Ashley Wass, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, James Judd - Vaughan Williams, R.: Piano Concerto (2009) [Hi-Res]

Tracklist

01. The Wasps, Aristophanic Suite: I. Overture
02. The Wasps, Aristophanic Suite: II. Entr'acte
03. The Wasps, Aristophanic Suite: III. March Past of the Kitchen Utensils
04. The Wasps, Aristophanic Suite: IV. Entr'acte
05. The Wasps, Aristophanic Suite: V. Ballet and Final Tableau
06. Piano Concerto in C Major: I. Toccata. Allegro moderato
07. Piano Concerto in C Major: II. Romanza. Lento
08. Piano Concerto in C Major: III. Fuga chromatica con finale alla tedesca: Allegro-Lento-Largo sostenuto-Andante sostenuto
09. Piano Concerto in C Major: IV. Finale
10. English Folk Song Suite: I. March, "Seventeen come Sunday" (Arr. G. Jacob for Orchestra)
11. English Folk Song Suite: III. Intermezzo, "My Bonny Boy" (Arr. G. Jacob for Orchestra)
12. English Folk Song Suite: IV. March, "Folk Songs from Somerset" (Arr. G. Jacob for Orchestra)
13. The Running Set


The popular overture from Vaughan Williams’s incidental music for Aristophanes’s The Wasps introduces a suite whose mischievously witty, noble and farcical movements underline the play’s satire of the Athenian legal system. A similar vivacity characterises his English Folksong Suite and The Running Set, where Vaughan Williams relishes setting tunes such as Barrack Hill, Irish Reel, The Blackthorn Stick and Cock o’ the North. Folksong-like melodies also feature in his magnificent Piano Concerto, in which the magisterial influence of Bach and Busoni may also be heard.

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