Notes and Editorial Reviews
David Stanhope is one of Australia's leading conductors, and has notable achievements in repertoire from Bach to Birtwistle. His many seasons with the Australian Opera include the Australian stage premiere of Berg's Lulu, and definitive performances of operas by Britten and Janacek. Although he has given a large number of premieres of Australian music and is a regular guest conductor with Australia's finest contemporary music group, Sydney Alpha Ensemble, he is not a 20th century specialist. He has given memorable seasons of operas such as Fidelio and Eugene Onegin as well as concerts of standard classical and romantic repertoire. More recently David Stanhope has conducted the soundtracks for a number of feature films including Babe. He is
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an expert on the music of Percy Grainger and recorded all the solo music for the film Passion. Stanhope has a professional background as a principal horn-player, and later as a bass trombonist. He also has a growing reputation as a composer, particularly in the field of large wind and brass ensembles. Occasionally he is able to find time to practice the piano. Read less
Works on This Recording
1.
Etudes (12) for Piano, Op. 10: no 5 in G flat major "Black Keys" by Frédéric Chopin
Performer:
David Stanhope (Piano)
Period: Romantic
Written: 1830; Poland
Date of Recording: 01/1998
Venue: Music Concert Hall, Univ. of Newcastle
Length: 1 Minutes 33 Secs.
2.
Studies (53) on Chopin Etudes: no 7 in G flat major (after Op. 10 no 5) by Leopold Godowsky
Performer:
David Stanhope (Piano)
Period: Romantic
Written: 1894-1914; Berlin, Germany
Date of Recording: 01/1998
Venue: Music Concert Hall, Univ. of Newcastle
Length: 1 Minutes 39 Secs.
3.
Studies (53) on Chopin Etudes: no 36 in G sharp minor (after Op. 25 no 6) "Study in Thirds" by Leopold Godowsky
Performer:
David Stanhope (Piano)
Period: Romantic
Written: 1894-1914; Berlin, Germany
Date of Recording: 01/1998
Venue: Music Concert Hall, Univ. of Newcastle
Length: 2 Minutes 7 Secs.
4.
Etudes (12) for Piano, Op. 25: no 6 in G sharp minor by Frédéric Chopin
Performer:
David Stanhope (Piano)
Period: Romantic
Written: 1832-1836; Paris, France
Date of Recording: 01/1998
Venue: Music Concert Hall, Univ. of Newcastle
Length: 1 Minutes 57 Secs.
5.
Symphonies (9) after Beethoven for Piano, S 464: no 8 in F major by Franz Liszt
Performer:
David Stanhope (Piano)
Period: Romantic
Written: 1863-1864
Date of Recording: 01/1998
Venue: Music Concert Hall, Univ. of Newcastle
Length: 22 Minutes 36 Secs.
6.
Studies (53) on Chopin Etudes: no 8 in C major (after Op. 10 no 5) by Leopold Godowsky
Performer:
David Stanhope (Piano)
Period: Romantic
Written: 1894-1914; Berlin, Germany
Date of Recording: 01/1998
Venue: Music Concert Hall, Univ. of Newcastle
Length: 1 Minutes 51 Secs.
7.
Studies (53) on Chopin Etudes: no 9 in A minor (after Op. 10 no 5) "Tarantella" by Leopold Godowsky
Performer:
David Stanhope (Piano)
Period: Romantic
Written: 1894-1914; Berlin, Germany
Date of Recording: 01/1998
Venue: Music Concert Hall, Univ. of Newcastle
Length: 2 Minutes 19 Secs.
8.
Studies (53) on Chopin Etudes: no 10 in A major (after Op. 10 no 5) "Capriccio" by Leopold Godowsky
Performer:
David Stanhope (Piano)
Period: Romantic
Written: 1894-1914; Berlin, Germany
Date of Recording: 01/1998
Venue: Music Concert Hall, Univ. of Newcastle
Length: 2 Minutes 8 Secs.
9.
Studies (53) on Chopin Etudes: no 11 in G flat major (after Op. 10 no 5) by Leopold Godowsky
Performer:
David Stanhope (Piano)
Period: Romantic
Written: 1894-1914; Berlin, Germany
Date of Recording: 01/1998
Venue: Music Concert Hall, Univ. of Newcastle
Length: 1 Minutes 59 Secs.
10.
Studies (53) on Chopin Etudes: no 12 in G flat major (after Op. 10 no 5) "Right Hand" by Leopold Godowsky
Performer:
David Stanhope (Piano)
Period: Romantic
Written: 1894-1914; Berlin, Germany
Date of Recording: 01/1998
Venue: Music Concert Hall, Univ. of Newcastle
Length: 2 Minutes 10 Secs.
11.
Studies (53) on Chopin Etudes: no 12a in Gb (after Op. 10 no 5) "Left Hand" by Leopold Godowsky
Performer:
David Stanhope (Piano)
Period: Romantic
Written: 1894-1914; Berlin, Germany
Date of Recording: 01/1998
Venue: Music Concert Hall, Univ. of Newcastle
Length: 2 Minutes 24 Secs.
12.
Passacaglia, Variations (44), cadenza and Fugue on the opening of Schubert's "Unfinished" Symphony by Leopold Godowsky
Performer:
David Stanhope (Piano)
Period: Romantic
Written: 1927; USA
Date of Recording: 01/1998
Venue: Music Concert Hall, Univ. of Newcastle
Length: 17 Minutes 52 Secs.
13.
Prelude and Fugue in E flat major, BWV 552 "St Anne" by Johann Sebastian Bach
Performer:
David Stanhope (Piano)
Period: Baroque
Written: by 1739; Leipzig, Germany
Date of Recording: 01/1998
Venue: Music Concert Hall, Univ. of Newcastle
Length: 15 Minutes 32 Secs.
Notes: Transcribed: Ferruccio Busoni
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