English Guitar Music of the 20th Century / Andrea Dieci

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Label
Brilliant Classics
Release Date
April 23, 2021
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      BERKELEY BRITTEN SCOTT
    • PERFORMER
      Andrea Dieci
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      April 23, 2021
    • UPC
      5028421959375
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      BRI95937
    • LABEL
      Brilliant Classics
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Classical
    Works ⌄

    1. No. 1. Moderato ma con brio

      Composer: Lennox Berkeley

      Performer: Andrea Dieci

    2. No. 2. Andante con moto

      Composer: Lennox Berkeley

      Performer: Andrea Dieci

    3. No. 3. Lento (Sarabande)

      Composer: Lennox Berkeley

      Performer: Andrea Dieci

    4. No. 4. Allegro, energico

      Composer: Lennox Berkeley

      Performer: Andrea Dieci

    5. I. Adagio quasi introduzione. Molto moderato

      Composer: Cyril Scott

      Performer: Andrea Dieci

    6. II. Allegretto pensoso

      Composer: Cyril Scott

      Performer: Andrea Dieci

    7. III. Finale

      Composer: Cyril Scott

      Performer: Andrea Dieci

    8. I. Allegretto

      Composer: Lennox Berkeley

      Performer: Andrea Dieci

    9. II. Lento - Tempo rubato

      Composer: Lennox Berkeley

      Performer: Andrea Dieci

    10. III. Rondo: Allegro non troppo - Lento

      Composer: Lennox Berkeley

      Performer: Andrea Dieci

    11. I. Musingly

      Composer: Benjamin Britten

      Performer: Andrea Dieci

    12. II. Very agitated

      Composer: Benjamin Britten

      Performer: Andrea Dieci

    13. III. Restless

      Composer: Benjamin Britten

      Performer: Andrea Dieci

    14. IV. Uneasy

      Composer: Benjamin Britten

      Performer: Andrea Dieci

    15. V. March-like

      Composer: Benjamin Britten

      Performer: Andrea Dieci

    16. VI. Dreaming

      Composer: Benjamin Britten

      Performer: Andrea Dieci

    17. VII. Gently rocking

      Composer: Benjamin Britten

      Performer: Andrea Dieci

    18. VIII. Passacaglia

      Composer: Benjamin Britten

      Performer: Andrea Dieci

    19. IX. Slow and quiet

      Composer: Benjamin Britten

      Performer: Andrea Dieci

    20. Theme: Moderato -

      Composer: Lennox Berkeley

      Performer: Andrea Dieci

    21. Variation 1: Allegro - Meno vivo -

      Composer: Lennox Berkeley

      Performer: Andrea Dieci

    22. Variation 2: Allegretto -

      Composer: Lennox Berkeley

      Performer: Andrea Dieci

    23. Variation 3: Lento -

      Composer: Lennox Berkeley

      Performer: Andrea Dieci

    24. Variation 4: Andante -

      Composer: Lennox Berkeley

      Performer: Andrea Dieci

    25. Variation 5: Allegro - Un poco largamente - Tempo I -

      Composer: Lennox Berkeley

      Performer: Andrea Dieci

    26. Variation 6 [Epilogue]: Lento

      Composer: Lennox Berkeley

      Performer: Andrea Dieci

    27. No. 1. Allegro

      Composer: William Walton

      Performer: Andrea Dieci

    28. No. 2. Lento

      Composer: William Walton

      Performer: Andrea Dieci

    29. No. 3. Alla cubana

      Composer: William Walton

      Performer: Andrea Dieci

    30. No. 4. Sempre espressivo

      Composer: William Walton

      Performer: Andrea Dieci

    31. No. 5. Con slancio

      Composer: William Walton

      Performer: Andrea Dieci


It’s easy to identify the classical guitar with Spanish repertoire. After all, Andrés Segovia, who revived the fortunes of the instrument in the early decades of the 20th century after long neglect, was a Spaniard. This does not do justice, however, to the major contribution made to 20th-century guitar repertoire by a number of national schools, among which the United Kingdom’s is particularly outstanding for the quantity and quality of the pieces. This album offers a significant sample of music for solo guitar by four important composers: Cyril Scott, Lennox Berkeley, Benjamin Britten and William Walton. Despite being relatively unfamiliar to the wider public, the figure of Cyril Scott (1879–1970) is one of real interest. Though it was written in 1927, Scott’s Sonatina has only entered the repertoire of today’s guitarists in recent years. Its solid compositional mastery gives rise to a beauty at once enigmatic and captivating. Lennox Berkeley’s (1903–1989) compositions for the guitar span almost half a century and are a faithful record of his stylistic evolution. Berkeley’s 4 Pièces pour la guitare is a sparkling collection in spirit very close to the style of composers such as Albert Roussel and Francis Poulenc. The Nocturnal after John Dowland Op.70 (1963) by Benjamin Britten (1913–1976) is also a theme and variations, but rather than present the theme and develop it with variations, Britten inverts the form, revealing the theme only at the very end of the piece after it is gradually unveiled in fragments of a musical mosaic cleverly scattered across the preceding variations. The irreverent japes of William Walton’s (1902–1983) Façade for speaker and instrumental sextet, which in 1922/3 marked the composer’s debut as an enfant terrible, soon gave way to a late-Romantic style closer to Bax and Vaughan Williams.