C
Caprice Chinois
Allegro leggiero 3’25” {2’49”}
- 1919 Elkin [996]
- Dedicated to: Mark Hambourg
Carillon
Allegro moderato 2’00”
- 1913 Schott [1797]
- Dedicated to: Herrn and Frau Robert Kaufmann
- Schott [29837]
- LE: Schott [ED 1797]
Release Date: 2004
Duration: 01:04:34
Genre: Classical
Styles: Keyboard
Neither Roger Quilter nor Cyril Scott achieved the worldwide celebrity of their colleague Percy Grainger; though their names may be familiar to specialists in early twentieth century British music, little of their piano music has been heard for many decades. The taste for fin de siècle reveries changed dramatically after World War I, and Quilter's poetic parlor pieces were eclipsed in the advent of modernism. Such perfumed pleasantries as the Studies (3), the Pieces (3), and the Impressions (2) could not be taken seriously by the avant-garde, and even Quilter's Impressionism in the Country Pieces, Op. 27, seemed passé by 1923. Cyril Scott, however, employed modernist techniques in many of his works, and his mystical explorations for piano were more attuned to the growing European trend for harmonic ambiguity and atonality. Yet the Scriabin-esque flavor of Rainbow Trout and the Sonata No. 2 plainly dated his music, and Scott's reputation as the boldest of English composers dwindled over time. Pianist Clipper Erickson has performed a valuable service in reviving these forgotten pieces, and his performances are atmospheric and energetic, giving Scott and Quilter the benefit of sympathetic interpretations after too many years of neglect. Direct-to-Tape's recording is decent, though it sounds closer to a live recital tape than a studio production.
Pianist Leslie De'Ath's traverse of the vast piano music of Cyril Scott has received remarkable critical plaudits, and here he completes his survey in a two-CDs-for-the-price-of-one package (another wonderful Dutton Epoch bargain), which constitutes Volume Five. This may well turn out to be the most popular of the lot as it includes many of Scott's most celebrated numbers including Lotus Land.
CD 1
Lotus Land op.47/1 (1905) [W183]
Two Pierrot Pieces op.35 (1904) [W253]:
Pierrot triste
Pierrot gai
Solitude op.40/1� (1904) [W326]
Danse n�gre op.58/5 (1908) [W89]
Two Etudes op.64 (1908) [W111]:
Allegro
Allegro con brio
Mazurka op.67/1� (1909) [W197]
Water-wagtail (Bergeronnette) op.71/3 (1910) [W414]
Barcarolle� (1912) [W41]
Pierrette (1912) [W250]
Poems (1912) [W255]:
Poppies
The Garden of Soul-sympathy
Bells
The Twilight of the Year
Paradise-birds
Prelude solennel� (1913) [W260]
Rainbow Trout (1916) [W283]
First Bagatelle (1919) [W31]
Caprice chinois (1919) [W56]
Arabesque� (1923) [W15]
Valse sentimentale (1929) [W397]
Tarantula� (1935) [W371]
Impromptu (A Mountain Brook)� revised version (1904/1929?) [W152]
CD 2
An English Waltz� original version (1903) [W109]
Two Piano Pieces op.37� (1904) [W249]:
At Dawn
Shadows
British Melodies� (1912):
All Through the Night [W7]
The Wild Hills of Clare [W419]
Summer is Acumen In [W357]
Britain's War March� (1914) [W52]
Carillon (1913) [W57]
Cavatina� (1914) [W58]
Diatonic Study� (1914) [W94]
Sea-Marge: Meditation (1914) [W312]
Ode héro�que� (1915) [W224]
Russian Dance� (1915) [W301]
Ballad (Variations on a Troubadour Air) (1920) [W32]
Moods (1922) [W209]:
Sadness
Lassitude
Energy
Miss Remington� (1934) [W206]
