Constant Lambert: Piano Concerto

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A sparkling centenary showcase for the youthful genius of Constant Lambert. Jonathan Plowright cuts a dash with his scintillating technique, opalescent tone and beguiling range of colour, and... — Gramophone Magazine, Awards Issue 2005 More…

Release Date: 1st Aug 2005
Catalogue No: CDA67545
Label: Hyperion
Length: 62 minutes

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Lambert, C: Romeo and Juliet

Work length29:51

$14.30

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English Northern Philharmonia
David Lloyd-Jones

Tableau 1 Movement 1. Rondino. The dancers arrive, late for class

Track length2:05

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Tableau 1 Movement 2. Gavotte and Trio. Women's dance

Track length2:14

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Tableau 1 Movement 3. Scherzetto. Men's dance

Track length1:44

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Tableau 1 Movement 4. Siciliana. The professor teaches a pas de deux

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Tableau 1 Movement 5. Sonatina. The lovers are separated

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Tableau 2 Movement 1. Entr'acte. The stage is prepared

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Tableau 2 Movement 2. Sinfonia. Romeo and Juliet meet at the ball

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Tableau 2 Movement 3. Alla Marcia. The nurse and the servant

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Tableau 2 Movement 4. Toccata. The duel between Romeo and Tybalt

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Tableau 2 Movement 5. Musette. The balcony scene

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Tableau 2 Movement 6. Burlesca. Paris enters, searching for Juliet

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Tableau 2 Movement 7. Adagietto. The death of Juliet

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Tableau 2 Movement 8. Finale. The curtain falls

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Lambert, C: Elegiac Blues

Work length3:00

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English Northern Philharmonia
David Lloyd-Jones

Lambert, C: Piano Concerto

Work length17:13

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Jonathan Plowright (piano)
English Northern Philharmonia
David Lloyd-Jones

I. Allegro risoluto

Track length2:56

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II. Presto

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III. Andante

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IV. Allegro

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Lambert, C: The Bird Actors

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English Northern Philharmonia
David Lloyd-Jones

Lambert, C: Prize Fight

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English Northern Philharmonia
David Lloyd-Jones

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Constant Lambertpioneering ballet composer, maverick author and lover of catswas composing in those heady days between the two wars when English artistic optimism was at a peak. The first English composer to have a work taken up by Diaghilev, his Romeo and Juliet was premiered by the Russian master in Monte Carlo. The story presents elements from the familiar Shakespearean story within the context of rehearsals for a ballet of the same, this convolution itself being typical of Lamberts desire to avoid the obvious. The Piano Concerto recorded here dates from 1924 (the 1931 concerto is recorded on Hyperion CDA66754) but had to wait until 1988 before being given its first performance. Then, as now, the soloist was Jonathan Plowright. Three shorter works complete the programme: Prize Fight responds to the ludicrous musical confections by French contemporaries Satie, Poulenc and Milhaud (Lambert has the boxing ring collapse following a pitch invasion); The Bird Actors is a resurrected section from the original score for Romeo and Juliet; and Elegiac Blues is a jazz-inflected homage to Lamberts idol Florence Mills who had so scandalized London polite society with her touring shows in the 1920s.

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Awards Issue 2005

A sparkling centenary showcase for the youthful genius of Constant Lambert. Jonathan Plowright cuts a dash with his scintillating technique, opalescent tone and beguiling range of colour, and his partnership with David Lloyd-Jones and the English Northern Philharmonia generates a greater attack and thrust that its predecessor. A winner of a disc...

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