NI 1727

Scarlatti - The Complete Sonatas, Volume III
Richard Lester, harpsichord & organ

Venice VI - VIII (1753-4) (K296 - 355, K358 - 387)

Through his recordings of the Complete Scarlatti Sonatas, and his extensive writings for music magazines and other publications, Richard Lester has established an international reputation as a virtuoso harpsichordist and Scarlatti scholar. This is Volume 3 of 7, the complete set comprising 38 CDs.

NI 5751/2

Hans Gál - Piano Music
Martin Jones

Composer, scholar, writer, teacher and performer, Hans Gál was the complete musician in the very best sense of the word. Born in 1890 in the village of Brunn an Gebirge just outside Vienna to parents of Hungarian-Jewish origin, his musical talent blossomed under the encouragement of his Aunt Jenny, who was an established opera singer in Weimar, and he began piano lessons at the age of eight. Although finding the routine of practice irksome, Gál became sufficiently proficient on the instrument to have been admitted at the age of fifteen to the class of Richard Robert, (1861-1924) one of the most outstanding piano pedagogues in Vienna and the teacher of Clara Haskil, Rudolf Serkin and George Szell.