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This is a sparkling compilation of English solo piano music and includes music by Delius, Quilter, Grainger, Warlock, Moeran, Bax, Gardner, Austin, O’Neill and Scott. All the works are performed by the Delius devotee, pianist and broadcaster Paul Guinery. This year we celebrate the 150th anniversary of Delius’ birth, so this is a timely release.
Frederick Delius: 3 Preludes
No. 1. Scherzando
No. 2. Quick
No. 3. With lively undulatin movement
Frederick Delius: Hassan (arr. for piano)
Hassan: Intermezzo (arr. for piano)
Frederick Delius: 2 Piano Pieces
No. 1. Valse
No. 2. Reverie
Frederick Delius: Dance
Dance
Roger Quilter: 3 Pieces, Op. 16
3 Pieces, Op. 16: No. 1. Dance in the Twilight
Roger Quilter: Country Pieces, Op. 27
Country Pieces, Op. 27: No. 1. Shepherd Song
Roger Quilter: Where the Rainbow Ends Suite (version for piano)
Where the Rainbow Ends Suite: II. Rosamund (version for piano)
Country Pieces, Op. 27
Country Pieces, Op. 27: No. 4. Pipe and Tabor
Cyril Scott: 2 Pieces, Op. 47
2 Pieces, Op. 47: No. 1. Lotus Land
Frederick Austin: The Enchanted Palace
I. The princess sings
II. The princess dances
Arnold Bax: The Maiden with the Daffodil
The Maiden with the Daffodil
Percy Grainger: The Merry King
The Merry King
Ernest John Moeran: 2 Folk Song Arrangements
2 Folk Song Arrangements: No. 1. Irish Love Song
Ernest John Moeran: Summer Valley
Summer Valley
Ernest John Moeran: Bank Holiday
Bank Holiday
Norman O'Neill: Carillon
Carillon
Peter Warlock: Folk Song Preludes
No. 1. Very slow
No. 2. Allegretto rubato
No. 3. Maestoso, alla marcia funebre
No. 4. Fairly slow
No. 5. Largo maestoso
Henry Balfour Gardiner: Mere
Mere
July 2012
“this is a thoughtful and resourcefully compiled programme...Guinery conveys with impeccable taste an innate love of and empathy with this undervalued corner of the repertoire.”
July 2012
****
“Paul Guinery, well remembered as a genial voice on BBC Radio 3 but also no mean pianist, has assembled this delightful (and well recorded) anthology of music featuring some of those friends on the British musical scene.”
June 2012
“Guinery brings a kindly sonority to his playing of these pieces; indeed, the recording overall is notable for its lack of insistence and focus on nuance. After all, this is not music with which to impress in a showy way, but to court the sense...[Guinery is] a fine and empathetic performer.”
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No. 1. Scherzando
