Christopher Guild – William Wordsworth: Complete Music for Solo Piano (2023) [FLAC 24bit/192kHz]

Christopher Guild - William Wordsworth: Complete Music for Solo Piano (2023) [FLAC 24bit/192kHz] Download

The 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.

Tracklist:

01. Christopher Guild – I. Maestoso (13:21)
02. Christopher Guild – II. Largamente e calmato – (06:13)
03. Christopher Guild – III. Allegro molto – Poco adagio – Tempo I (07:29)
04. Christopher Guild – Prelude (04:40)
05. Christopher Guild – Scherzo (02:04)
06. Christopher Guild – Rhapsody (03:51)
07. Christopher Guild – Cheesecombe Suite: I. Prelude (04:34)
08. Christopher Guild – Cheesecombe Suite: II. Scherzo (01:34)
09. Christopher Guild – Cheesecombe Suite: III. Nocturne (04:58)
10. Christopher Guild – Cheesecombe Suite: IV. Fughetta (02:11)
11. Christopher Guild – Ballade (07:55)
12. Christopher Guild – A Tale of Long Ago (01:48)
13. Christopher Guild – March of the Giants (01:16)
14. Christopher Guild – Ding Dong Bell (01:19)
15. Christopher Guild – Snowflakes (01:38)
16. Christopher Guild – Fireside Story (02:28)
17. Christopher Guild – Bedtime (Six o’Clock) (01:13)
18. Christopher Guild – Bedtime Story (01:24)
19. Christopher Guild – Hornpipe (01:02)
20. Christopher Guild – Valediction (10:00)