CELESTIAL HARMONIES - CDs
http://www.harmonies.com/catalog/newcds.htm

also check out the download possibilities at: 
bigpondmusic.com:
http://bigpondmusic.com/search?for=roger%20woodward

Released - September 2010
Roger Woodward’s historically acclaimed performance of the Dmitri Shostakovich cycle of 24 Preludes and Fugues op.87 
Celestial Harmonies 14302-2, double CD - follow this link
http://www.harmonies.com/releases/14302.htm

Review Arkiv Music
Notes and Editorial Reviews
A pleasure to rediscover in all its grandeur one of the peaks of the 20th Century piano repertoire in a performance of such power and insight…. read more:
http://www.arkivmusic.com/classical/album.jsp?album_id=530360

This remarkable recording stands alone as a landmark similar to the complete cycle of Shostakovich’s string quartets by the Fitzwilliam Quartet on Decca. As the first recording of the 24 Preludes and Fugues op.87 in the West, it first appeared on a two LP set from RCA.
Read more: 
http://goo.gl/i19EQ
http://www.theartsdesk.com/index.php?option=com_k2&view=item&id=2454:classical-cds-round-up-13&Itemid=27

“A warm welcome back…” is a reviewer’s platitude all too often applied and one I am sure I have been guilty of using. But in this instance it really is a pleasure to rediscover in all its grandeur one of the peaks of the 20th Century piano repertoire in a performance of such power and insight. Nick Barnard
Read more:
http://goo.gl/Dh3f9
http://goo.gl/ePXzn

My Pick of the CDs:  Veteran Australian pianist Roger Woodward is under-appreciated in the UK, so this is a welcome reissue of an historic 1975 recording of a Shostakovich masterpiece. Alexander Melnikov released an excellent new version on Harmonia Mundi, but this one is even better. Woodward’s sleeve notes are beautifully written
http://www.theartsdesk.com/index.php?option=com_k2&view=item&id=2454:classical-cds-round-up-13&Itemid=24

The Playful Assembler of Sounds.
Sűddeutsche Zeitung 24.09.2010 - Reinhard J. Brembeck
Roger Woodward discovers a different Shostakovich   ........  How could nobody have noticed this undiscovered wealth and variety in Shostakovich’s music until now? Perhaps the world needs more musicians like Roger Woodward, unconventional and set on finding their own way

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Celestial Harmonies : Jean Barraqué, Sonate pour piano
http://www.harmonies.com/13325-2_woodward_barraque/index.html

Review
http://www.br.de/radio/br-klassik/sendungen/leporello/cd-tipp-barraque-sonate-woodward100.html
Helmut Rohm/Bayerischer Rundfunk

Translation: Eckart Rahn
Jean Barraqué
Sonate pour piano
Jean Barraqué‘s sonata in two movements, finished 1952, is a monumental work, lasting about fifty minutes, composed in serial technique. It belongs to the most relevant and important works for solo piano, composed in the 20th century. For good reason is it mentioned in the same breath as Beethoven’s late piano works.  ...
An exceptional reference interpretation ….

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Celestial Harmonies, 13324-2
Claude Debussy, Preludes Book II
Frederyk Chopin, 3 Mazurkas Op.59
Johann Sebastian Bach, Partita No 6 E minor, BWV 830

Autor: Wilfried Schäper
2. Oktober 2013, 10:50 Uhr
CD-Tipp
Roger Woodward: Roger Woodward in Concert
Ikone der modernen Klaviermusik
Der australische Pianist Roger Woodward ist eine lebende Legende. In seinem Heimatland “Down under” gehört der jetzt 70-jährige Künstler zum nationalen Kulturerbe, und auch in vielen europäischen Ländern wurde Woodward mit Ehrungen überhäuft. Am 6. Januar 2007 gab der weltberühmte Tastenstar einen spektakulären Klavierabend im Bremer Sendesaal.
http://www.radiobremen.de/nordwestradio/musik/cd-tipps/roger-woodward102.html

Review: The Independent, 30 October 2013 - 5 stars
http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/reviews/album-review-roger-woodward-in-concert-debussy-chopin-bach-celestial-harmonies-8901920.html

Review: Dominy Clements, MusicWeb International - “A unique and remarkable concert.”
Fans of Roger Woodward will need no encouraging to seek out and purchase this recording, and no-one with an attraction to piano music and the vibe of a live performance should be without this release.

