Ireland Orchestral Works
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Composer or Director: John (Nicholson) Ireland
Label: Chandos
Magazine Review Date: 9/1986
Media Format: Cassette
Media Runtime: 0
Mastering:
Stereo
DDD
Catalogue Number: ABTD1174
Tracks:
Composition | Artist Credit |
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Concerto for Piano and Orchestra |
John (Nicholson) Ireland, Composer
Bryden Thomson, Conductor Eric Parkin, Piano John (Nicholson) Ireland, Composer London Philharmonic Orchestra |
Legend |
John (Nicholson) Ireland, Composer
Bryden Thomson, Conductor Eric Parkin, Piano John (Nicholson) Ireland, Composer London Philharmonic Orchestra |
Mai-Dun |
John (Nicholson) Ireland, Composer
Bryden Thomson, Conductor John (Nicholson) Ireland, Composer London Philharmonic Orchestra |
Composer or Director: John (Nicholson) Ireland
Label: Chandos
Magazine Review Date: 9/1986
Media Format: Vinyl
Media Runtime: 0
Mastering:
Stereo
DDD
Catalogue Number: ABRD1174
Tracks:
Composition | Artist Credit |
---|---|
Concerto for Piano and Orchestra |
John (Nicholson) Ireland, Composer
Bryden Thomson, Conductor Eric Parkin, Piano John (Nicholson) Ireland, Composer London Philharmonic Orchestra |
Legend |
John (Nicholson) Ireland, Composer
Bryden Thomson, Conductor Eric Parkin, Piano John (Nicholson) Ireland, Composer London Philharmonic Orchestra |
Mai-Dun |
John (Nicholson) Ireland, Composer
Bryden Thomson, Conductor John (Nicholson) Ireland, Composer London Philharmonic Orchestra |
Composer or Director: John (Nicholson) Ireland
Genre:
Orchestral
Label: Chandos
Magazine Review Date: 9/1986
Media Format: CD or Download
Media Runtime: 53
Mastering:
Stereo
DDD
Catalogue Number: CHAN8461
Tracks:
Composition | Artist Credit |
---|---|
Concerto for Piano and Orchestra |
John (Nicholson) Ireland, Composer
Bryden Thomson, Conductor Eric Parkin, Piano John (Nicholson) Ireland, Composer London Philharmonic Orchestra |
Legend |
John (Nicholson) Ireland, Composer
Bryden Thomson, Conductor Eric Parkin, Piano John (Nicholson) Ireland, Composer London Philharmonic Orchestra |
Mai-Dun |
John (Nicholson) Ireland, Composer
Bryden Thomson, Conductor John (Nicholson) Ireland, Composer London Philharmonic Orchestra |
Author: Michael Oliver
The Concerto has certainly not staled in the hands of Eric Parkin, who phrases the theme of the slow movement with no less quiet poise than he did 18 years ago for Lyrita, and has found even more raptness than before in its later pages. His touch is a shade lighter in the opening movement, and Bryden Thomson's alert yet relaxed tempo for the finale allows him more blitheness than Boult's bluffer approach on the older recording. The piano sound of the new version, too, has more presence and is better focused than its predecessor. The overall perspective is very like that which one would experience at a concert: a large orchestra, with some instruments quite evidently further back than others. The ear has to search for a few of the details, therefore, but I greatly enjoyed the impression of a real performance in a real place.
The two mythic tone-poems, in their 1966 Lyrita recording, are coupled with the orchestral
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