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Lockdown Blues / Peter Dickinson, piano
SOMM Recordings

Lockdown Blues / Peter Dickinson, piano

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Details

Composer
Various
Artist
Peter Dickinson
Format
CD
Label
SOMM Recordings
Released
Nov 19, 2021
Catalog #
SOMMCD 0644
UPC
748871064423

About

SOMM Recordings announces the perfect escape from Lockdown Blues with a collection of appealing piano miniatures compiled and performed by Peter Dickinson to chase all your cares away. Lockdown Blues includes soothing masterpieces by Erik Satie (Trois Gnossiennes, Trois Gymnopédies), Francis Poulenc (Bal fantôme, Pastourelle) and Edward MacDowell (To a Wild Rose), alongside Eugene Goossens' melancholic Lament for a Departed Doll and Samuel Barber's valedictory Canzonetta. There is whimsy in George Gershwin's Three-Quarter Blues (familiar to British audiences as the theme to radio and television's After Henry) and Who Cares? from the musical Of Thee I Sing. Of interest are 12 iconic jazz tunes by Duke Ellington. Heard here in their original sheet-music versions, they are pure Ellington, the product of a sophisticated composer. Among featured classic songs are Solitude, Don't Get Around Much Anymore, Mood Indigo and It Don't Mean a Thing (If it Ain't Got That Swing). In his introduction, renowned broadcaster and writer Humphrey Burton describes Lockdown Blues as 'a delightful hour of discovery', hailing the Ellington selections as 'a real find that will surely be much anthologized long after Lockdown has been forgotten'. The disc is completed by three pieces by Dickinson - the titular Lockdown Blues, Freda's Blues and Blue Rose, a take on MacDowell's To a Wild Rose - together with Constant Lambert's Elegiac Blues, Lennox Berkeley's Prelude VI and John Cage's Satie-influenced In a Landscape. Peter Dickinson's career as a pianist has largely been in recitals, broadcasts and recordings with his sister, mezzo Meriel Dickinson, and he has worked with many other performers. Dickinson's Paraphrase II is included on Nathan Williamson's 20th-century British piano music collection, Colour and Light (SOMMCD 0196) and was praised by the British Music Society as 'a Theme with six hugely contrasting variations exploring the outer edges of tonality in a brilliant, structurally refined way'.

