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When Lyrita proposed recording his complete piano works, composer John Ireland recommended pianist Alan Rowlands for the job. By his own admission, Rowlands was not a virtuoso pianist, but he was still a very good musician and undoubtedly the man for the job. He had studied the music with Ireland, and the composer had told him everything he needed to know about the 51 works, from the way to use the sustain pedal to float a phrase to the exact length of an especially dramatic fermata. When the results were released on five LPs in the late '50s and early '60s, they were greeted with extravagant but wholly deserved praise for their insight, sympathy, musicality, and authenticity, and this 2008 reissue on three CDs retains all those virtues.
Though English modernist piano music covers the gamut from the keenly evocative Sarnia through austerely nostalgic The Darkened Valley to the architecturally magnificent sonata, Rowlands is always up to the task and deep into the music. And while it's true that one can sometimes hear slips in his technique in the thorniest passages, Rowlands' dedicated advocacy and manifest affection more than compensates for such minor flaws. Lyrita's monaural recording is a bit dim and a tad one dimensional, but nevertheless sounds just like a real piano in a real place in real time. Anyone who enjoys Ireland's orchestral music or chamber music will surely enjoy his piano music.
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London Pieces (John Ireland)
John Ireland, Composer - Alan Rowlands, Artist, MainArtist
(C) 2008 Lyrita (P) 2008 Lyrita
John Ireland, Composer - Alan Rowlands, Artist, MainArtist
(C) 2008 Lyrita (P) 2008 Lyrita
John Ireland, Composer - Alan Rowlands, Artist, MainArtist
(C) 2008 Lyrita (P) 2008 Lyrita
Green Ways (John Ireland)
John Ireland, Composer - Alan Rowlands, Artist, MainArtist
(C) 2008 Lyrita (P) 2008 Lyrita
John Ireland, Composer - Alan Rowlands, Artist, MainArtist
(C) 2008 Lyrita (P) 2008 Lyrita
John Ireland, Composer - Alan Rowlands, Artist, MainArtist
(C) 2008 Lyrita (P) 2008 Lyrita
Sonatina for Piano (John Ireland)
John Ireland, Composer - Alan Rowlands, Artist, MainArtist
(C) 2008 Lyrita (P) 2008 Lyrita
John Ireland, Composer - Alan Rowlands, Artist, MainArtist
(C) 2008 Lyrita (P) 2008 Lyrita
John Ireland, Composer - Alan Rowlands, Artist, MainArtist
(C) 2008 Lyrita (P) 2008 Lyrita
Soliloquy (John Ireland)
John Ireland, Composer - Alan Rowlands, Artist, MainArtist
(C) 2008 Lyrita (P) 2008 Lyrita
On a Birthday Morning (John Ireland)
John Ireland, Composer - Alan Rowlands, Artist, MainArtist
(C) 2008 Lyrita (P) 2008 Lyrita
Equinox (John Ireland)
John Ireland, Composer - Alan Rowlands, Artist, MainArtist
(C) 2008 Lyrita (P) 2008 Lyrita
Sarnia (An Island Sequence) (John Ireland)
John Ireland, Composer - Alan Rowlands, Artist, MainArtist
(C) 2008 Lyrita (P) 2008 Lyrita
John Ireland, Composer - Alan Rowlands, Artist, MainArtist
(C) 2008 Lyrita (P) 2008 Lyrita
John Ireland, Composer - Alan Rowlands, Artist, MainArtist
(C) 2008 Lyrita (P) 2008 Lyrita
2 Pieces for Piano (John Ireland)
John Ireland, Composer - Alan Rowlands, Artist, MainArtist
(C) 2008 Lyrita (P) 2008 Lyrita
John Ireland, Composer - Alan Rowlands, Artist, MainArtist
(C) 2008 Lyrita (P) 2008 Lyrita
DISC 2
Ballade (John Ireland)
John Ireland, Composer - Alan Rowlands, Artist, MainArtist
(C) 2008 Lyrita (P) 2008 Lyrita
2 Pieces for Piano (John Ireland)
John Ireland, Composer - Alan Rowlands, Artist, MainArtist
(C) 2008 Lyrita (P) 2008 Lyrita
John Ireland, Composer - Alan Rowlands, Artist, MainArtist
(C) 2008 Lyrita (P) 2008 Lyrita
Piano Sonata (John Ireland)
John Ireland, Composer - Alan Rowlands, Artist, MainArtist
(C) 2008 Lyrita (P) 2008 Lyrita
John Ireland, Composer - Alan Rowlands, Artist, MainArtist
(C) 2008 Lyrita (P) 2008 Lyrita
John Ireland, Composer - Alan Rowlands, Artist, MainArtist
(C) 2008 Lyrita (P) 2008 Lyrita
The Towing Path (John Ireland)
John Ireland, Composer - Alan Rowlands, Artist, MainArtist
(C) 2008 Lyrita (P) 2008 Lyrita
The Darkened Valley (John Ireland)
John Ireland, Composer - Alan Rowlands, Artist, MainArtist
(C) 2008 Lyrita (P) 2008 Lyrita
Rhapsody (John Ireland)
John Ireland, Composer - Alan Rowlands, Artist, MainArtist
(C) 2008 Lyrita (P) 2008 Lyrita