Pastoral Ode� (1961) [W238]
My Heart Ever Faithful�
transcription for solo piano by Cyril Scott of J.S. Bach, �Mein gl�ubiges Herze', aria from Cantata no.68 (1931) [W424]
Concerto in C� AA
transcription for two pianos by Cyril Scott of J.S. Bach, BWV 595 (itself a transcription for solo keyboard of a violin concerto by Prinz Ernst von Saxe-Weimar) (c.1935)
Danse n�gre op.58/5� AA transcription for two pianos by Cyril Scott (1935) [W90]
Lotus Land op.47/1 AA transcription for two pianos by Cyril Scott (1948) [W184]
Leslie De'ath (piano)
AA with Anya Alexeyev (piano)
Recorded:
Maureen Forrester Recital Hall, Faculty of Music, Wilfrid Laurier University, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada, 6 & 11 June and 22 August 2007, except 14 December 2005 (Ballad); 30 December 2005 (Solitude); 17 &19 July 2006 (Arabesque, Two Piano Pieces, Moods)
Legend:
� Premiere recording
� Unrecorded except on piano roll or 78rpm
CDLX 7224
Cavatina
Andante sostenuto 4’13”
- Dedication: Herr und Frau Heinrich von Kuh
- 1914 Elkin [789]
- LE: 1919, Elkin [1011], Second Album of Pianoforte Pieces
Pianist Leslie De'Ath's traverse of the vast piano music of Cyril Scott has received remarkable critical plaudits, and here he completes his survey in a two-CDs-for-the-price-of-one package (another wonderful Dutton Epoch bargain), which constitutes Volume Five. This may well turn out to be the most popular of the lot as it includes many of Scott's most celebrated numbers including Lotus Land.
CD 1
Lotus Land op.47/1 (1905) [W183]
Two Pierrot Pieces op.35 (1904) [W253]:
Pierrot triste
Pierrot gai
Solitude op.40/1� (1904) [W326]
Danse n�gre op.58/5 (1908) [W89]
Two Etudes op.64 (1908) [W111]:
Allegro
Allegro con brio
Mazurka op.67/1� (1909) [W197]
Water-wagtail (Bergeronnette) op.71/3 (1910) [W414]
Barcarolle� (1912) [W41]
Pierrette (1912) [W250]
Poems (1912) [W255]:
Poppies
The Garden of Soul-sympathy
Bells
The Twilight of the Year
Paradise-birds
Prelude solennel� (1913) [W260]
Rainbow Trout (1916) [W283]
First Bagatelle (1919) [W31]
Caprice chinois (1919) [W56]
Arabesque� (1923) [W15]
Valse sentimentale (1929) [W397]
Tarantula� (1935) [W371]
Impromptu (A Mountain Brook)� revised version (1904/1929?) [W152]
CD 2
An English Waltz� original version (1903) [W109]
Two Piano Pieces op.37� (1904) [W249]:
At Dawn
Shadows
British Melodies� (1912):
All Through the Night [W7]
The Wild Hills of Clare [W419]
Summer is Acumen In [W357]
Britain's War March� (1914) [W52]
Carillon (1913) [W57]
Cavatina� (1914) [W58]
Diatonic Study� (1914) [W94]
Sea-Marge: Meditation (1914) [W312]
Ode héro�que� (1915) [W224]
Russian Dance� (1915) [W301]
Ballad (Variations on a Troubadour Air) (1920) [W32]
Moods (1922) [W209]:
Sadness
Lassitude
Energy
Miss Remington� (1934) [W206]
Pastoral Ode� (1961) [W238]
My Heart Ever Faithful�
transcription for solo piano by Cyril Scott of J.S. Bach, �Mein gl�ubiges Herze', aria from Cantata no.68 (1931) [W424]
Concerto in C� AA
transcription for two pianos by Cyril Scott of J.S. Bach, BWV 595 (itself a transcription for solo keyboard of a violin concerto by Prinz Ernst von Saxe-Weimar) (c.1935)
Danse n�gre op.58/5� AA transcription for two pianos by Cyril Scott (1935) [W90]
Lotus Land op.47/1 AA transcription for two pianos by Cyril Scott (1948) [W184]
Leslie De'ath (piano)
AA with Anya Alexeyev (piano)