 

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Latest release:
PROKOFIEV, Sergei Sergeyevich
works for piano 1908-1938
Celestial Harmonies 13292-2, Recorded 1991 ABC Australia

http://prkfv.businesscatalyst.com

CELESTIAL HARMONIES 13292-2 [SA] Musicweb International Classical
Reviews.htm
http://www.musicweb-international.com/classrev/2013/Apr13/Prokofiev_piano_132922.htm 
(Steve Arlov)
http://www.musicweb-international.com/classrev/2013/June13/Prokofiev_piano_132922p.htm (Dominy Clements)

RECORDING OF THE MONTH - Musicweb-International

Sergei PROKOFIEV (1891-1953)
Works for Piano: 1908-1938
Sarcasmes Op.17 (1912-14) [9:23]
Prelude Op.12 No.7 (1906-13) [2:12]
Suggestion Diabolique Op.4 No.4 (1910-12) [2:32]
Four Etudes Op.2 (1909) [10:24]
Musiques d’enfants Op.65 (1935) [2:26]
Pensées Op.62 (1933/34) [13:33]
Nocturne Op.43bis No.2 (1938) [4:56]
Gavotta Op.32 No.3 (1918) [1:30]
Paysage Op.59 No.2 (1933/34) [2:19]
March from L’amour des trois oranges Op.33 bis (1922) [1:31]
Visions Fugitives Op.22 (1915-17) [24:01]
Roger Woodward (piano)
rec. 1991, Eugene Goossens Hall, ABC Centre, Ultimo, Sydney, Australia
[75:48]

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Celestial Harmonies, 13255-2 (73:09)
http://www.theartsdesk.com/bruckner/classical-cds-weekly-bruckner-mahler-roger-woodward?page=0,1
http://www.musicweb-international.com/classrev/2012/Mar12/Russian_AvantGarde_132552.htm
This fascinating collection of works covers the period of transition from Tsarist Russia to the establishment of the Soviet Union. To a certain extent it relates to Woodward’s re-release of the Preludes and Fugues op. 87 by Shostakovich on Celestial Harmonies 14302-2 (see review), which, dating from 1975, has acquired its own historical significance. Many of these pieces are little-known compositions that Woodward discovered as a student in Warsaw in the early 1970s, gaining access to rare works from Prokofiev’s widow Lina Prokofieva, and mining the archives of Polish Radio…....

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Süddeutsche Zeitung
Verspielter Tonmonteur
24.09.2010 05:10

REINHARD J.BREMBECK
http://www.sueddeutsche.de/l5X38e/3604574/Verspielter-Tonmonteur.html

 

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3277-2 Fryderyk Chopin:  Piano Concerto No 2 F Minor Op 21 / Ludwig Van Beethoven: Piano Quartet No 3 C Major WoO36
Roger Woodward, piano/ Alexander String Quartet

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13279-2 DEBUSSY:  Preludes, Books 1 & 2, Roger Woodward, piano

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1992-5 Bach: The Well-Tempered Clavier, Roger Woodward, piano

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19922-5 JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH: THE WELL-TEMPERED CLAVIER, BOOKS I & II BWV 846-893 (5 CDs & 2 POCKET SCORES, COMPLETE EDITION) - ROGER WOODWARD, PIANO

BACH - No. 1! 
http://www.theage.com.au/entertainment/music/
http://www.musicweb-international.com/classrev/2010/May10/Bach_WTK1_Pollini_schepkin.htm
http://www.musicweb-international.com/classrev/2010/Apr10/Bach_Woodward_199225.htm
http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/classical/reviews/album-roger-woodward-bach-the-welltempered-clavier-celestial-harmonies-1923549.html
http://www.musicweb-international.com/classrev/2010/May10/Bach_WTK1_Pollini_schepkin.htm
http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/classical/reviews/album-roger-woodward-bach-the-welltempered-clavier-celestial-harmonies-1923549.html
http://www.musicweb-international.com/classrev/2010/Mar10/Bach_Woodward_199225.htm
http://www.theage.com.au/news/entertainment/arts/bachs-bold-recording-angels/2010/02/09/1265477590702.html?page=fullpage#contentSwap1

13280-2 Johann Sebastian BACH: Chromatic Fantasia & Fugue BWV 903, Partita No. 2 BWV 826, Partita No.  6 BWV 830 - ROGER WOODWARD, PIANO (.pdf ENGLISH) (.pdf GERMAN),
released September 2007
http://www.blacksun.com/releases/13280.htm

Awarded prestigious German Critics’ Award : “Preis der Deutschen Schallplattenkritik” November 2007.

