl’s harmonic writing, and that he is intent on pursuing the more veiled impressionism that does indeed lie at the heart of some of Mayerl’s music - that and Gershwin and Rachmaninovian impulses.

30th March 2013

Casual listeners may think they’ve stumbled across a clutch of rare Gershwin pieces, but Mayerl’s style is just a little more introspective, a touch less self-consciously jazzy. These miniatures are difficult to play, and Martin manages to sound improvisatory whilst nailing the music’s technical demands...Irresistible.

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