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Cecil Coles, Gustav Holst Piano Music
DCD34209 (Delphian Records, CD)
DDD
24-bit stereo
NEW RELEASE (23 April 2021)
Playing time: 68'46"
Tracks: 29
Booklet pages: 16
℗ 2021 Delphian Records Ltd
© 2021 Delphian Records Ltd
Main country of recording: United Kingdom
Country of manufacture: European Union
Reviewer: Gerald Fenech
Review of Cecil Coles, Gustav Holst Piano Music published on 5 May 2021
James Willshire, piano
Cecil Coles (1888-1918):
Variations on an Original Theme
1 Thema (Andante con moto)
2 Variation 1 (Poco più mosso)
3 Variation 2 (Scherzoso)
4 Variation 3 (Maestoso ma allegro)
5 Variation 4 (Andante serioso ed espressivo)
6 Variation 5 (Allegro giusto)
Five Sketches
7 Prelude
8 Her Picture
9 Little Study
10 Phantom
11 Retrospect
12 Valse in D
Sonata in C minor
13 Allegro
14 Andante con moto
15 Trianon Gavotte
Five Little Variations on an Original Theme
16 Theme (Poco andante)
17 Variation 1
18 Variation 2 (Poco allegro)
19 Variation 3 (Vivo)
20 Variation 4 (Maestoso)
21 Variation 5 (Grazioso)
22 Triste et Gai (Chanson), Op 10
Gustav Holst (1874-1934):
23 Toccata, H153
24 O! I hae seen the roses blaw, Op 46 No 2/1 (H166/1, Folk Song Fragments No 1)
25 The Shoemakker, Op 46 No 2/2 (H166/2, Folk Song Fragments No 2)
26 Chrissemas Day in the morning, Op 46 No 1 (H165)
27 Nocturne, H179/1 (Two Pieces, No 1)
28 Jig H179/2 (Two Pieces, No 2)
29 Egdon Heath: A Homage to Thomas Hardy, Op 47 (H172)
Recorded 28-29 August 2020 in The Queen's Hall, Edinburgh, Scotland
Tracks 1-22 and 29 are first recordings