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This eccentric and often amusing collection contains Peter Dickinson’s rags, blues and take-offs in first recordings of all but one of the works. It supplements two other Naxos releases by the British composer, writer and pianist: Complete Solo Organ Works (8572169) and Apocalypse- Larkin-Forgeries (8572287). The rags are in the notated tradition of classical ragtime. Christopher Palmer said about Dickinson’s music, ‘Conflicts, juxtapositions, attempted syntheses – his work is full of them, all shook-up, all mixed up, all jazzed-up… yet always keenly imagined and meticulously reasoned and realised’. Dickinson has been hailed by Gramophone as ‘a composer who has escaped the confines of the predictable without ever ceasing to communicate’.
Peter Dickinson: Wild Rose Rag
Wild Rose Rag
Peter Dickinson: Blue Rose
Blue Rose
Peter Dickinson: Paraphrase 2
Theme: quarter note = 80 or less
Variation 1: quarter note = 120-132
Variation 2: quarter note = 50
Variation 3: quarter note = 120
Variation 4: quarter note = 104-120
Variation 5: quartet note = 54
Variation 6: quarter note = 120-132
Peter Dickinson: Concerto Rag
Concerto Rag
Peter Dickinson: Quartet Rag
Quartet Rag
Peter Dickinson: Vitalitas Variations
Theme: Con moto
Variation 1: Andante
Variation 2: Allegretto
Variation 3: Lento
Variation 4: Moderato
Variation 5: Andante
Variation 6: Lento
Variation 7: Vivace - Quasi lento - Allegro
Peter Dickinson: Satie Transformations
No. 1.
No. 2.
No. 3.
Peter Dickinson: Bach in Blue
Bach in Blue
Peter Dickinson: Hymn-Tune Rag
Hymn-Tune Rag
Peter Dickinson: Patriotic Rag
Patriotic Rag
Peter Dickinson: Piano Blues
No. 1. Extremely slow and quiet
No. 2. Very slow and intense
No. 3. Very slow and intimate
No. 4. Slow and sustained
Peter Dickinson: 5 Diversions
No. 1. Amiable
No. 2. Lyrical
No. 3. Gently jazzy
No. 4. Quiet and dreamy
No. 5. Lively and brash
October 2011
****
“a disc that is as entertaining and whimsical as it is varied in its depth and range...As you would expect, the composer's playing is immaculate - and he also provides an illuminating booklet: altogether an impressive achievement.”
February 2012
“One assumes that the pianist Dickinson's spirited and accomplished performances reflect the composer Dickinson's wishes...Dickinson's booklet-notes reveal him to be equally articulate and erudite away from the keyboard and the composing desk. An enjoyable release, highly recommended.”
Wild Rose Rag