Recorded:
Maureen Forrester Recital Hall, Faculty of Music, Wilfrid Laurier University, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada, 6 & 11 June and 22 August 2007, except 14 December 2005 (Ballad); 30 December 2005 (Solitude); 17 &19 July 2006 (Arabesque, Two Piano Pieces, Moods)
Legend:
� Premiere recording
� Unrecorded except on piano roll or 78rpm
CDLX 7224
Chansonette, Op.74 #8
Poco allegretto 2’26”
- 1911 Elkin [601]
PIANO WORKS TO 1910:
Chinese Serenade op.39/2 (1904) [W64]
Dagobah op.39/1 (1904) [W83]
Summerland op.54 (1907) [W361]
Asphodel op.50/2 (1906) [W19]
Serenata op.67/2 (1909) [W316]
Intermezzo op.67/3 (1910) [W161]
Three Frivolous Pieces op.2 (1898-99) [W124]
Six Pieces op.4 (1898-99) [W248]
Two Sketches op.57/4-5 (1907) [W322]
Suite ... (In the Old Style) op.71/1 (1910) [W354]
Trois danses tristes op.74 (1910) [W92]
Scherzo op.25 (1901 published 1904) [W308]
PIANO WORKS AFTER 1910:
Rondeau de concert (1918) [W298]
Consolation (1918) [W80]
Irish Reel (1916) [W163]
Chansonette op.74/8 (1911) [W59]
Impressions from the Jungle Book (1912) [W149]
Over the Prairie (1911) [W233]
Pictorial Sketch (1913) [W247]
Butterfly Waltz (1915) [W54]
Danse romantique (1915) [W91]
A Little Russian Suite (1916) [W176]
Old China (Vieux chine): Suite (1918) [W403]
Spanish dance (1925) [W347]
Berceuse (1928) [W47]
Badinage (1928) [W30]
Guttersnipes' Dance (1929) [W133]
Gavotte (1932) [W128]
Victorian
Waltz (1963) [W402]
Leslie De'Ath (piano)
premiere recording
unrecorded except on piano roll or 78rpm
Recorded at Maureen Forrester Recital Hall,
Faculty of Music, Wilfrid Laurier University, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
13/14 and 29/30 December 2005, 17 and 19 July 2006
Cherry Ripe "Old English Air"
Andante 2’42”
- Dedicated to: Percy Grainger
- Autographed: "for darling Elsie from Ella & Percy"
- Note: Cf. also S.122 and 402. The arrangement for violin and piano came first. The piano solo omits the first repeat of the tune (b.21-40), during which the violin supplies a counter-melody. The solo version also enlarges upon the link passage back to the final statement of the tune (cf. S.220, b.40-44 with S.112, b.60).
- 1915 Schott [3290]
- LE: Schott [ED 11977] sale order number: ED 11977
MINIATURES
Valse caprice op.74 no.7 [W396] (1911)
Requiescat [W288] (1917)
Soirée japonaise op.67 no.4 [W325]
Vistas [W409] (1918): A Lonely Dell, In the Forest, The Jocund Dance
Cherry Ripe [W60] (1915)
Autumn Idyll [W25] (1912)
Notturno op.54 no.5 [W220] (1908)
Three Old Country Dances [W226] (1925)
Two Alpine Sketches op.54 no.4 [W10] (1908)
Sphinx op.63 [W348] (1908)
Vesperale op.40 no.2 [W401] (1904)
Three Pastorals [W242] (1919-20)
Three Dances op.20 [W87] (1903): Gavotte, Eastern Dance, English Dance
Twilight-tide [W390] (1918)
A Pageant: Three Dances [W234] (1920): Sentimental Waltz, Exotic Dance, Processional Dance
Miniatures [W202] (1915): To an Old Miniature, A Ballad Told at Candle-light, A Little Dancer from Spain
Handelian Rhapsody op.17 [W134] (1901/1909) (Ed. Percy Grainger)
Three Little Waltzes op.58 [W178] (1906)
SUITES
Deuxieme suite op.75 [W355] (1910)
Pastoral Suite [W239] (1913)
Indian Suite [W159] (1922)
Leslie De'Ath (piano)
Recorded at Maureen Forrester Recital Hall, Faculty of Music, Wilfrid Laurier University, Waterloo, Ontario
3-4, 18 January 2004
