Release Date: 11 January 2007
Label: Naxos - Ex Select Products / Naxos Classics
Packaging Type: Jewel Case
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 747313035977
Genres: Classical
Composer/Series: ALWYN
Description
Piano music featured prominently for the most part of Alwyn's career. The composer himself was no mean pianist, as evidenced in the varying technical demands made on the pianist in the works included here. The major work on this recording, 'Fantasy Waltzes', consisting of a suite of eleven virtuoso pieces, is arguably Alwyn's finest creation for piano solo. 'Haze of Noon' is a dreamy and languid piece, one of several published by OUP for their educational series. 'Green Hills' is a nature poem which inhabits the sound world of John Ireland, while both 'Fancy Free' and 'April Morn' are simpler pieces which nevertheless demonstrate Alwyn's consummate skill as a composer.
Tracklisting
Dariia Lytvishko
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra; Marin Alsop
Alice Di Piazza; Basel Sinfonietta; NDR Bigband; Titus Engel
Anna Alas i Jove; Miquel Villalba
David Childs; Black Dyke Band; Nicholas Childs
Hagen Po&C
Guillermo Gonzalez
Glen Wilson
