Martin Roscoe: Lloyd: The Piano Works, Solo & Duo - COMPACT DISCS

Title: Lloyd: The Piano Works, Solo & Duo
Artist: Martin Roscoe
Label: Lyrita
Product Type: COMPACT DISCS
UPC: 5020926242327
Genre: Classical Artists
Release Date: 2024-08-02
Number of Discs: 2

As a violinist, Lloyd was drawn to stringed instruments rather than the keyboard. His wife, Nancy had a very different attitude to the piano, however. Having been brought up listening to records of Alfred Cortot, among other great pianists, she had developed a genuine passion for the instrument. She was always urging her husband to write a piano concerto, but it was not until the early 1960s that those years of persuasion paid off and Lloyd wrote Scapegoat, the first of his series of four piano concertos. Now the composer had overcome his previous aversion to the keyboard, as he put it, 'Suddenly, everything I thought of, I thought in terms of the piano'. From this dramatic change of heart emerged several works for solo piano. © Paul Conway

Tracks:
1.1 Aubade~I. Introduction
1.2 Aubade~II. Dance of the Charcoal Burners
1.3 Aubade~III. The March of the Tin Soldiers
1.4 Aubade~IV. Love Duet
1.5 Aubade~V. Waltz
1.6 Aubade~VI. Bells, Monks and Lutherans
1.7 Aubade~VII. Moths
1.8 Aubade~VIII. Finale
1.9 Eventide
1.10 Road Though Samarkand
1.11 Lily-leaf and the Grasshopper
2.1 Transformation of that Naked Ape~I. Her Hair
2.2 Transformation of that Naked Ape~II. Her Tongue
2.3 Transformation of that Naked Ape~III. Her Eyes
2.4 Transformation of that Naked Ape~IV. Her Brain
2.5 Transformation of that Naked Ape~V. Her Mind
2.6 Transformation of that Naked Ape~VI. Her Soul
2.7 Lullaby (Intercom Baby)
2.8 African Shrine~Violente
2.9 African Shrine~- Molto vivace - Lento - Allegretto
2.10 African Shrine~- Violente - Più largamente
2.11 Aggressive Fishes
2.12 St. Antony and the Beggar
2.13 Road Through Samarkand