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Bantock Rediscovered / Marchant
SOMM Recordings

Bantock Rediscovered / Marchant

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Details

Composer
BANTOCK, GRANVILLE
Artist
Maria Marchant
Format
CD
Label
SOMM Recordings
Released
Jun 15, 2018
Catalog #
SOMMCD 0183
UPC
748871018327

About

Somm Recordings is proud to announce a landmark recording for lovers of British music featuring 23 first recordings of piano pieces by Sir Granville Bantock, one of the most influential British composers of his age. Performed by Maria Marchant, Bantock Rediscovered is being issued to celebrate the 150th anniversary of Bantock’s birth in 1868. This is a major release supported by a full-page advert in Gramophone magazine and is sure to attract considerable attention for its treasure-trove of music newly rescued from neglect and the new light it sheds on a revered composer. Composed between 1894 and 1938, these immensely varied, beautifully crafted works illustrate fascinating aspects of Bantock’s artistry and music. The carefully chosen, exquisitely played programme reveals the breadth, delicacy and deliberateness of what Robert Matthew-Walker describes in his booklet notes as Bantock’s “always clever structuring and drily eloquent style”. Among the gems to be discovered here are Memories of Sapphire, three beautiful lyrical tone poems recalling a visit to North Carolina and dedicated to the composer’s mother; the richly impressionistic Barcarolle showing Bantock’s piano writing at its finest; the late, lively Parade March and the striking piano transcription of the symphonic overture Saul, with its early hints of the orientalism that would later prove so significant to Bantock’s music. Demonstrating Bantock’s deft ability to borrow from traditional music, the Two Scottish Pieces offer up a vivacious quickstep and reel. Heard in their entirety, the Twelve Piano Pieces carry themselves with a ‘light music’ gloss but reveal deeper feelings and more sophisticated meaning in the hands of a master composer.

Tracklist 23 tracks

  1. 1 Chanson de Mai (May Song) 02:17
    Track
    1
    Title
    Chanson de Mai (May Song)
    Duration
    02:17
    Composer
    Granville Bantock
    Performer
    Maria Marchant
  2. 2 I. Largamente espressivo 03:59
    Track
    2
    Title
    I. Largamente espressivo
    Duration
    03:59
    Composer
    Granville Bantock
    Performer
    Maria Marchant
  3. 3 II. Lento cantabilie 03:18
    Track
    3
    Title
    II. Lento cantabilie
    Duration
    03:18
    Composer
    Granville Bantock
    Performer
    Maria Marchant
  4. 4 III. Allegretto delicato 01:15
    Track
    4
    Title
    III. Allegretto delicato
    Duration
    01:15
    Composer
    Granville Bantock
    Performer
    Maria Marchant
  5. 5 Cloisters at Midnight 04:39
    Track
    5
    Title
    Cloisters at Midnight
    Duration
    04:39
    Composer
    Granville Bantock
    Performer
    Maria Marchant
  6. 6 Barcarolle 03:49
    Track
    6
    Title
    Barcarolle
    Duration
    03:49
    Composer
    Granville Bantock
    Performer
    Maria Marchant
  7. 7 Reverie 02:08
    Track
    7
    Title
    Reverie
    Duration
    02:08
    Composer
    Granville Bantock
    Performer
    Maria Marchant
  8. 8 Parade March 02:51
    Track
    8
    Title
    Parade March
    Duration
    02:51
    Composer
    Granville Bantock
    Performer
    Maria Marchant
  9. 9 No. 1. The Hills of Glenorchy - Quickstep 03:41
    Track
    9
    Title
    No. 1. The Hills of Glenorchy - Quickstep
    Duration
    03:41
    Composer
    Granville Bantock
    Performer
    Maria Marchant
  10. 10 No. 2. The Bobers of Brechin - Reel 03:48
    Track
    10
    Title
    No. 2. The Bobers of Brechin - Reel
    Duration
    03:48
    Composer
    Granville Bantock
    Performer
    Maria Marchant
  11. 11 Saul 12:24
    Track
    11
    Title
    Saul
    Duration
    12:24
    Composer
    Granville Bantock
    Performer
    Maria Marchant
  12. 12 No. 1. Rhapsode 02:41
    Track
    12
    Title
    No. 1. Rhapsode
    Duration
    02:41
    Composer
    Granville Bantock
    Performer
    Maria Marchant
  13. 13 No. 2. Meditation 04:12
    Track
    13
    Title
    No. 2. Meditation
    Duration
    04:12
    Composer
    Granville Bantock
    Performer
    Maria Marchant
  14. 14 No. 3. Phantasy 01:43
    Track
    14
    Title
    No. 3. Phantasy
    Duration
    01:43
    Composer
    Granville Bantock
    Performer
    Maria Marchant
  15. 15 No. 4. Scherzo 01:47
    Track
    15
    Title
    No. 4. Scherzo
    Duration
    01:47
    Composer
    Granville Bantock
    Performer
    Maria Marchant
  16. 16 No. 5. Nocturne 02:57
    Track
    16
    Title
    No. 5. Nocturne
    Duration
    02:57
    Composer
    Granville Bantock
    Performer
    Maria Marchant
  17. 17 No. 6. Legend 01:08
    Track
    17
    Title
    No. 6. Legend
    Duration
    01:08
    Composer
    Granville Bantock
    Performer
    Maria Marchant
  18. 18 No. 7. Preghiera 02:19
    Track
    18
    Title
    No. 7. Preghiera
    Duration
    02:19
    Composer
    Granville Bantock
    Performer
    Maria Marchant
  19. 19 No. 8. Mazurka 03:02
    Track
    19
    Title
    No. 8. Mazurka
    Duration
    03:02
    Composer
    Granville Bantock
    Performer
    Maria Marchant
  20. 20 No. 9. Intermezzo 02:12
    Track
    20
    Title
    No. 9. Intermezzo
    Duration
    02:12
    Composer
    Granville Bantock
    Performer
    Maria Marchant
  21. 21 No. 10. Serenade 02:13
    Track
    21
    Title
    No. 10. Serenade
    Duration
    02:13
    Composer
    Granville Bantock
    Performer
    Maria Marchant
  22. 22 No. 11. Caprice 02:01
    Track
    22
    Title
    No. 11. Caprice
    Duration
    02:01
    Composer
    Granville Bantock
    Performer
    Maria Marchant
  23. 23 No. 12. Romance 03:12
    Track
    23
    Title
    No. 12. Romance
    Duration
    03:12
    Composer
    Granville Bantock
    Performer
    Maria Marchant