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    From the Sleevenotes: Passacaglia on a Theme of Benjamin Britten and other Organ Works by Richard Pantcheff

    February 18, 2022 pfblog

    Sleevenotes from the Double CD of Organ Works by Richard Pantcheff, PFCD174/175 With the exception of the Two Short Pieces for Organ which closes disc 2, the works presented here are all more recent works

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    From the Sleevenotes: Hat Box

    January 23, 2022 pfblog

    Sleevenotes from John Turner and Neil Smith’s release Prima Facie CD166, Hat Box HATBOX 1 Top Hat Quadrille2 Breton Beret (Valse Mélancolique)3 Mexican Hat Dance4 Smokey Stetson Shuffle (…after the shoot-out…) 5 Deerstalker’s Jig6 Baseball

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    From the Sleevenotes: Opalescence

    December 10, 2021 pfblog

    Sleevenotes by Duncan Honeybourne, David Heyes, and Joseph Spooner from Prima Facie PFCD171, Opalescence, Piano and Chamber Music by Ruth Gipps. Ruth Gipps: a musical polymath and a powerful voice in British music Ruth Gipps

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    From the Sleevenotes: Death and Transfiguration

    October 15, 2021 pfblog

    Kenneth Hamilton’s sleevenotes from his first volume of the music of Liszt, the double CD Prima Facie Records PFCD167/168 Death and Transfiguration. “On 31 May 1861 Franz Liszt received some very welcome news from France:

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    25 Years of Prima Facie Records – A Celebration Concert

    September 19, 2021 pfblog

    St Paul’s, Heaton Moor, Stockport 18/09/2021 Prima Facie Records were proud to celebratate 25 years of supporting British Classical composers and artists – and the 60th birthday of co-founder Stephen Plews – in a concert

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