New Album Releases: BRITISH PIANO CONCERTOS (Simon Callaghan, The BBC National Orchestra of Wales & Martyn Brabbins)

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Artist:
Simon Callaghan
The BBC National Orchestra of Wales
Martyn Brabbins

Genre:
Classical

Total Time:
68:23

Record Label:
Lyrita

Purchasing Links:
CD, Apple Music

Release Date
April 1, 2022



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Product Description: Smaller concertos for piano and modest orchestral forces were a feature of British composition in the first half of the 20th century. Often they were written for a special occasion, and typically vanished into oblivion thereafter. During the COVID period we were looking for things to record with small numbers of players, and stumbled across this treasury: short concertos written for entertainment that don’t outstay their welcome. The works on this album travel from the innocent pastiche of Geoffrey Bush’s tribute to Arne, Edmund Rubbra’s student essay, through the ‘Blues’ of Arthur Benjamin, the serial language of Humphrey Searle, the drama of Elizabeth Maconchy, and the bold humour of film composer John Addison. It is all great fun, and has never been recorded - apart from the Benjamin recorded just once, back in 1959. Simon Callaghan and Martyn Brabbins team-up to raise a smile, enjoying the lighter side of musical life.

TRACK LIST:

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1 . Wellington Suite: I. Allegretto con brio (1:48)

2 . Wellington Suite: II. Andante, un poco pomposo (4:12)

3 . Wellington Suite: III Allegro vivace (3:09)

4 . Wellington Suite: IV. Moderato, tempo di valse (4:40)

5 . Wellington Suite: V. Allegro con brio (3:29)

6 . Concertino for Piano & Orchestra: I. Allegro non troppo e ritmico (2:05)

7 . Concertino for Piano & Orchestra: II. Andante poco lento (4:33)

8 . Concertino for Piano & Orchestra: III. Scherzo. Presto scherzando (3:55)

9 . Concertino for Piano & Orchestra: IV. Come primo ma meno allegro (4:12)

10 . Concertino No. 2 .for Piano & String Orchestra: I. Allegro molto (3:59)

11 . Concertino No. 2 .for Piano & String Orchestra: II. Lento, serioso (5:00)

12 . Concertino No. 2 .for Piano & String Orchestra: III. Allegro con brio (3:14)

13 . Concertante for Piano, Percussion & Strings, Op. 24 . (4:11)

14 . Nature's Song (Reconstr. S. Callaghan) (9:39)

15 . A Little Concerto on Themes of Thomas Arne: I. Andante (4:37)

16 . A Little Concerto on Themes of Thomas Arne: II. Allegro (1:28)

17 . A Little Concerto on Themes of Thomas Arne: III. Siciliano (2:05)

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