Pumeza Matshikiza: Celebration of Paul Reade - COMPACT DISCS

Title: Celebration of Paul Reade
Artist: Pumeza Matshikiza
Label: Signum Classics
Product Type: COMPACT DISCS
UPC: 635212075821
Genre: Classical Artists
Release Date: 2023-08-18
Number of Discs: 1

2023 marks 25 years since the death of British composer Paul Reade. He is remembered for his delightful Victorian Kitchen Garden music (Ivor Novello Award) and television themes such as Antiques Road-show. However, he also wrote a huge range of equally wonderful but less well-known pieces, full of melodic invention, wit and fabulous energy. They are previously unpublished and unrecorded works that deserve to be heard. These are premiere recordings (except for the Chants du Roussillon) and show Paul's music at it's best: tender, poignant, humorous and uplifting, full of wonderful melodic and dramatic invention. Philippa Davies has been hailed as a 'first-rate virtuoso', with 'winning charm', 'exceptional eloquence' and an 'almost electrical response to technique'. Since her celebrated performance of Mozart's Concerto in D major at the BBC Proms in 1988, she has gained an international reputation as one of the finest flautists currently performing.

Tracks:
1.1 Suite from The Victorian Kitchen Garden for solo flute, harp and strings~I. Prelude. Andante pastorale
1.2 Suite from The Victorian Kitchen Garden for solo flute, harp and strings~II. Spring. Allegretto
1.3 Suite from The Victorian Kitchen Garden for solo flute, harp and strings~III. Mists. Lento melancolico
1.4 Suite from The Victorian Kitchen Garden for solo flute, harp and strings~IV. Exotica. Allegro ritmico
1.5 Suite from The Victorian Kitchen Garden for solo flute, harp and strings~V. Summer. Flowing
1.6 Chants du Roussillon, 5 Catalan folksongs~I. Are vé lo mes de maig (May)
1.7 Chants du Roussillon, 5 Catalan folksongs~II. De matinet me vaig llevar (The Nightingale's Advice)
1.8 Chants du Roussillon, 5 Catalan folksongs~III. Tot anit som caminat (A Frog in the Moonlight)
1.9 Chants du Roussillon, 5 Catalan folksongs~IV. El pare m'ha casada (The Defiant Bride)
1.10 Chants du Roussillon, 5 Catalan folksongs~V. Rossinyol, que vas en França (The Nightingale)
1.11 cant dels ocells (Song of the Birds)
1.12 Catalonia for Bassoon and Orchestra
1.13 Serenata for Wind Sextet~I. Slow - Allegretto pastorale
1.14 Serenata for Wind Sextet~II. Moderato
1.15 Serenata for Wind Sextet~III. Allegro
1.16 Concerto for flute and string orchestra~I. Andante lirico
1.17 Concerto for flute and string orchestra~II. Nocturne
1.18 Concerto for flute and string orchestra~III. Allegro con spirito