Reviews: http://www.classicalsource.com/db_control/db_cd_review.php?id=5481

 

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19922-5 JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH: THE WELL-TEMPERED CLAVIER, BOOKS I & II BWV 846-893 (5 CDs & 2 POCKET SCORES, COMPLETE EDITION) - ROGER WOODWARD, PIANO

20/20! 
Musik an Sich,  Frankfurt
Bach, J. S. (Woodward), Das Wohltemperierte Klavier I & II
Info Musikrichtung: Barock Klavier
VÖ: 19.10.2009
(Celestial Harmonies / 2 & 5 CD / DDD / 2008)
Georg Henkel
(Translated by Adriana Schuler)
Profound
The Australian pianist Roger Woodward has been playing the music of Johann Sebastian Bach his whole life. But only recently has the public been able to listen to his live performances or CD recordings. One of the first fruits of Woodward’s encounters with Bach is a recording containing amongst others works, the Chromatic Fantasie and two Partitas from the first part of the Clavier-Übung, which received the 2007 special prize, awarded by the critics of the German recording industry. But this recording becomes …

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19922-5 JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH: THE WELL-TEMPERED CLAVIER, BOOKS I & II BWV 846-893 (5 CDs & 2 POCKET SCORES, COMPLETE EDITION) - ROGER WOODWARD, PIANO

Woodward Restores Lyricism to the WTC, March 19, 2010
By Alastair Corbett “AJC” (Beecroft, NSW, AU)  Source:  http://www.amazon.com
This review is from: Johann Sebastian Bach: The Well-Tempered Clavier, Books I & II, BWV 846-893 (5 CDs & 2 Pocket Scores, Complete Edition)
(Audio CD)  …..I was initially sceptical that a recording using the full sonority of a Hamburg D Steinway would produce an excessively Romanticised WTC but I find it a welcome antidote to other rather dry performances where there has been an attempt to produce a harpsichord effect….

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19922-5 JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH: THE WELL-TEMPERED CLAVIER, BOOKS I & II BWV 846-893 (5 CDs & 2 POCKET SCORES, COMPLETE EDITION) - ROGER WOODWARD, PIANO

The Gramophone, February 2010 – Editor’s Choice
Perahia’s Partitas . Woodward’s wonderful Bach . Horowitz celebrated….
Imaginative performances by Woodward that rank alongside the very best.

SUDDEUTSCHE ZEITUNG 17. April 2010, 
REINHARD J. BREMBECK
Shiva meets Bach
...These recordings resulted in four-and-a-half stellar hours ……

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19922-5 JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH: THE WELL-TEMPERED CLAVIER, BOOKS I & II BWV 846-893 (5 CDs & 2 POCKET SCORES, COMPLETE EDITION) - ROGER WOODWARD, PIANO

Sublime WTC -  January 31, 2010
By David Cates (Berkeley CA USA)
This review is from: Johann Sebastian Bach: The Well-Tempered Clavier, Books I & II, BWV 846-893 (5 CDs & 2 Pocket Scores, Complete Edition)
(Audio CD)  Source: http://www.amazon.com 
…… This is a lovely piano performance of the great Well-Tempered Clavier. The best one I recall hearing…..A must-have performance.

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13277-2 FRYDERYK CHOPIN: PIANO CONCERTO NO 2 F MINOR OP. 21 / LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN: PIANO QUARTET NO. 3 C MAJOR WoO 36 -
ROGER WOODWARD, PIANO / ALEXANDER STRING QUARTET

http://www.theartsdesk.com/index.php?option=com_k2&view=item&id=3363:classical-cds-round-up-17&Itemid=27

http://www.musicweb-international.com/classrev/2010/Mar10/Chopin_Woodward_132772.htm
http://www.musicweb-international.com/classrev/2010/Mar10/chopin_woodward_142602.htm
http://www.musicweb-international.com/classrev/2010/Feb10/Chopin_200th_9671172.htm
http://www.musicweb-international.com/classrev/2010/Mar10/chopin_woodward_142602.htm

13277-2 FRYDERYK CHOPIN: PIANO CONCERTO NO 2 F MINOR OP. 21 / LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN: PIANO QUARTET NO. 3 C MAJOR WoO 36 -
ROGER WOODWARD, PIANO / ALEXANDER STRING QUARTET

The Glorious Five by Dr Daniel Krause, klassic.com
http://magazin.klassik.com/reviews/reviews.cfm?TASK=REVIEW&RECID=16540&REID=10942
Translated text:
Along with one of Beethoven’s early piano quartets Chopin’s second piano concerto in f-minor, was recently recorded by the Alexander String Quartet together with Roger Woodward.  Their interpretation turned out to be a masterpiece through the use …… read more…..