CYRIL SCOTT PLAYS CYRIL SCOTT
Water Wagtail op.71 no.3 (W414)
Valse Scherzando (no.3 of Three Frivolous Pieces) (W124-3)
Caprice Chinois (W56)
Pensoso (no.3 of Three Pastorals) (W242-3)
Souvenir de Vienne (from Karma, ballet) (W168-5)
Lotus Land op.47 no.1 (W183)
Danse negre op.58 no.5 (W89)
Rainbow Trout (W283)
Cyril Scott (piano)
Recorded between 1928-30
DOUBLE CD/MODERN & HISTORIC CDLX 7150
Label: Nimbus
Catalogue No: NI5326
Discs: 1
Barcode: 0710357532627
Length: 69 minutes
Medium: CD (download also available)
Track 18
Cherry Ripe, for piano (W 60) by Cyril Scott 3:18
Performed by Martin Jones
Chimes, op. 40, no. 3
Allegro moderato 3’58”
- 1904 Elkin [266]
- LE: Kalmus (CPP/Belwin) [K 09966]
- Masters Music Publications [W7120]
THE TWO-PIANO WORKS
Russian Fair (c 1952)
Theme and Variations (c 1933)
Three Dances, for piano duet (1926)
Two movements from Impressions from the Jungle Book (1912)
Three Symphonic Dances, op.22 (1901-02)
arr. for two pianos by Percy Grainger (1920)
Three Pieces by J.S. Bach, conceived for two pianos by Scott (1932)
Invention in F (from Two-part Invention no.8, BWV 779)
Sarabande in A minor (from English Suite no.2, BWV 807)
Gigue in G (from French Suite no.5, BWV 816)
Andante in F (Bach, Sonata in D minor, BWV 964), arr. Scott (1936)
Jig Fugue in G (Bach, Fugue for organ, BWV 577), arr. Scott (1936)
CONCERT PIECES, BALLET SCORES & UNPUBLISHED WORKS
Impromptu (A Mountain Brook) op.41 (1904)
Chimes, Op.40 no.3 (1904)
Columbine op.47 no.2 (1905)
Andante (Study for a slow movement no.1) (c 1900, unpubl.)
Largo (Study for a slow movement no.2) (c 1900, unpubl.)
Klavierstucke: Erste Ballade in D moll (May, 1898, unpubl.)
Prelude no.1, op.37 (c 1904, unpubl.)
Egypt: An Album of Five Impressions (1913)
Karma: Suite (1924)
Inclination la danse (1922)
An English Waltz, op.15 (1902)
Leslie De'Ath (piano)
with Anya Alexeyev (piano)
Recorded in the Maureen Forrester Recital Hall, Faculty of Music, Wilfrid Laurier University, Ontario
13-14, 29-30 December 2005
Chinese Serenade, op. 39, no. 2
Allegretto 4’34”
- 1904 London: Forsyth
- Dedicated to Jacques Blanche
PIANO WORKS TO 1910:
Chinese Serenade op.39/2 (1904) [W64]
Dagobah op.39/1 (1904) [W83]
Summerland op.54 (1907) [W361]
Asphodel op.50/2 (1906) [W19]
Serenata op.67/2 (1909) [W316]
Intermezzo op.67/3 (1910) [W161]
Three Frivolous Pieces op.2 (1898-99) [W124]
Six Pieces op.4 (1898-99) [W248]
Two Sketches op.57/4-5 (1907) [W322]
Suite ... (In the Old Style) op.71/1 (1910) [W354]
Trois danses tristes op.74 (1910) [W92]
Scherzo op.25 (1901 published 1904) [W308]
PIANO WORKS AFTER 1910:
Rondeau de concert (1918) [W298]
Consolation (1918) [W80]
Irish Reel (1916) [W163]
Chansonette op.74/8 (1911) [W59]
Impressions from the Jungle Book (1912) [W149]
Over the Prairie (1911) [W233]
Pictorial Sketch (1913) [W247]
Butterfly Waltz (1915) [W54]
Danse romantique (1915) [W91]
A Little Russian Suite (1916) [W176]
Old China (Vieux chine): Suite (1918) [W403]
Spanish dance (1925) [W347]
Berceuse (1928) [W47]
Badinage (1928) [W30]
Guttersnipes' Dance (1929) [W133]
Gavotte (1932) [W128]
Victorian
Waltz (1963) [W402]
Leslie De'Ath (piano)
premiere recording
unrecorded except on piano roll or 78rpm
Recorded at Maureen Forrester Recital Hall,
Faculty of Music, Wilfrid Laurier University, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
