Ireland - The Towing Path
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The pleasures here are many. John Lenehan is a very accomplished performer: not only is his technical address impeccable, but he also has a strikingly wide dynamic range and sophisticated variety... —
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As in previous volumes, his impeccable phrasing, sensitivity to chord-colouring, and expressive identification with the music make this new disc probably the version of these pieces to go for...Bebbington... —
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John Ireland
Colin Horsley (piano), Daniel Adni (piano), Desmond Wright (piano), The Composer (piano)
RPO, Basil Cameron
Here is most of the music that lies at the heart of John Ireland's achievement. Unmistakably English yet aware of the wider world, his work is rooted in tradition but conscious of change.... —
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Ireland - Orchestral Songs and Miniatures
Roderick Williams (baritone), Roderick Williams (recitation), Charles Mutter (solo violin), Roderick Williams (baritone a capella)
BBC Concert Orchestra, Royal Ballet Sinfonia, John Wilson, Gavin Sutherland, Paul Murphy, Martin Yates
Roderick Williams declaims his own orcehstration of Annabel Lee rather well, and enjoys two robust sea songs —
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Captured in perfectly acceptable mono sound, Rowland's memorably intimate performances betoken a very special empathy for this repertoire. —
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Eric Parkin's… is completely inside Ireland's idiom, well understanding the darker emotional complexities and yearnings that may underlie a seemingly casual phrase or carefree melodic line. —