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13277-2 FRYDERYK CHOPIN: PIANO CONCERTO NO 2 F MINOR OP. 21 / LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN: PIANO QUARTET NO. 3 C MAJOR WoO 36 -
ROGER WOODWARD, PIANO / ALEXANDER STRING QUARTET
Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung
Ausgabe vom 21.1.2010
classics overview
COOL CHOPIN
Chopin’s birthday is coming up. As usual we can expect more new interpretations of the same old pieces, because the total oeuvre is small.  …read more…..

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CLAUDE DEBUSSY, PRELUDES BOOKS 1 AND 2
Celestial Harmonies, 13279-2

Review (translation) BR-TV
This CD is a masterpiece; you can play it differently but not better. I recently heard a concert with the Munich Philharmonic and Thielemann; they played Debussy’s Images. It sounded somewhat good but boring with no end in sight. I could not understand what it was that they were trying to tell me. How different this CD is: every note, every sound, every use of the pedals were put to good use and served a clear purpose, the purpose being to define the musical intentions of the composer. A musician cannot possibly be more humble and more sincere. A pianist cannot play more excitingly and more intelligently. I am entirely won over by this CD. Even before the concert with the Hamel premiere, I was convinced of Roger Woodward’s artistry - now I am enthusiastic and I want to celebrate the feeling. The sensational aspect of the concert on Monday was to experience his interpretation of the Hamel cycle live. He played for us, with us, with the space, with the instrument - what a blessing to have been able to be present.
—Wiedemann BR-TV.

http://www.harmonies.com/releases/13279.htm
http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/classical/reviews/album-roger-woodward-debussy-preludes-books-12-celestial-harmonies-1927869.html
http://www.musicweb-international.com/classrev/2010/Mar10/Debussy_Woodward_132792.htm
http://www.musikansich.de/review.php?id=7836
http://www.musicweb-international.com/classrev/2010/Mar10/Debussy_Woodward_132792.htm 
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Dominy Clements.. I find myself in difficulties when writing about recordings which are so very good, it is hard to find a balance which describes a believeable truth as I hear it, without making a text which just ends up turning into sycophantic hyperbole. Looking on the Celestial Harmonies website, at least I am supported by the artist himself, who “considers [this] possibly the best recording of his career”. Even on only a first…….

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CLAUDE DEBUSSY, PRELUDES BOOKS 1 AND 2
Celestial Harmonies, 13279-2

The Independent, Classical Album: Roger Woodward, Debussy: Preludes, Books 1&2 (Celestial Harmonies)
(Rated 5/ 5 ),  Reviewed by Andy Gill
Friday, 26 March 2010
In this masterful series of Debussy’s Preludes, pianist Roger Woodward perfectly evokes the composer’s intuitive musical spirit, and his inimitable sense of quiet, measured exploration. ….. read more

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CLAUDE DEBUSSY, PRELUDES BOOKS 1 AND 2
Celestial Harmonies, 13279-2

The Sydney Morning Herald
28 December 2009,  Classical
“The best recordings by an Australian artist were Roger Woodward’s Debussy Preludes and Bach’s Well Tempered Clavier with the American label Celestial Harmonies.”
Peter McCallum

Debussy: Préludes Books 1 & 2 – Roger Woodward
Debussy: Préludes Livre 1, Children’s Corner etc. – Nelson Freire
Celestial Harmonies (Vertrieb Naxos) – R. Woodward
Decca – N. Freire
Celestial Harmonies 13279-2 / Decca 478 1111
7869 /  00171
6 163 713 (Woodward) / 6 163 714 (Freire)Gute Pianisten altern nicht, sie reifen - so wie ein guter Wein im Idealfall an Tiefe und Reichtum der Geschmacksnuancen zunimmt. Der Vergleich sei in diesem Fall einmal erlaubt, denn wir möchten Ihnen heute zwei “gereifte” Pianisten vorstellen, die sich interessanterweise dem selben Repertoire zugewandt haben. Die Rede ….. read more

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2018

Saturday 13 January
for San Francisco Performances
Shostakovich Piano Quintet in G minor, op 57
with Alexander String Quartet
St John’s Presbyterian Church, Berkeley

Saturday 20 January
for San Francisco Performances
Shostakovich Piano Quintet in E Minor, Op 67
with Alexander String Quartet
St John’s Presbyterian Church, Berkeley

Saturday 28 April, 3pm
Canberra International Music Festival
Debussy – Estampes; Images 1 & 11;
Chopin – Etudes op.10

