Title: Complete Music for Solo Piano Artist: Christopher Guild Label: Toccata Product Type: COMPACT DISCS UPC: 5060113446978 Genre: Classical Artists Release Date: 2023-09-01 Number of Discs: 1
He reputation of the Anglo-Scottish composer William Wordsworth (1908-88), great-great-grandnephew of the poet, has recently been restored by a series of Toccata Classics albums of his orchestral music. His piano music, too, was poorly known before now, none of it recorded since a handful of pieces appeared on LP 60 years ago - though his epic Piano Sonata is a work of major importance. This first ever complete recording reveals an honest, unfussy approach to the keyboard akin to that of two other major symphonists, Sibelius and Rubbra: like them, Wordsworth's primary concern seems to have been the expression of deep feeling - which makes the gentle story-telling of his miniatures for children all the more surprising.
Tracks: 1.1 I. Maestoso - Allegro Deciso [13:21] 1.2 II. Largamente E Calmato [06:13] 1.3 III. Allegro Molto - Poco Adagio - Tempo I [07:30] 1.4 No. 1. Prelude [04:40] 1.5 No. 2. Scherzo [02:04] 1.6 No. 3. Rhapsody [03:51] 1.7 I. Prelude [04:35] 1.8 II. Scherzo [01:34] 1.9 III. Nocturne [04:58] 1.10 IV. Fughetta [02:11] 1.11 Ballade, Op. 41 [07:55] 1.12 A Tale from Long Ago [01:48] 1.13 March of the Giants [01:16] 1.14 Ding Dong Bell [01:19] 1.15 Snowflakes [01:38] 1.16 Fireside Story [02:28] 1.17 Bedtime (Six O'Clock) [01:13] 1.18 Bedtime Story [01:25] 1.19 Hornpipe [01:03] 1.20 Valediction, Op. 82 [10:00
