*June New Release - SRCD 2421
Todays new release from Lyrita is another release from the George Lloyd collection. The Piano Concertos, composed and conducted by George Lloyd are now available to stream, download and purchase.
The George Lloyd Society George Lloyd Nimbus Records
Lloyd’s four piano concertos come from his time as a small holder at Ryewater in Dorset during the 1960s and 70s. “Lloyd was already thinking of writing a piano concerto when he heard the playing of John Ogdon, at that time one of Britain’s most promising and interesting younger pianists. Lloyd kept Ogdon’s playing in mind as he wrote his single movement Piano Concerto No.1 ‘Scapegoat’ in 1962/63… it has an improvisatory feel and…jazz variations…There are so many colours and shadings in the orchestral part that make it as important as the piano part. Lloyd intended to write a three-movement work, but the initial material worked itself into a single movement concerto. This remarkable work was first performed in October 1964 by John Ogdon with the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Sir Charles Groves. This led to a friendship with Ogdon, with Lloyd helping the pianist with the orchestration of some of his own compositions.” © Bruce Reader, The Music of George Lloyd
Available now from all major retailors and digital platforms🎧🎼
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*May New Releases!*
Check out what's just dropped today. 3 new CDs and 5 scores.
Everything is now available from www.wyastone.co.uk and all tracks are available on all major streaming services.
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https://www.wyastone.co.uk/new_releases
2 new releases from the George Lloyd series as well as an announcement of our first releases from The Kenneth V. Jones project.
To coincide with the 100th anniversary of his birth in May 2024. We are releasing a CD containing five premiere recordings, performed by soloists from the London Mozart Players as well as 5 scores.
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Cyril Scott Piano Sonata No. 1 performed by Simon Callaghan is now available on all major streaming services and available to buy on the Nimbus Records website;
https://www.wyastone.co.uk/cyril-scott-piano-sonata-no-1-at-dawn-pierrot-triste-no-1-srcd-437.html
Scott studied piano and composition in Frankfurt with Lazzaro Uzielli (a pupil of Clara Schumann) and Iwan Knorr. He soon fell under the spell of Symbolist poetry and Impressionist music, being dubbed the ‘English Debussy’. Scott’s worldly success was at its height in the years leading up to the first world war and he became a composer of both small and large pieces.
Simon Callaghan performs internationally as a soloist and chamber musician, in parallel with a highly successful career as a recording artist. Simon Callaghan’s distinguished and eclectic discography includes recordings for Hyperion, Nimbus and Lyrita among others.
This CD release has an approximate playing time of 40 minutes.
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George Lloyd The Symphonies Nos. 7 - 12 out now on all major streaming platforms and available to buy from;
https://www.wyastone.co.uk/george-lloyd-the-symphonies-nos-7-12-conducted-by-the-composer-4cds-srcd-2418.html
George debuted his first symphony at just age 19 and came to national prominence with his first opera, Iernin in 1934. In the audience was Frank Howes, music critic of The Times, who was on holiday in the area. His review for the newspaper declared that Lloyd ‘showed the rarest of all qualities in a British composer, an almost unerring perception of what the stage requires’.
This 4 disc set has an approximate playing time of 4 hours 55 mins, and is the 2nd release in the new compilations of the George Lloyd recorded archive. With more releases from George Lloyd coming this year you don't want to miss out!
Alongside this release we are also releasing study scores for his Symphonies 1 -12 as well as scores for Charade, John Socman Overture, The Serf Suite No 1 and The Serf Suite No 2. All scores are available to buy and hire on the Nimbus Records website!
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Happy World Piano Day! Today we are celebrating by sharing performance clips from some of our new releases.
The first clip from @simondcallaghan and @giroaqui is from 'Danza Gaya' which was released at the beginning of March. This is a performance of the piece Danza Gaya.
The second clip is also from this album and is of a piece called Valse française, which was composed by Madeleine Dring.
The final clip which features Nathan Williamson shows him performing Prelude 14 in E Minor from Christopher Brown's 24 Preludes & Fugues.
For those of you interested in watching the full performance videos on YouTube, links are below;
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wtymrTACVYs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T_CNhKDkRB0
Additionally our World Piano Day playlist on Spotify is a gateway to discovering the depth and breadth of piano music, these collections offer a perfect soundtrack to honour the day.
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2azFUqS0S9yrGT2ax7Z1a1?si=b0c6b060f113467b
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Happy World Piano Day! We wanted to celebrate today with clips from some of our new releases, with pianists Simon Callaghan, Hiroaki Takenouchi and Nathan Williamson.
The video from Simon and Hiro is from their new release Danza Gaya, which came out at the beginning of March. These clips are from the piece Valse française by composer Madeleine Dring.