Monday 30 April, 4pm
Masterclass
Canberra School of Music, ANU

Tuesday 1 May, 6pm
Canberra International Music Festival
Debussy : Suite bergamasque; l’isle joyeuse;
Chopin : Ballade No.4; interval. Etudes Op.25

Saturday 5, Sunday 6 May 3pm
Hunter Baillie, Annandale NSW
Saturday
Debussy Images Book I, Images Book II, L’isle Joyeuse interval
Chopin Ballade No.4, 12 Etudes op.25
Sunday
Debussy Estampes; Suite Bergamasque; Bach Chromatic Fantasia and fugue D minor; interval
Chopin Etudes op.10

Saturday 19 May 10.00am
for San Francisco Performances
Herbst Theatre
With Alexander String Quartet
Shostakovich Viola Sonata Paul Yarbrough/Roger Woodward
ASQ Shostakovich 8th String Quartet

Friday 27 July
Gulgong Opera House 7.30pm
Chopin, Debussy, Bach

Saturday 28 July
Blue Mountains Concert Society, 7.30pm
Chopin, Debussy, Bach

Thursday 2 August, 8pm
Darwin Entertainment Centre
Chopin, Debussy, Bach

Friday 10 August, 8pm
Araluen Performing Arts Centre, Alice Springs
Chopin, Debussy, Bach

Sunday 12 August, 3pm
Riverside Theatres, Parramatta
Chopin, Debussy, Bach

Friday 17 August, Saturday 18 August
Shoalhaven Entertainment Centre
Masterclass, and In Conversation
2pm Saturday, Chopin Debussy Bach

2017

Saturday 13 May, 10am
Shostakovich Piano Quintet op 57 with Alexander String Quartet
Shostakovich String Quartet Op 108
San Francisco Performances
Herbst Theatre
San Francisco

Saturday 16 December
Prokofiev 3rd Piano Concerto
with Bay Area Rainbow Symphony
Wilsey Centre
San Francisco (Tickets from http://bars-sf.org/

Sunday 17 December, matinee
Prokofiev 3rd Piano Concerto
with Bay Area Rainbow Symphony
Knuth Hall, San Francisco State University
San Francisco

2016

Saturday February 6
San Francisco Performances - Herbst Theatre, San Francisco -
Roger Woodward and the Alexander String Quartet
Greenberg Piano Quintet + Beethoven C major Piano Quartet

Wednesday March 16
UC Davis Mondavi Center
Roger Woodward and the Alexander String Quartet-
Greenberg Piano Quintet + Beethoven C major Piano Quartet

Saturday April 2
San Francisco Performances - Herbst Theatre, San Francisco
Beethoven Sonata no.29, in B flat major, Op.106 (Hammerklavier) and Sonata no.30, in E major, Op.109
http://www.performances.org/performances/1516/WoodwardGreenberg.html

Saturday April 16
San Francisco Performances - Herbst Theatre, San Francisco
Beethoven Sonata no.31, in A-flat major, Op.110 and Sonata no.21 in C minor, Op.111
http://www.performances.org/performances/1516/WoodwardGreenberg.html

June 3
Schloss-Reinbeck, Hamburg, 8pm
(http://www.schloss-reinbeck.org) Schlossstrasse 5, 21465, Reinbeck.
Programme:
Chopin Four Mazurkas in A minor Op.17 no.4, C major Op.56 no.2, C minor Op.56 no.3 and F minorOp.68 (posth.) no.4 (original version)
Chopin Ballade no.4 in F minor, Op.52
JS Bach Chromatic Fantasia and Fugue in D minor, BWV 893 (second version)
interval
Debussy Twelve Etudes (1915) .

June 5
Oldenburg University

June 23
Melbourne Recital Centre, Australia
Debussy: Images Book I (1905) Reflects dans l’eau, Hommage a Rameau, Mouvement
Debussy: Images Book II (1907) Cloches a travers les feuilles, Et la lune descend sur le temple qui fut, Poissons d’or
Bach: Chromatic Fantasia and Fugue in D minor BWV903 Batt-Rawdon: New Work
INTERVAL
Beethoven: Piano Sonata no.29 in B-flat major, Op.106 (Hammerklavier)

Saturday 17 December, 10.00am
Beethoven Piano Quartet in C Major, WoO 36 with Alexander String Quartet
Greenberg Invasive Species WP, Piano solo Roger Woodward
San Francisco Performances
St John’s Presbyterian Church
Berkeley, California

2015

Australian regional tour - please follow this link:
https://www.abcmusic.com.au/news/roger-woodward-2015-australian-tour

 

 

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