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Montague Phillips: Piano Concertos Nos. 1 & 2; Victor Hely-Hutchinson: The Young Idea
Victor Hely-Hutchinson, Montague Phillips, Gavin Sutherland
Montague Phillips: Piano Concertos Nos. 1 & 2; Victor Hely-Hutchinson: The Young Idea
Genre: Classical
 
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All Artists: Victor Hely-Hutchinson, Montague Phillips, Gavin Sutherland, BBC Concert Orchestra, David Owen Norris
Title: Montague Phillips: Piano Concertos Nos. 1 & 2; Victor Hely-Hutchinson: The Young Idea
Members Wishing: 0
Total Copies: 0
Label: Dutton Labs UK
Original Release Date: 1/1/2008
Re-Release Date: 7/8/2008
Genre: Classical
Styles: Forms & Genres, Concertos, Symphonies
Number of Discs: 1
SwapaCD Credits: 1
UPCs: 765387720629, 0765387720629
 

CD Reviews

Pleasing Nonsense
Christopher Newton | Niagara-on-the-Lake,ON | 03/13/2009
(4 out of 5 stars)

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These are not serious piano concertos. They are charming exercises in what was once called light music. Montague Phillips could write music that is pleasant, well orchestrated, nicely shaped, and ultimately very nice to have in the background when you are doing something else and don't want to be distracted by any original thoughts. Incidentally it would be nice to have a recording of his musical/operetta The Rebel Maid. The delight of this CD is to be found in the Hely-Hutchison. The Young Idea -- which is also the title of an early Noel Coward play of around the same time -- is a mad exercise in combining jazz and pop of the period in a little fantasia for piano and orchestra. It's a light hearted forerunner of Constant Lambert's The Rio Grande."