The 3rd video is of Nathan Williamson performing Prelude 14 in E Minor from Christopher Brown's 24 Prelude's and Fugues, which was released at the beginning of February.
For anyone interested in watching the full performance videos on Youtube, links are below;
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wtymrTACVYs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T_CNhKDkRB0
Additionally our World Piano Day playlist on Spotify is a gateway to discovering the depth and breadth of piano music, these collections offer a perfect soundtrack to honour the day.
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2azFUqS0S9yrGT2ax7Z1a1?si=b0c6b060f113467b
#WorldPianoDay #PianoMusic #YouTube #Spotify
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Another wonderful clip of Simon Callaghan and Hiroaki Takenouchi performing Valse française from their new release Danza Gaya.
To watch the full clip head over to YouTube, link below.
https://youtu.be/wtymrTACVYs?feature=shared
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Simon Callaghan Hiroaki Takenouchi
In celebration of our new releases that went out at the beginning of this month, we wanted to share with you this short clip of Simon Callaghan and Hiroaki Takenouchi performing 'Danza Gaya'.
To watch the full video follow the link below!
https://youtu.be/ocIS8liTAZw?feature=shared
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Simon Callaghan Hiroaki Takenouchi Nimbus Records
Celebrating the release of Babel on CD, we thought we would share with you this great video from a performance of Babel that took place in January at St Swithin's Church in Bath, for Richard Blackfords 70th birthday concert.
Thank you Bobby Williams for the footage, and to all those involved with the performance, huge congratulations for a wonderful showcase!
Richard Blackford Nimbus Records Nimbus Music Publishing
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Grace Mary Williams (19 February 1906 – 10 February 1977), generally regarded as Wales's most notable female composer, and the first British woman to score a feature film.
A pupil of Vaughan Williams and fellow student of Benjamin Britten, Grace is the unsung heroine of 20th-century Welsh music. The 1971 Missa Cambrensis is her magnum opus and a work with an almost mythical status.
Williams conceived the mass on a huge scale, both in terms of its length, the forces employed, and in its threading of evocative chamber-quality lines through the score. The Welsh element comes from the weaving into the Latin Mass of a Carol Nadolig with words by Saunders Lewis whose ecumenical spirit leads into the Beatitudes from Matthew’s gospel, the latter narrated in Welsh by Dr. Rowan Williams, former archbishop of Wales and of Canterbury, with a gradual coalescence of strings beneath the spoken voice.
For this first ever studio recording the BBC National Orchestra and Chorus of Wales and Côr Heol y March girls choir under the baton of Choral Director Adrian Partington deftly captured its serenity and lyricism. Her writing for chorus and the four soloists (April Fredrick, soprano, Angharad Lyddon, Mezzo Soprano Robert Murray, tenor, Paul Carey, bass-baritone,) is demanding – often cruelly so.
The combination of Adrian Partington’s relationship with singers and orchestra, his fundamental understanding of pace and timing combined with Celtic melancholy, moments of serenity and the sheer monumentality of the music deliver one of the 20th centuries most remarkable works. No praise is too high BBC National Chorus of Wales who celebrate their 40th anniversary in 2024.
Paul Carey Jones April Fredrick Angharad Lyddon
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One final video clip from our performance videos with Christopher Brown and Nathan Williamson. Check out the full video on YouTube. Link below: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-OD6wJLAphc
@nathanwilliamson @nathanpianistcomposer
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A beautiful clip from the full performance video of Nathan Williamson performing Prelude 14 in E minor from Christopher Browns new 24 Preludes and Fugues. The full album is available to stream and download as well as available to buy in the form of a CD.
Head over to the NimbusRecordsTV channel to watch the full video.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T_CNhKDkRB0
@nathanwilliamson @nathanpianistcomposer
Part two, a sneak peak into our 8 minute interview available on the NimbusRecordsTV channel with Christopher Brown and Nathan Williamson.
YouTube link below: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-OD6wJLAphc
@nathanwilliamson
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The is a short glimpse into the interview with Christopher Brown and Nathan Williamson in relation to our most recent CD release, Christopher Brown 24 Preludes & Fugues with Nathan Williamson on piano. To watch the full interview, head on over to the NimbusRecordsTV YouTube channel, link will be added below.
@nathanpianistsomposer
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-OD6wJLAphc
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A look back at all our new releases from 2023. We hope to have many more in the new year, including releases from our exciting new project on George Lloyd! See you in 2024!
Nimbus Records
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Posted @withregram • @simondcallaghan #botd in 1920, composer John Addison! Best known for his film music, he also wrote a jolly suite for @wellingtoncollege which will be included on my @Lyrita album with @_bbcnow due out in April. Here’s a little snippet for your enjoyment 😊🎵
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