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Percy Grainger (1882-1961) and Ronald Stevenson (1928-2015), both composer-pianists of the Golden Age of keyboard virtuosity, shared a passion for folksong, especially the modal Celtic melodies from the fringes of the British Isles. Though the two never met, they corresponded for many years, with Stevenson arranging many of Grainger's transcriptions in a deliberate act of homage to the older man, whose quirky originality brought Stevenson illumination on his own idiosyncratic path. This seventh instalment in Christopher Guild's Toccata Classics survey of Stevenson's piano music uncorks the exultant good humour that he and Grainger found on that common Celtic ground. Album Tracks 1. Green Bushes 2. Irish Folksong Suite~I. The Mantle so Green 3. Irish Folksong Suite~II. Luvlie Willie 4. Irish Folksong Suite~III. Grá geal mo chroi 5. Irish Folksong Suite~IV. Mary from Dungloe 6. Two Chinese Folk Songs~No. 1. Song for New Year's Day 7. Two Chinese Folk Songs~No. 2. Song of the Crab-fisher 8. Manx Melodies 'i. Mannin Veen' 9. Variation on 'Coolun' 10. Poor Irish Boy 11. Skye Boat Song 12. Young Person's Solo Album~No. 1. Country Gardens 13. Young Person's Solo Album~No. 2. Shepherd's Hey 14. Young Person's Solo Album~No. 3. Molly on the Shore 15. Young Person's Solo Album~No. 4. Mock Morris 16. Young Person's Solo Album~No. 5. Beautiful Fresh Flower (Chinese Folksong) 17. Young Person's Solo Album~No. 6. Australian Up-Country Song 18. Young Person's Solo Album~No. 7. Irish Tune from County Derry 19. Young Person's Solo Album~No. 8. Walking Tune 20. Young Person's Solo Album~No. 9. Hill-Song 21. Young Person's Solo Album~No. 10. To a Nordic Princess (Bridal Song) 22. Young Person's Solo Album~No. 11. One More Day, My John 23. Young Person's Solo Album~No. 12. Spoon River 24. Young Person's Solo Album~No. 13. Blithe Bells
