Penelope Thwaites, John Lavender, Timothy Young - Percy Grainger: Complete Music for Four Hands, Two Pianos (2017)

Tracklist

CD1
01. In a Nutshell: I. Arrival Platform Humlet
02. In a Nutshell: II. Gay but Wistful
03. In a Nutshell: III. Pastoral
04. In a Nutshell: IV. 'The Gum-Suckers' March
05. Spoon River
06. When the World was Young
07. Molly on the Shore
08. Hill-Song II
09. Country Gardens
10. Mowgli's Song Against People
11. Eastern Intermezzo
12. English Waltz
13. The Wraith of Odin
14. Always Merry and Bright
15. Duke of Marlborough's Fanfare
16. Lincolnshire Posy: I. Lisbon
17. Lincolnshire Posy: II. Horkstow Grange
18. Lincolnshire Posy: III. Rufford Park Poachers
19. Lincolnshire Posy: IV. The Brisk Young Soldier
20. Lincolnshire Posy: V. Lord Melbourne
21. Lincolnshire Posy: VI. The Lost Lady Found

CD2
01. Children's March 'Over the Hills and Far Away'
02. Shepherd's Hey
03. Hill-Song I
04. Handel in the Strand
05. Harvest Hymn
06. The Widow's Party
07. The Lonely Desert-Man Sees the Tents of the Happy Tribes
08. The Rival Brothers
09. The Warriors II
10. Two Musical Relics of my Mother
11. Let's Dance Gay in Green Meadow
12. Blithe Bells
13. Pritteling, Pratteling Pretty Poll Parrot

CD3
01. 3 Symphonic Dances for 2 Pianos, Op. 22 (Arr. Grainger): I. Allegro con brio
02. 3 Symphonic Dances for 2 Pianos, Op. 22 (Arr. Grainger): II. Andante sostenuto e sempre molto cantabile
03. 3 Symphonic Dances for 2 Pianos, Op. 22 (Arr. Grainger): III. Allegro energico
04. Youthful Tone-Works: I. Rondo
05. Youthful Tone-Works: II. The Crew of the Long Dragon
06. A Dance Rhapsody No.1 for 2 Pianos (Arr. Grainger)
07. Norwegian Peasant Dances, Op. 72: No. 11, Knut Lurasen’s Halling II (Arr. Grainger)
08. Festival (Arr. Grainger)
09. Airs à III, IV, V et VI parties: No. 2, La Bel’ Aronde (Arr. Grainger) I
10. Early One Morning
11. Ye Banks and Braes
12. Tiger,Tiger
13. Walking Tune
14. Airs à III, IV, V et VI parties: No. 2, La Bel’ Aronde (Arr. Grainger) II
15. Embraceable You for Piano Solo (Arr. Grainger)
16. Fantasy on Themes from Porgy and Bess (Arr. Grainger)

CD4
01. English Dance (Arr. Grainger)
02. Konzertstuck 1896
03. Mori quasi il mio core (Arr. Grainger)
04. Six Part Fantasy and Air (Arr. Grainger)
05. The Maiden and the Frog
06. Fugue in C Major, BWV 846 (Arr. Grainger)
07. Fugue in D-Sharp Minor, BWV 877 (Arr. Grainger)
08. Walking Tune
09. Warsaw Concerto for 2 Pianos Four Hands (Arr. Grainger)


The music of Percy Grainger (1882–1961) for piano/s four hands ranges from a few intimate duets to a significant body of quasi-orchestral concert works. The great majority were written for two instruments and they exploit this rich resource to the full. Given that almost all were originally works for chamber, orchestral, wind-band or choral forces, pianists have the widest possible range of sound references. Leading Grainger scholar and performer, Penelope Thwaites, has newly recorded a fourth CD with fellow Australian pianist, Timothy Young, to add to the three existing CDs of Grainger’s music she recorded with John Lavender for the Pearl label in the 1990s. All four CDs contain many world premieres and provide a fascinating insight into Grainger’s pianistic output.

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