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~ Alan Rawsthorne (Artist)
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  • Audio CD (31 Mar 2003)
  • SPARS Code: DDD
  • Number of Discs: 1
  • Label: Naxos
  • ASIN: B00007L2PD
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1. Concerto No. 1 for Piano and Orchestra
2. Improvisations on a theme by Constant Lambert
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On this CD:
  1. Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No. 1
    Composed by Alan Rawsthorne
    Performed by Ulster Orchestra
    with Peter Donohoe
    Conducted by Takuo Yuasa

  2. Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No. 2
    Composed by Alan Rawsthorne
    Performed by Ulster Orchestra
    with Peter Donohoe
    Conducted by Takuo Yuasa

  3. Improvisations on a Theme by Constant Lambert
    Composed by Alan Rawsthorne
    Performed by Ulster Orchestra
    Conducted by Takuo Yuasa

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5.0 out of 5 stars 'And God will save the Queen', 24 Jan 2004
By DAVID BRYSON (Glossop Derbyshire England) - See all my reviews
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The ironic last line of the first poem in A Shropshire Lad sprang into my mind as I read the liner-note to this production, which has a strong 'I'm Backing Britain' feel to it. This disc has been issued under the auspices of a project called The British Piano Concerto Foundation, and the liner material includes a short but sympathetic and enthusiastic article, by the notable and probably under-appreciated soloist Peter Donohoe, on its aims and aspirations. In general I am completely on his side here, even if he protests a little too much in saying 'It is not to exploit a musical "curiosity corner". It is not merely to fill a gap in the "market place"'. I for one would certainly like to hear the piano concerto by Delius a lot more frequently than I get the chance to, and I am grateful indeed that Britten's corresponding work has come back into public awareness through receiving the distinguished countenance of Sviatoslav Richter. I wish the project well in all sincerity, although I could not help recalling the fund-raising dinner for British conductors addressed once by Beecham, at which the great man proclaimed with seeming jingoism 'I don't see why we should have all these third-rate foreign conductors in this country'; and when the applause died down he added 'Considering we have so many second-rate ones of our own'.

To be completely honest, it seems to me that the solo work, orchestral work and (particularly) recorded quality are only just borderline -5*. Nevertheless it also seems to me to be rank ingratitude to all concerned, particularly including Naxos, not to do any little I can to support the venture by first buying the record and second giving it the best rating I can. Whether it counts as a 'curiosity corner' or not, there is some very interesting and attractive music here. I have known Rawsthorne's second concerto for 50 years, but the other two works are new to me, and in general I do not hear much of his work in broadcasts or see much of it on concert programmes. It is very much 'contemporary' music in the sense that Britten's music is that, although I would not consider it to be of anything like the same stature. The piano writing in the fast movements has a lot of what has been called, at least since Schumann's time, the 'toccata' treatment, by that meaning a certain perpetuum-mobile etude style, which is really a downgrading of the term from the rich and varied compositions to which Bach gave the same name. The theme of the finale in the second concerto reflects a specially British musical tradition, now in decline, namely the music hall, and I was surprised to see nothing about that in the liner. The liner also mentions that the work was composed for the Festival of Britain in 1951, but again I was taken aback not to see it noted that it was written specifically for Curzon.

I suppose the author of the liner really felt bound to quote the composer's own notes on the second concerto, although I wish he hadn't as they are really a terrible dollop of old waffle featuring statements of the blindingly obvious ('The concerto opens with a melody played on the flute, with a piano accompaniment...'); meaningless condescension ('The third movement has...that nostalgic character so much disliked by the immobile intelligentsia of today, who confuse...'); and plain old programme-note padding ('This tune...provides the basis for an episodic type of composition, and for the fugato coda with which the work closes.'). There is nothing really to criticise about the disc itself, I would not say, and if my word for it counts for anything this is a record well worth recommending to music lovers interested in the lesser-known byways of the 20th century repertory.

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