Grieg

UKCD2005

London Symphony Orchestra

PIANO CONCERTO in A Minor Op. 16

1. Allegro molto moderato 13:20
2. Adagio – Adagio moderato molto e marcato 17:16
   LYRIC SUITE from Op. 54
3. i. Sound of Bells 6:40
4. ii. Evening in the Mountains 3:26
5. iii. Shepherd Boy 4:26
6. iv. Norwegian Rustic March 3:44
7. v. Notturno 4:02
8. vi. Gathering of the Trolls 3:40

Total:        57:20

EINAR  STEEN-NØKLEBERG, Piano
PER DREIER Conductor

Piano Music of Alexander Skryabian

GAM CD 520

Graham Scott – Piano

1. Etude in c sharp Op. 2 No. 1 2:50
2. Prelude in B Op. No. 2 0:50
3. Prelude for the Left Hand Op. 9 No. 1 2:49
4. Five Preludes Op. 16 8:54
5. Four Preludes Op. 22 4:30
6. Two Preludes Op. 27 2:36
7. Four Preludes Op. 31 5:19
8. Four Preludes Op. 33 3:30
9. Five Preludes Op. 74 6:19
10. Sonata No. 9 in F, Op. 68 (The Black Mass) 8:17
11. Sonata in No. 3 in f sharp Op. 23 18:29

TOTAL TIME:        67:24

The Piano Music of Olivier Messiaen

DKP(CD)9144

1.Pièce pour le Tombeau de Paul Dukas (1936) 2:13
2.Fantaisie Burlesque (1932) 7:05
3. Rondeau (1943) 2:40
4-9. Petites esquisses d’oiseaux (1985) 13:37
10-16. Visions de l’Amen (1943)* 50:08

Total duration : 79 :04

PETER HILL
BENJAMIN FRITH*

Percy Grainger – Chosen Gems for Piano

DKP(CD)9127

PENELOPE THWAITES piano

1-3. Danish Folk Song Suite 17:54
4. One More Day, My John 2:23
5. Knight and Shepherd’s Daughter 2:59
6. Near Woodstock Town 2:16
7. Country Gardens 2:02
8. The Sussex Mummers’ Christmas Carol 2:29
9. Shepherd’s Hey 2:07
10. To a Nordic Princess 7:24
11.  Love at First Sight 2:21
12. Children’s March: Over the Hills and Far Away 1:22
13. Bridal Lullaby 2:43
14. Handel in the Strand 2:49
15. Colonial Song 6:09
16. Nell (Fauré arr. Grainger) 2:09
17. Paraphrase on Tchaikovsky’s Flower-Waltz 6:58
18. Now Oh Now I needs Must Part (Dowland arr. Grainger) 4:25

Total Duration:        69:21

Sweet Melancholy

DKP(CD)9121

RALPH VAUGHAN WILLIAMS (1872 – 1958)
1-6. Six Studies in English Folk-song (1927)*  7:17

BENJAMIN BRITTEN (1913 – 1976)
7–12. Six Metamorphoses after Ovid, Op 49 for oboe solo (1951) 12:03

MALCOLM ARNOLD (b. 1921 – 2006)
13–15. Sonatina, Op28 (1951) 7:26

EDMUND RUBBRA (1901 – 1986)
16–18. Sonata in C, Op 100 (1958) 11:41

YORK BOWEN (1884 – 1961)
19–21. Sonata, Op 85 (1930) 15.23

MADELEINE DRING (1923 – 1977)
22. Danza Gaya (1964) 2:48

Total duration:        57:05

JEREMY POLMEAR oboe and cor anglais*
DIANA AMBACHE piano

The Piano Music of Olivier Messiaen III

DKP(CD)9090

PETER HILL piano

1-3. CATALOGUE D’OISEAUX (1956-58) 30:31
Book 7
4. LA FAUVETTE DES JARDINS (1970) 32 :11

Total duration:        62 :55