Liverpool Philharmonic : Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra Recordings : John Ireland: Piano Concerto

John Ireland: Piano Concerto John Wilson conducts John Lenehan and the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

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John IRELAND (1879 - 1962)

Piano Concerto in E flat (1930)
I. In tempo modertao -
II. Lento espressivo -
III. Allegretto giocoso
Legend for piano and orchestra (1933)
First Rhapsody in F sharp minor (1906)
Indian Summer (1932)
A Sea Idyll (1900)
Poco andante
Allegro appassionato
Mesto
Three Dances (1913)
Gipsy Dance
Country Dance
Reapers' Dance

John Lenehan piano
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra
John Wilson conductor

"John Ireland’s Piano Concerto of 1930 receives a thoroughly sympathetic, lucid performance, as does the ominously darker Legend of three years later. The concerto, while infused with Prokofiev’s zest, is pure Ireland in spirit, an amalgam that Lenehan captures ideally, as he does the passion of the First Rhapsody and A Sea Idyll. A delightful disc."
Geoffrey Norris, The Telegraph *****