Moonie: Instrumental and Chamber Music, Volume One - Music for Solo Piano / Guild

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Label
Toccata
Release Date
November 19, 2021
Format
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      MOONIE, WILLIAM BEATON
    • PERFORMER
      Christopher Guild
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      November 19, 2021
    • UPC
      5060113446022
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      TOCC0602
    • LABEL
      Toccata
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Classical
    Works ⌄

    1. I. Hunting Tower

      Composer: William Beaton Moonie

      Performer: Christopher Guild

    2. II. Aberfeldy

      Composer: William Beaton Moonie

      Performer: Christopher Guild

    3. III. Balquidder

      Composer: William Beaton Moonie

      Performer: Christopher Guild

    4. IV. The Lass o' Gowrie

      Composer: William Beaton Moonie

      Performer: Christopher Guild

    5. V. House o' Gask

      Composer: William Beaton Moonie

      Performer: Christopher Guild

    6. VI. Blair Athol

      Composer: William Beaton Moonie

      Performer: Christopher Guild

    7. I. In a Quiet Strath

      Composer: William Beaton Moonie

      Performer: Christopher Guild

    8. II. The Kind Gallows of Crieff

      Composer: William Beaton Moonie

      Performer: Christopher Guild

    9. III. Rowing Song

      Composer: William Beaton Moonie

      Performer: Christopher Guild

    10. IV. The Goblin Ha'

      Composer: William Beaton Moonie

      Performer: Christopher Guild

    11. V. Gaberlunzie

      Composer: William Beaton Moonie

      Performer: Christopher Guild

    12. VI. The Country of the Caber Feidh

      Composer: William Beaton Moonie

      Performer: Christopher Guild

    13. No. 2. Pensée Fugitive

      Composer: William Beaton Moonie

      Performer: Christopher Guild

    14. No. 4. L'epinette

      Composer: William Beaton Moonie

      Performer: Christopher Guild

    15. No. 3. Elegy

      Composer: William Beaton Moonie

      Performer: Christopher Guild

    16. No. 5. Ariette

      Composer: William Beaton Moonie

      Performer: Christopher Guild

    17. Arabesque

      Composer: William Beaton Moonie

      Performer: Christopher Guild

    18. No. 1. The Linn

      Composer: William Beaton Moonie

      Performer: Christopher Guild

    19. No. 2. Idyll

      Composer: William Beaton Moonie

      Performer: Christopher Guild

    20. No. 3. Gaberlunzie

      Composer: William Beaton Moonie

      Performer: Christopher Guild

    21. No. 4. Autumn

      Composer: William Beaton Moonie

      Performer: Christopher Guild

    22. No. 5. Rondino in G

      Composer: William Beaton Moonie

      Performer: Christopher Guild

    23. Reverie

      Composer: William Beaton Moonie

      Performer: Christopher Guild


The music of the Edinburgh composer William Beaton Moonie (1883–1961) is as good as unknown. This first-ever album devoted to his piano music reveals a figure downstream from Schumann, Brahms and Grieg, writing in a conservative Romantic idiom colored by echoes of the folk-music of his native Scotland. Many of these pieces, indeed, are concerned to evoke images of the Scottish countryside or suggest aspects of Scottish history. Scottish pianist Christopher Guild is in demand as a recital artist, concerto soloist and collaborative pianist, with concert engagements taking him across the UK. Performances have included those given at St James’s Piccadilly, the Wigmore Hall and St John’s, Smith Square, as well as numerous recitals for music societies under the auspices of the Countess of Munster Musical Trust. Christopher’s concerto appearances have seen him work with conductors such as Sian Edwards, as well as with numerous non-professional orchestras. He has recorded CDs for Champs Hill Records as a duo pianist, and for Toccata Classics, as a soloist and duo partner.