Christopher Guild - Complete Music for Solo Piano - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

He 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. Album Tracks 1. I. Maestoso - Allegro Deciso [13 21] 2. II. Largamente E Calmato [06 13] 3. III. Allegro Molto - Poco Adagio - Tempo I [07 30] 4. No. 1. Prelude [04 40] 5. No. 2. Scherzo [02 04] 6. No. 3. Rhapsody [03 51] 7. I. Prelude [04 35] 8. II. Scherzo [01 34] 9. III. Nocturne [04 58] 10. IV. Fughetta [02 11] 11. Ballade, Op. 41 [07 55] 12. A Tale from Long Ago [01 48] 13. March of the Giants [01 16] 14. Ding Dong Bell [01 19] 15. Snowflakes [01 38] 16. Fireside Story [02 28] 17. Bedtime (Six O'Clock) [01 13] 18. Bedtime Story [01 25] 19. Hornpipe [01 03] 20. Valediction, Op. 82 [10 00