13/14 and 29/30 December 2005, 17 and 19 July 2006
Columbine, op 47, no. 2
Allegretto 4’09 – 4’40”
- 1905 Elkin [321]
THE TWO-PIANO WORKS
Russian Fair (c 1952)
Theme and Variations (c 1933)
Three Dances, for piano duet (1926)
Two movements from Impressions from the Jungle Book (1912)
Three Symphonic Dances, op.22 (1901-02)
arr. for two pianos by Percy Grainger (1920)
Three Pieces by J.S. Bach, conceived for two pianos by Scott (1932)
Invention in F (from Two-part Invention no.8, BWV 779)
Sarabande in A minor (from English Suite no.2, BWV 807)
Gigue in G (from French Suite no.5, BWV 816)
Andante in F (Bach, Sonata in D minor, BWV 964), arr. Scott (1936)
Jig Fugue in G (Bach, Fugue for organ, BWV 577), arr. Scott (1936)
CONCERT PIECES, BALLET SCORES & UNPUBLISHED WORKS
Impromptu (A Mountain Brook) op.41 (1904)
Chimes, Op.40 no.3 (1904)
Columbine op.47 no.2 (1905)
Andante (Study for a slow movement no.1) (c 1900, unpubl.)
Largo (Study for a slow movement no.2) (c 1900, unpubl.)
Klavierstucke: Erste Ballade in D moll (May, 1898, unpubl.)
Prelude no.1, op.37 (c 1904, unpubl.)
Egypt: An Album of Five Impressions (1913)
Karma: Suite (1924)
Inclination la danse (1922)
An English Waltz, op.15 (1902)
Leslie De'Ath (piano)
with Anya Alexeyev (piano)
Recorded in the Maureen Forrester Recital Hall, Faculty of Music, Wilfrid Laurier University, Ontario
13-14, 29-30 December 2005
Composer: Cyril Scott
Audio CD (January 28, 2002)
Number of Discs: 1
Format: Import
Label: ABC Classics
ASIN: B00006IKXP
Consolation
Slowly and wistfully 3’47”
- Dedication: "For Lena Rowan Hamilton in memory of Archie James Rowan-Hamilton" (cf. S.229)
- London: Elkin, 1918
PIANO WORKS TO 1910:
Chinese Serenade op.39/2 (1904) [W64]
Dagobah op.39/1 (1904) [W83]
Summerland op.54 (1907) [W361]
Asphodel op.50/2 (1906) [W19]
Serenata op.67/2 (1909) [W316]
Intermezzo op.67/3 (1910) [W161]
Three Frivolous Pieces op.2 (1898-99) [W124]
Six Pieces op.4 (1898-99) [W248]
Two Sketches op.57/4-5 (1907) [W322]
Suite ... (In the Old Style) op.71/1 (1910) [W354]
Trois danses tristes op.74 (1910) [W92]
Scherzo op.25 (1901 published 1904) [W308]
PIANO WORKS AFTER 1910:
Rondeau de concert (1918) [W298]
Consolation (1918) [W80]
Irish Reel (1916) [W163]
Chansonette op.74/8 (1911) [W59]
Impressions from the Jungle Book (1912) [W149]
Over the Prairie (1911) [W233]
Pictorial Sketch (1913) [W247]
Butterfly Waltz (1915) [W54]
Danse romantique (1915) [W91]
A Little Russian Suite (1916) [W176]
Old China (Vieux chine): Suite (1918) [W403]
Spanish dance (1925) [W347]
Berceuse (1928) [W47]
Badinage (1928) [W30]
Guttersnipes' Dance (1929) [W133]
Gavotte (1932) [W128]
Victorian
Waltz (1963) [W402]
Leslie De'Ath (piano)
premiere recording
unrecorded except on piano roll or 78rpm
Recorded at Maureen Forrester Recital Hall,
Faculty of Music, Wilfrid Laurier University, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
13/14 and 29/30 December 2005, 17 and 19 July 2006
Pianist Leslie De'Ath's traverse of the vast piano music of Cyril Scott has received remarkable critical plaudits, and here he completes his survey in a two-CDs-for-the-price-of-one package (another wonderful Dutton Epoch bargain), which constitutes Volume Five. This may well turn out to be the most popular of the lot as it includes many of Scott's most celebrated numbers including Lotus Land.
