Martin Jones (piano)
Continuing his landmark survey of the piano works of Elisabeth Lutyens, pianist Martin Jones delves deeper into the music of this undeservedly neglected composer.
This second volume features further world premiere recordings including pieces from her early maturity such as The Check Book, a compelling collection of twelve miniatures for children; Piano e Forte that recalls Lutyens’s lifelong enthusiasm for the music of Debussy and explores the possibilities of the instrument in a way she had never attempted before; and Maybe–Encore Op. 159, which was Lutyens’s final work for piano composed in 1982. Also included is an early unpublished sonata movement (Allegro molto) possibly written as early as the 1930s.
Album Booklet (PDF)
The Check Book *
1. Air
2. Ballet
3. Country Dance
4. Musette
5. The Musical Box
6. Recitation
7. Legend
8. Bagatelle
9. March
10. Funambulist
11. Plainte
12. Burla
Three Improvisations
13. Adumbration
14. Obfuscation
15. Peroration
Five Intermezzi, Op. 9
16. Allegro moderato
17. Allegro, ma non troppo, ma agitato
18. Allegretto capricioso
19. Adagio
20. Poco allegro e con moto
Five Bagatelles, Op. 49
21. Bagatelle I
22. Bagatelle II
23. Bagatelle III
24. Bagatelle IV
25. Bagatelle V
26. Piano e Forte, Op. 43 *
27. The Ring of Bone, Op. 106
28. Maybe – Encore, Op. 159 *
29. Sonata Movement (Allegro molto) *
* world premiere recordings
Credits
© 2022 Resonus Limited
Ⓟ 2022 Resonus Limited
Catalogue No. RES10306
Producer, engineer & editor: Adam Binks
EAN: 5060262793374
Cover image: Art Furnace (shutterstock.com)
Release date: 2 September 2022
