PROVOCATIVE THOUGHTS:
The late Patric Standford may have written these short pieces deliberately to provoke our feedback. If so, his success is reflected in the rich range of readers' comments appearing at the foot of most of the pages.
Colour and Light - 20th-Century British Piano Music
SOMMCD 0196 (SOMM Recordings, CD)
DDD
Stereo
NEW RELEASE
Playing time: 78'17"
Tracks: 25
Booklet pages: 12
© 2019 SOMM Recordings
Main country of recording: UK
Country of manufacture: EU
Reviewer: Gerald Fenech
Review of Colour and Light - 20th-Century British Piano Music published on 29 August 2020
Listen: Peter Dickinson: Variation 6 (Paraphrase II) (track 19, 0:00-1:00)
Nathan Williamson, piano (Fazioli F278)
William Alwyn:
Twelve Preludes
1 in E flat
2 in A
3 in A
4 in F
5 in D (in memoriam 'RF')
6 in G and F sharp
7 in B
8 in E flat
9 in C
10 in D
11 in D flat
12 in D
Peter Dickinson:
Paraphrase II (first studio recording)
13 Theme
14 Variation 1
15 Variation 2
16 Variation 3
17 Variation 4
18 Variation 5
19 Variation 6
Frederick Delius, arranged 1986 by Robert Threlfall:
20 Nocturne
Frederick Delius, arranged 1902 by Maurice Ravel:
Margot la Rouge
21 Prelude
22 Duet
Elisabeth Lutyens:
23 The Ring of Bone
Anthony Herschel Hill:
24 Litany (first recording)
25 Toccata (first recording)
Recorded 30-31 May 2018 at The Menuhin Hall, Stoke d'Abernon, Elmbridge, Surrey, UK