CD 1
Lotus Land op.47/1 (1905) [W183]
Two Pierrot Pieces op.35 (1904) [W253]:
Pierrot triste
Pierrot gai
Solitude op.40/1� (1904) [W326]
Danse n�gre op.58/5 (1908) [W89]
Two Etudes op.64 (1908) [W111]:
Allegro
Allegro con brio
Mazurka op.67/1� (1909) [W197]
Water-wagtail (Bergeronnette) op.71/3 (1910) [W414]
Barcarolle� (1912) [W41]
Pierrette (1912) [W250]
Poems (1912) [W255]:
Poppies
The Garden of Soul-sympathy
Bells
The Twilight of the Year
Paradise-birds
Prelude solennel� (1913) [W260]
Rainbow Trout (1916) [W283]
First Bagatelle (1919) [W31]
Caprice chinois (1919) [W56]
Arabesque� (1923) [W15]
Valse sentimentale (1929) [W397]
Tarantula� (1935) [W371]
Impromptu (A Mountain Brook)� revised version (1904/1929?) [W152]
CD 2
An English Waltz� original version (1903) [W109]
Two Piano Pieces op.37� (1904) [W249]:
At Dawn
Shadows
British Melodies� (1912):
All Through the Night [W7]
The Wild Hills of Clare [W419]
Summer is Acumen In [W357]
Britain's War March� (1914) [W52]
Carillon (1913) [W57]
Cavatina� (1914) [W58]
Diatonic Study� (1914) [W94]
Sea-Marge: Meditation (1914) [W312]
Ode héro�que� (1915) [W224]
Russian Dance� (1915) [W301]
Ballad (Variations on a Troubadour Air) (1920) [W32]
Moods (1922) [W209]:
Sadness
Lassitude
Energy
Miss Remington� (1934) [W206]
Pastoral Ode� (1961) [W238]
My Heart Ever Faithful�
transcription for solo piano by Cyril Scott of J.S. Bach, �Mein gl�ubiges Herze', aria from Cantata no.68 (1931) [W424]
Concerto in C� AA
transcription for two pianos by Cyril Scott of J.S. Bach, BWV 595 (itself a transcription for solo keyboard of a violin concerto by Prinz Ernst von Saxe-Weimar) (c.1935)
Danse n�gre op.58/5� AA transcription for two pianos by Cyril Scott (1935) [W90]
Lotus Land op.47/1 AA transcription for two pianos by Cyril Scott (1948) [W184]
Leslie De'ath (piano)
AA with Anya Alexeyev (piano)
Recorded:
Maureen Forrester Recital Hall, Faculty of Music, Wilfrid Laurier University, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada, 6 & 11 June and 22 August 2007, except 14 December 2005 (Ballad); 30 December 2005 (Solitude); 17 &19 July 2006 (Arabesque, Two Piano Pieces, Moods)
Legend:
� Premiere recording
� Unrecorded except on piano roll or 78rpm
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CDLX 7224