Tracklist 31 tracks

  1. 1 Freda's Blues 02:48
    Track
    1
    Title
    Freda's Blues
    Duration
    02:48
    Composer
    Peter Dickinson
    Performer
    Peter Dickinson
  2. 2 Woodland Sketches, Op. 51: No. 1. To a Wild Rose 01:15
    Track
    2
    Title
    Woodland Sketches, Op. 51: No. 1. To a Wild Rose
    Duration
    01:15
    Composer
    Edward MacDowell
    Performer
    Peter Dickinson
  3. 3 Blue Rose 02:17
    Track
    3
    Title
    Blue Rose
    Duration
    02:17
    Composer
    Peter Dickinson
    Performer
    Peter Dickinson
  4. 4 Elegiac Blues (version for piano) 02:45
    Track
    4
    Title
    Elegiac Blues (version for piano)
    Duration
    02:45
    Composer
    Constant Lambert
    Performer
    Peter Dickinson
  5. 5 Lockdown Blues 02:41
    Track
    5
    Title
    Lockdown Blues
    Duration
    02:41
    Composer
    Peter Dickinson
    Performer
    Peter Dickinson
  6. 6 Nocturnes, FP 56: No. 4 in C Minor, "Bal fantôme" 01:21
    Track
    6
    Title
    Nocturnes, FP 56: No. 4 in C Minor, "Bal fantôme"
    Duration
    01:21
    Composer
    Francis Poulenc
    Performer
    Peter Dickinson
  7. 7 Canzonetta, Op. 48 (arr. P. Dickinson for piano) 05:31
    Track
    7
    Title
    Canzonetta, Op. 48 (arr. P. Dickinson for piano)
    Duration
    05:31
    Composer
    Samuel Barber
    Performer
    Peter Dickinson
  8. 8 6 Preludes, Op. 23: No. 6. Andante 01:45
    Track
    8
    Title
    6 Preludes, Op. 23: No. 6. Andante
    Duration
    01:45
    Composer
    Lennox Berkeley
    Performer
    Peter Dickinson
  9. 9 Three-Quarter Blues, "Irish Waltz" 01:04
    Track
    9
    Title
    Three-Quarter Blues, "Irish Waltz"
    Duration
    01:04
    Composer
    George Gershwin
    Performer
    Peter Dickinson
  10. 10 Pastourelle, FP 45 02:21
    Track
    10
    Title
    Pastourelle, FP 45
    Duration
    02:21
    Composer
    Francis Poulenc
    Performer
    Peter Dickinson
  11. 11 Gnossienne No. 1 02:47
    Track
    11
    Title
    Gnossienne No. 1
    Duration
    02:47
    Composer
    Erik Satie
    Performer
    Peter Dickinson
  12. 12 Gnossienne No. 2 01:46
    Track
    12
    Title
    Gnossienne No. 2
    Duration
    01:46
    Composer
    Erik Satie
    Performer
    Peter Dickinson
  13. 13 Gnossienne No. 3 02:18
    Track
    13
    Title
    Gnossienne No. 3
    Duration
    02:18
    Composer
    Erik Satie
    Performer
    Peter Dickinson
  14. 14 Who cares? (version for piano) 01:16
    Track
    14
    Title
    Who cares? (version for piano)
    Duration
    01:16
    Composer
    George Gershwin
    Performer
    Peter Dickinson
  15. 15 Kaleidoscope, Op. 18: X. Lament for a Departed Doll (version for piano) 01:13
    Track
    15
    Title
    Kaleidoscope, Op. 18: X. Lament for a Departed Doll (version for piano)
    Duration
    01:13
    Composer
    Eugène Goossens
    Performer
    Peter Dickinson
  16. 16 No. 1. Lent et douloureux 02:27
    Track
    16
    Title
    No. 1. Lent et douloureux
    Duration
    02:27
    Composer
    Erik Satie
    Performer
    Peter Dickinson
  17. 17 No. 2. Lent et triste 02:05
    Track
    17
    Title
    No. 2. Lent et triste
    Duration
    02:05
    Composer
    Erik Satie
    Performer
    Peter Dickinson
  18. 18 No. 3. Lent et grave 01:55
    Track
    18
    Title
    No. 3. Lent et grave
    Duration
    01:55
    Composer
    Erik Satie
    Performer
    Peter Dickinson
  19. 19 It Don't Mean a Thing (If it Ain't Got That Swing) (arr. P. Dickinson for piano) 00:46
    Track
    19
    Title
    It Don't Mean a Thing (If it Ain't Got That Swing) (arr. P. Dickinson for piano)
    Duration
    00:46
    Composer
    Duke Ellington
    Performer
    Peter Dickinson
  20. 20 Solitude (arr. P. Dickinson for piano) 01:32
    Track
    20
    Title
    Solitude (arr. P. Dickinson for piano)
    Duration
    01:32
    Composer
    Duke Ellington, Eddie De Lange, Irving Mills
    Performer
    Peter Dickinson
  21. 21 Don't Get Around Much Anymore (arr. P. Dickinson for piano) 01:23
    Track
    21
    Title
    Don't Get Around Much Anymore (arr. P. Dickinson for piano)
    Duration
    01:23
    Composer
    Duke Ellington
    Performer
    Peter Dickinson
  22. 22 Lost in Meditation (arr. P. Dickinson for piano) 01:29
    Track
    22
    Title
    Lost in Meditation (arr. P. Dickinson for piano)
    Duration
    01:29
    Composer
    Duke Ellington
    Performer
    Peter Dickinson
  23. 23 I Never Felt This Way Before (arr. P. Dickinson for piano) 01:23
    Track
    23
    Title
    I Never Felt This Way Before (arr. P. Dickinson for piano)
    Duration
    01:23
    Composer
    Duke Ellington
    Performer
    Peter Dickinson
  24. 24 Sophisticated Lady (arr. P. Dickinson for piano) 02:05
    Track
    24
    Title
    Sophisticated Lady (arr. P. Dickinson for piano)
    Duration
    02:05
    Composer
    Duke Ellington
    Performer
    Peter Dickinson
  25. 25 In a Sentimental Mood (arr. P. Dickinson for piano) 02:02
    Track
    25
    Title
    In a Sentimental Mood (arr. P. Dickinson for piano)
    Duration
    02:02
    Composer
    Duke Ellington
    Performer
    Peter Dickinson
  26. 26 Azure (arr. P. Dickinson for piano) 02:31
    Track
    26
    Title
    Azure (arr. P. Dickinson for piano)
    Duration
    02:31
    Composer
    Duke Ellington
    Performer
    Peter Dickinson
  27. 27 Do Nothin' Till You Hear from Me (arr. P. Dickinson for piano) 01:41
    Track
    27
    Title
    Do Nothin' Till You Hear from Me (arr. P. Dickinson for piano)
    Duration
    01:41
    Composer
    Duke Ellington
    Performer
    Peter Dickinson
  28. 28 Mood Indigo (arr. P. Dickinson for piano) 01:42
    Track
    28
    Title
    Mood Indigo (arr. P. Dickinson for piano)
    Duration
    01:42
    Composer
    Duke Ellington, Barney Bigard
    Performer
    Peter Dickinson
  29. 29 Day Dream (arr. P. Dickinson for piano) 01:53
    Track
    29
    Title
    Day Dream (arr. P. Dickinson for piano)
    Duration
    01:53
    Composer
    Duke Ellington, Billy Strayhorn
    Performer
    Peter Dickinson
  30. 30 Prelude to a Kiss (arr. P. Dickinson for piano) 02:05
    Track
    30
    Title
    Prelude to a Kiss (arr. P. Dickinson for piano)
    Duration
    02:05
    Composer
    Duke Ellington
    Performer
    Peter Dickinson
  31. 31 In a Landscape 07:38
    Track
    31
    Title
    In a Landscape
    Duration
    07:38
    Composer
    John Cage
    Performer
    Peter Dickinson