This recording is an exploration of Robert Helps' 'ubtle sound world', and his shared history with Spectrum Concerts Berlin. Highly regarded as a 'musician' musician', Helps is featured as both composer and pianist.

Tracklist:

Postlude
Fantasy
Piano Quartet: I. Prelude
Piano Quartet: II. Intermezzo
Piano Quartet: III. Scherzo
Piano Quartet: IV. Postlude
Piano Quartet: V. Coda - The Players Gossip
Duo
Quintet: I. Moving
Quintet: II. Relentlessly (Without Inflection)
Quintet: III. Dolce E Legato
Piano Trio No. 1: I. Mesto
Piano Trio No. 1: II. Molto Marcato - Molto Allegro
Piano Trio No. 1: III. Maestoso
Piano Trio No. 2: I. Duets: Allegro
Piano Trio No. 2: II. Horizons: Austere, But Intense
Piano Trio No. 2: III. Toccata Frustrata
6 Lieder, Op. 71: No. 4. Schilflied (Arr. R. Helps For Piano)
Love Is A Sickness Full Of Woes (Arr. R. Helps For Piano)
Intermezzo In A Flat Major, Fp 118
53 Studies On The Chopin Etudes: No. 45 In E Major (1st Version On Chopin's Nouvelle Etude No. 2)
53 Studies On The Chopin Etudes: No. 12 In G Flat Major (6th Version On Chopin's Op. 10, No. 5)
Shall We Dance
The Darkened Valley

UPC: 636943969625
Label: Naxos American
Release Date: 9.27.11
Format: CD

Robert Helps - Chamber Music with Piano (2 CD)