Month's Mind (John Ireland)
John Ireland, Composer - Alan Rowlands, Artist, MainArtist
(C) 2008 Lyrita (P) 2008 Lyrita
Decorations (John Ireland)
John Ireland, Composer - Alan Rowlands, Artist, MainArtist
(C) 2008 Lyrita (P) 2008 Lyrita
John Ireland, Composer - Alan Rowlands, Artist, MainArtist
(C) 2008 Lyrita (P) 2008 Lyrita
John Ireland, Composer - Alan Rowlands, Artist, MainArtist
(C) 2008 Lyrita (P) 2008 Lyrita
DISC 3
2 Pieces for Piano (John Ireland)
John Ireland, Composer - Alan Rowlands, Artist, MainArtist
(C) 2008 Lyrita (P) 2008 Lyrita
John Ireland, Composer - Alan Rowlands, Artist, MainArtist
(C) 2008 Lyrita (P) 2008 Lyrita
In those days (John Ireland)
John Ireland, Composer - Alan Rowlands, Artist, MainArtist
(C) 2008 Lyrita (P) 2008 Lyrita
John Ireland, Composer - Alan Rowlands, Artist, MainArtist
(C) 2008 Lyrita (P) 2008 Lyrita
4 Preludes (John Ireland)
John Ireland, Composer - Alan Rowlands, Artist, MainArtist
(C) 2008 Lyrita (P) 2008 Lyrita
John Ireland, Composer - Alan Rowlands, Artist, MainArtist
(C) 2008 Lyrita (P) 2008 Lyrita
John Ireland, Composer - Alan Rowlands, Artist, MainArtist
(C) 2008 Lyrita (P) 2008 Lyrita
John Ireland, Composer - Alan Rowlands, Artist, MainArtist
(C) 2008 Lyrita (P) 2008 Lyrita
The Almond Tree (John Ireland)
John Ireland, Composer - Alan Rowlands, Artist, MainArtist
(C) 2008 Lyrita (P) 2008 Lyrita
Summer Evening (John Ireland)
John Ireland, Composer - Alan Rowlands, Artist, MainArtist
(C) 2008 Lyrita (P) 2008 Lyrita
Prélude in E-Flat Major (John Ireland)
John Ireland, Composer - Alan Rowlands, Artist, MainArtist
(C) 2008 Lyrita (P) 2008 Lyrita
Columbine (John Ireland)
John Ireland, Composer - Alan Rowlands, Artist, MainArtist
(C) 2008 Lyrita (P) 2008 Lyrita
Merry Andrew (John Ireland)
John Ireland, Composer - Alan Rowlands, Artist, MainArtist
(C) 2008 Lyrita (P) 2008 Lyrita
3 Pastels (John Ireland)
John Ireland, Composer - Alan Rowlands, Artist, MainArtist
(C) 2008 Lyrita (P) 2008 Lyrita
John Ireland, Composer - Alan Rowlands, Artist, MainArtist
(C) 2008 Lyrita (P) 2008 Lyrita
John Ireland, Composer - Alan Rowlands, Artist, MainArtist
(C) 2008 Lyrita (P) 2008 Lyrita
Spring will not wait (John Ireland)
John Ireland, Composer - Alan Rowlands, Artist, MainArtist
(C) 2008 Lyrita (P) 2008 Lyrita
The Ballade of London Nights (John Ireland)
John Ireland, Composer - Alan Rowlands, Artist, MainArtist
(C) 2008 Lyrita (P) 2008 Lyrita
A Sea Idyll (John Ireland)
John Ireland, Composer - Alan Rowlands, Artist, MainArtist
(C) 2008 Lyrita (P) 2008 Lyrita
John Ireland, Composer - Alan Rowlands, Artist, MainArtist
(C) 2008 Lyrita (P) 2008 Lyrita
Album review
When Lyrita proposed recording his complete piano works, composer John Ireland recommended pianist Alan Rowlands for the job. By his own admission, Rowlands was not a virtuoso pianist, but he was still a very good musician and undoubtedly the man for the job. He had studied the music with Ireland, and the composer had told him everything he needed to know about the 51 works, from the way to use the sustain pedal to float a phrase to the exact length of an especially dramatic fermata. When the results were released on five LPs in the late '50s and early '60s, they were greeted with extravagant but wholly deserved praise for their insight, sympathy, musicality, and authenticity, and this 2008 reissue on three CDs retains all those virtues.
Though English modernist piano music covers the gamut from the keenly evocative Sarnia through austerely nostalgic The Darkened Valley to the architecturally magnificent sonata, Rowlands is always up to the task and deep into the music. And while it's true that one can sometimes hear slips in his technique in the thorniest passages, Rowlands' dedicated advocacy and manifest affection more than compensates for such minor flaws. Lyrita's monaural recording is a bit dim and a tad one dimensional, but nevertheless sounds just like a real piano in a real place in real time. Anyone who enjoys Ireland's orchestral music or chamber music will surely enjoy his piano music.
© TiVo
About the album
- 3 disc(s) - 51 track(s)
- Total length: 03:44:19
- 1 Digital booklet
- Main artists: Alan Rowlands
- Composer: John Ireland
- Label: Lyrita
- Genre: Classical
(C) 2008 Lyrita (P) 2008 Lyrita
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