Nigel Hawthorne

Narrator

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Lambert: Piano Concerto & other works

Lambert, C:

Concerto for Piano & Nine Players

Ian Brown (piano)

The Nash Ensemble, Lionel Friend

Eight Poems of Li-Po

Philip Langridge (tenor)

The Nash Ensemble

Piano Sonata

Ian Brown (piano)

Mr Bear Squash-you-all-flat

Nigel Hawthorne (narrator)

The Nash Ensemble, Lionel Friend

A fascinating selection of pieces by one of the twentieth century’s most original and perplexing figures. Constant Lambert is perhaps better known today for his strident views on his contemporaries, but was also as a composer of delightful, anarchic music, influenced particularly by Stravinsky and Ravel. A distinguished line-up of performers presents these works in the clearest light. This recording is a must for anyone interested in twentieth-century music. Many of Lambert’s other works are also available on Hyperion.

“Superlative” BBC Music Magazine

“A fascinating and generous programme, superbly performed” Classic CD

“A distinguished release on all counts … immaculate production values throughout… this wonderful anthology deserves the widest possible currency” Gramophone Magazine

“This reissue of recordings from 1994 affords a convenient distillation of Lambert’s genius...The Sonata and Concerto are wonderfully invigorating, inventive essays, tinged with a melancholy Lambert nicely evoked as “that four-in-the-morning feeling”. The Concerto stands with Falla’s harpsichord work among the great keyboard chamber concertos.” Sunday Times, 26th August 2012

“Make haste to this collection. It’s a cracker” The Independent

Helios - CDH55397

(CD)

$8.50

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