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3 reviews
Johann Sebastian Bach, Lord Berners, ...

Asv Living Era, 1993

Fergus-Thompson plays Bach Transcriptions
This CD shows a great aspect of the playing of Mr. Fergus-Thompson. Although the pianist tends to over-romanticize some passages he does show an often-neglected aspect of Bach's music: it humanity. The interpretations are less virtuosic than a virtually similar recording by Alexis Weissenberg in the 1970's (which EMI ought to release as CD). The approach is reminiscent of Edwin Fischer. One ...

Headington: Concerto For Piano And Orchestra/The Healing Fountain/Serenade For Cello And String Orchestra
Alexander Baillie, Christopher Headington, ...

Asv Living Era, 1997

Tombeau De Couperin / String Quartet in F / Valse

1 review
Ravel, Narriner, ...

Asv Living Era, 2002

Great Ravel Collection for the Novice or Devotee!!
As for me, I'm somewhere in the middle. My acquatintance with Ravel has been too short to be considered old, too long to be considered young. This collection is perfect. It is easy-going and diverse enough to be a great introduction while retaining the sophistication and beauty that the hardcore Ravelier would naturally expect. To statt off, Academy of St. Martin in the fields does ...

Scriabin: Mazurkas

1 review
Alexander Scriabin, Gordon Fergus-Thompson

Asv Living Era, 2000

Romantic Scriabin at his best
Gordon Fergus-Thompson has a rewarding overview of this music. When he plays Debussy - he cannot seem to get anything right - his tempos seem erratic and misjudged but with Scriabin, he is in his proper element. His overview that Scriabin was a latter-day romantic gives this music a cohesive unity. He plays these mazurkas like they are an outgrowth of Chopin. They are not played cool and detached ...

Alexander Scriabin: Complete Piano Music, Vol. 2
Alexander Scriabin, Gordon Fergus-Thompson

Asv Living Era, 1995

Debussy: The Complete Piano Music

6 reviews
Claude Debussy, Gordon Fergus-Thompson

Asv Living Era, 2004

Debussy with a difference!
Do not let the dismissive review below make you dismiss this amazing and breath taking complete set. Like his Scriabin recordings, Gordon Fergus-Thompson works wonder with the well known piece like Clair de Lune, Arabesque and Reverie, and breathes new life into the music by his keen sense of tonal colours and delicacy. When it comes to impressionist music, no pianists can match Richter, who ...

Scriabin: Etude In C/Eight Etudes/Sonata Nos. 4, 5, 9 & 10

3 reviews
Alexander Scriabin, Gordon Fergus-Thompson

Asv Living Era, 1993

defence
Unlike "brenthis" I choose not to remain anonoymous. I defend his right to criticise.His choleric,ill-mannered "review" says more about him than it does about my friend Gordon Fergus-Thompson"s CD which he so dislikes.On a scale of courtesy I rank his "review" as 1.I shall leave the intelligent reader to decide on the merits of the CD.But I look forward to the issue of "brenthis"'s Scriabin ...

The 4 Seasons, Vol. 4: Winter
Julian Lloyd Webber, Hector Berlioz, ...

Asv Living Era, 1993

Nocturne
George Ives, Frederic Chopin, ...

Asv Living Era, 1993

Imagine
Bernard Gregor-Smith, Julian Lloyd Webber, ...

Asv Living Era, 1994

Debussy: The Complete Piano Music

6 reviews
Claude Debussy, Gordon Fergus-Thompson

Quicksilva Records, 1997

Beautiful Music, Beautiful Playing, Beautiful Sound!
This is the first time I've written a review. I felt almost obligated to do so...perhaps because of the one negative review above. This is the best Debussy playing I've heard in a long time. The interpretations are hard to criticise. Fergus-Thompson's playing is sensitive, never rushed, and always at the service of the music. The sound (recorded in Henry Wood Hall, London) is ...

The 4 Seasons, Vol. 3: Autumn
Julian Lloyd Webber, Emma Johnson, ...

Asv Living Era, 1993

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