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Hamish Milne, BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Martyn Brabbins - Joseph Holbrooke & Haydn Wood: Piano Concertos (Hyperion Romantic Piano Concerto 23) (2000)

Hamish Milne, BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Martyn Brabbins - Joseph Holbrooke & Haydn Wood: Piano Concertos (Hyperion Romantic Piano Concerto 23) (2000)
  • Title: Joseph Holbrooke & Haydn Wood: Piano Concertos (Hyperion Romantic Piano Concerto 23)
  • Year Of Release: 2000
  • Label: Hyperion
  • Genre: Classical
  • Quality: flac lossless (image +.cue, log, artwork) +Booklet
  • Total Time: 01:09:27
  • Total Size: 258 mb
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Tracklist

01. Piano Concerto No. 1, Op. 52 "The Song of Gwyn ap Nudd": Ia. Maestoso, Allegro. Open the Gates of Mirrored Horn!
02. Piano Concerto No. 1, Op. 52 "The Song of Gwyn ap Nudd": Ib. Animato. Ye Guards of My Hold Whom Wanderers Fear
03. Piano Concerto No. 1, Op. 52 "The Song of Gwyn ap Nudd": Ic. A tempo. Harness a Steed from the Gnomes Dark Fields
04. Piano Concerto No. 1, Op. 52 "The Song of Gwyn ap Nudd": Id. A tempo. Vapour of Night Be Thou My Shield
05. Piano Concerto No. 1, Op. 52 "The Song of Gwyn ap Nudd": Ie. Swift Through the Dell Where the Young Bats Wake
06. Piano Concerto No. 1, Op. 52 "The Song of Gwyn ap Nudd": If. A tempo. The Armies of Night Are Abroad
07. Piano Concerto No. 1, Op. 52 "The Song of Gwyn ap Nudd": Ig. Tempo primo. Here Lies the Field That Was Laid to Our Hand
08. Piano Concerto No. 1, Op. 52 "The Song of Gwyn ap Nudd": Ih. Deep in the Mould Lies the Golden Helmed All
09. Piano Concerto No. 1, Op. 52 "The Song of Gwyn ap Nudd": Ii. Più mosso al fine. No Spectre of Them Will Answer My Call
10. Piano Concerto No. 1, Op. 52 "The Song of Gwyn ap Nudd": IIa. Poco adagio con sentimento. Faint as the Faith of Our People Long Dying
11. Piano Concerto No. 1, Op. 52 "The Song of Gwyn ap Nudd": IIb. Tempo poco Allegretto, poco scherzando. Clotted of Shadows He Comes to My Hest
12. Piano Concerto No. 1, Op. 52 "The Song of Gwyn ap Nudd": IIc. Tempo I. Daughter of Lear
13. Piano Concerto No. 1, Op. 52 "The Song of Gwyn ap Nudd": IId. O God of Our Torment Lean Down and Decide That We Shall Never Meet Again
14. Piano Concerto No. 1, Op. 52 "The Song of Gwyn ap Nudd": IIIa. Allegro, molto fuoco. Blade That Meets Blade with Never a Sound
15. Piano Concerto No. 1, Op. 52 "The Song of Gwyn ap Nudd": IIIb. Face Me Afresh Though the Night Hour Fails
16. Piano Concerto No. 1, Op. 52 "The Song of Gwyn ap Nudd": IIIc. Tempo poco Larghetto. Back to Your Grave
17. Piano Concerto No. 1, Op. 52 "The Song of Gwyn ap Nudd": IIId. Tempo primo. Break Back from the Battle
18. Piano Concerto No. 1, Op. 52 "The Song of Gwyn ap Nudd": IIIe. Away from This Land, Fairy Folk All
19. Piano Concerto No. 1, Op. 52 "The Song of Gwyn ap Nudd": IIIf. Poco lento. Flit Ye Away While the Shadows Mate Branch and Blest Earth_
20. Piano Concerto No. 1, Op. 52 "The Song of Gwyn ap Nudd": IIIg. L'istesso tempo, Doppio. For Scorn Follows Fast on the Fairy Kings Fate_
21. Piano Concerto No. 1, Op. 52 "The Song of Gwyn ap Nudd": IIIh. Cadenza
22. Piano Concerto No. 1, Op. 52 "The Song of Gwyn ap Nudd": IIIi. Grandioso – brillante. She Was the Most Splendid Maiden
23. Piano Concerto in D Minor: I. Maestoso e moderato – Tranquillo – Cadenza – Allegro
24. Piano Concerto in D Minor: II. Andante
25. Piano Concerto in D Minor: III. Finale. Vivace

These two English piano concertos in the grand romantic tradition were written at almost the same time (Holbrooke 1908, Wood 1909) and were undoubtedly inspired by the great concertos of the previous few decades such as those of Tchaikovsky and Rachmaninov.

The Holbrooke piece, like so much of his music, has a literary inspiration, in the form of the poem 'The Song of Gwyn ap Nudd' which the score follows closely. Indeed the composer originally described the work as a symphonic poem though he later changed his mind and settled on Piano Concerto No 1 when he revised the work in 1923—the version recorded here. (Incidentally, we have it on good Welsh authority that 'Nudd' is pronounced 'Neeth').

Though Haydn Wood later made his name writing shorter pieces of light music his early concerto is in full blown romantic style complete with first movement cadenza and 'big tune' grand finale. Its emotional heart, though, is in the simple but moving slow movement. This is the work's first recording and it appears not to have been played since 1951.


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