Ireland: Rhapsody

This page lists all recordings of Rhapsody, by John Ireland (1879-1962) on CD. Generally, more recent CDs are listed first, but with priority given to items that are in stock.

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Ireland - Piano Works Volume 2

Ireland - Piano Works Volume 2


Ireland:

Merry Andrew

The Towing Path

Rhapsody

Decorations

Leaves from a Child's Sketchbook

Sonatina

Three Pastels

April

Bergomask

February's Child

Aubade

Summer Evening


John Lenehan (piano)

“John Lenehan, a strong and sympathetic interpreter, time and again makes you wonder at works aptly described as ‘some of the most appealing English piano music written this century, too long neglected’ Lenehan’s playing is of a special integrity and musicianship.” - Bryce Morrison, Gramophone Magazine, October 1999

Naxos - 8553889

(CD)

£4.99 (£4.25 ex. VAT)

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John Ireland Piano Music

John Ireland Piano Music


Ireland:

London Pieces

Green Ways

Sonatina

Soliloquy

On a Birthday Morning

Equinox

Sarnia

Amberley Wild Brooks

Ballade

For Remembrance

February's Child

Aubade

Piano Sonata

The Towing Path

The Darkened Valley

Rhapsody

Month's Mind

Decorations

April

Bergomask

In Those Days

Four Preludes

The Almond Trees

Summer Evening

Prelude in E flat major

Columbine

Merry Andrew

Three Pastels

Spring Will Not Wait

Ballade of London Nights

A Sea Idyll


Alan Rowlands (piano)

“Captured in perfectly acceptable mono sound, Rowland's memorably intimate performances betoken a very special empathy for this repertoire.” Gramophone Magazine, October 2008

Released or re-released in last 6 months

25% off Lyrita

Lyrita RCS Mono Series - REAM3112

(CD - 3 discs)

Normally: £18.49 (£15.74 ex. VAT)

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John Ireland - The Piano Music

John Ireland - The Piano Music


Ireland:

Decorations

The Almond Trees

Four Preludes

Prelude in E flat major

Rhapsody

The Towing Path

London Pieces

Summer Evening

Piano Sonata

For Remembrance

The Darkened Valley

Equinox

On a Birthday Morning

Soliloquy

April

Bergomask

Amberley Wild Brooks

Sonatina

Ballade

February's Child

Aubade

Month's Mind

Green Ways

Sarnia


Eric Parkin (piano)

"How can the critics begin to understand my music if they have never read Machen?" This was a question heard to fall on more than one occasion from John Ireland’s lips. Ireland came of a literary family, and literature and literary people played a natural part in the formation of his personality. Most influential of all were the works of Arthur Machen the Welsh writer, who was to Ireland almost what Yeats was to Bax. Ireland had dreamt in fire - after his first encounter with Machen it was only a matter of time before he worked in fire also. In the wake of The House of Souls and The Hill of Dreams a smouldering coal flared gloriously into flame. For Machen loved all memoried things and places, things with a past behind them - and the more remote the past the greater he felt able to partake of them. He hailed from a forgotten country in the West, a land of dark and ancient woods and streams and deep sunken lanes, the ancient Welsh kingdom of Gwent …

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Lyrita - SRCD2277

(CD - 3 discs)

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Special: £19.11 (£16.26 ex. VAT)

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