Track Listings (5) - Disc #1| All Artists: John [British Composer] Ireland, Bryden Thomson, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Eric Parkin Title: John Ireland: Piano Concerto; Mai-Dun; Legend Members Wishing: 0 Total Copies: 0 Label: Chandos Release Date: 10/28/1992 Genre: Classical Styles: Forms & Genres, Concertos, Instruments, Keyboard, Symphonies Number of Discs: 1 SwapaCD Credits: 1 UPC: 095115846124 |
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Ireland is one of those "one work" composers who actually wrote a goodly bit of music, but most if it in small forms. To the extent he's at all well known now, it's either for this piece or his film score to The Overlan... more » |
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Amazon.com Ireland is one of those "one work" composers who actually wrote a goodly bit of music, but most if it in small forms. To the extent he's at all well known now, it's either for this piece or his film score to The Overlanders. In any case, this very attractive, slightly jazzy piano concerto is a more or less the English equivalent to Prokofiev's Third, and if you enjoy that work, or Gershwin, you'll want to hear this one. It's clearly the best English work of it's type to come from the interwar period, and Eric Parkin, a friend of the composer, plays it was well as anyone ever has. The other two works are colorful minor masterpieces. --David Hurwitz Similar CDs
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CD ReviewsA beautiful disc of lttle known music Larry A. Verdugo | Pasadena, CA USA | 05/28/2004 (5 out of 5 stars) "I was driving home late one night when I heard the piano concerto recorded here. It was a beautiful companion then and it remains one now. It's a conservative piece with lots of melodic touches, one that is sure to please when you need something lovely to accompany, say, a glass of wine on a quiet evening. Even more attractive, however, is the piece the composer calls "Legend." Out of very simple materials--a single theme, really--Ireland fashions a 10 minute piece that builds to a climax that lifts you out of your chair and then drifts into quiet nothingness. If the tone of this review sounds rhapsodic, it was meant to. I continue to be moved by this CD and recommend it highly."
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