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The piano music of English composer John Ireland is as richly imagined and fully realized a body of piano music as any written after Debussy. From the impressionism of the early works like Decorations through the neo-classical formalism of mature works like the Piano Sonata to the flirtation with atonality in late works like Sarnia -- An Island Sequence, Ireland's piano music stands as high in his output as his much better known orchestral works. In these three recordings from 1975, 1977, and 1978 by Eric Parkin, Ireland's piano music is given performances that consistently do the works full justice. Parkin can handle every extravagant technical demand made by the music, demands rivaling those made by Debussy or Scriabin. More importantly, Parkin is wholly sympathetic to Ireland's music, no matter what the style. He can clarify the sometimes gnarly writing with his supremely clean articulation and smooth the sometimes hard-edged sonorities with his deft use of the mute and sustain pedals. Though not for first-time Ireland listening -- his orchestral Mai-Dun or The Forgotten Rite are more characteristic and more immediately appealing -- anyone who already knows and loves Ireland's music need not delay. Lyrita's stereo sound is crisp, deep, and round.
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Decorations (John Ireland)
John Ireland, Composer - Eric Parkin, Artist, MainArtist
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John Ireland, Composer - Eric Parkin, Artist, MainArtist
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John Ireland, Composer - Eric Parkin, Artist, MainArtist
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The Almond Tree (John Ireland)
John Ireland, Composer - Eric Parkin, Artist, MainArtist
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4 Preludes (John Ireland)
John Ireland, Composer - Eric Parkin, Artist, MainArtist
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John Ireland, Composer - Eric Parkin, Artist, MainArtist
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John Ireland, Composer - Eric Parkin, Artist, MainArtist
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John Ireland, Composer - Eric Parkin, Artist, MainArtist
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Prelude in E-Flat Major (John Ireland)
John Ireland, Composer - Eric Parkin, Artist, MainArtist
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Rhapsody (John Ireland)
John Ireland, Composer - Eric Parkin, Artist, MainArtist
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The Towing Path (John Ireland)
John Ireland, Composer - Eric Parkin, Artist, MainArtist
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Merry Andrew (John Ireland)
John Ireland, Composer - Eric Parkin, Artist, MainArtist
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London Pieces (John Ireland)
John Ireland, Composer - Eric Parkin, Artist, MainArtist
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John Ireland, Composer - Eric Parkin, Artist, MainArtist
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John Ireland, Composer - Eric Parkin, Artist, MainArtist
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DISC 2
Summer Evening (John Ireland)
John Ireland, Composer - Eric Parkin, Artist, MainArtist
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Piano Sonata (John Ireland)
John Ireland, Composer - Eric Parkin, Artist, MainArtist
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John Ireland, Composer - Eric Parkin, Artist, MainArtist
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John Ireland, Composer - Eric Parkin, Artist, MainArtist
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For Remembrance (John Ireland)
John Ireland, Composer - Eric Parkin, Artist, MainArtist
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Amberley Wild Brooks (John Ireland)
John Ireland, Composer - Eric Parkin, Artist, MainArtist
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The Darkened Valley (John Ireland)
John Ireland, Composer - Eric Parkin, