Special offer. Lambert: Piano Concerto & other works
Ian Brown (piano), Philip Langridge (tenor), Nigel Hawthorne (narrator)
The Nash Ensemble, Lionel Friend
Superlative
Special offer. Lambert: Piano Concerto & other works
Ian Brown (piano), Philip Langridge (tenor), Nigel Hawthorne (narrator)
The Nash Ensemble, Lionel Friend
Purchase product
Superlative
About
A fascinating selection of pieces by one of the twentieth century’s most original and perplexing figures. Constant Lambert is perhaps better known today for his strident views on his contemporaries, but was also as a composer of delightful, anarchic music, influenced particularly by Stravinsky and Ravel. A distinguished line-up of performers presents these works in the clearest light. This recording is a must for anyone interested in twentieth-century music. Many of Lambert’s other works are also available on Hyperion.
Contents and tracklist
Work length28:22
- Ian Brown (piano)
- The Nash Ensemble
- Lionel Friend
I. Overture (Allegro) – Cadenza – Andante espressivo – Doppio movimento – Coda (Allegro molto)
Track length8:44
II. Intermède (Andante recitando) – Allegro scherzando – Più mosso – Andante tranquillo – Allegro non troppo
Track length9:30
III. Finale: Lugubre
Track length10:08
Work length13:44
I. A summer day
Track length1:42
II. Nocturne
Track length1:56
III. With a man of leisure
Track length0:59
IV. Lines written in autumn
Track length2:46
V. The ruin of the Ku-Su palace
Track length1:17
VI. The intruder
Track length1:00
VII. On the city street
Track length1:13
VIII. The long-departed lover
Track length2:51
Lambert, C:
Sonata for piano
Work length21:47
- Ian Brown (piano)
I. Allegro molto marcato
Track length6:02
II. Nocturne: Andante – Presto e leggiero – Andante – Presto
Track length7:29
III. Finale: Lugubre – Presto
Track length8:16
Awards and reviews
Superlative
Classic CD
A fascinating and generous programme, superbly performed
A distinguished release on all counts … immaculate production values throughout… this wonderful anthology deserves the widest possible currency
26th August 2012
This reissue of recordings from 1994 affords a convenient distillation of Lambert’s genius...The Sonata and Concerto are wonderfully invigorating, inventive essays, tinged with a melancholy Lambert nicely evoked as “that four-in-the-morning feeling”. The Concerto stands with Falla’s harpsichord work among the great keyboard chamber concertos.
Make haste to this collection. It’s a cracker
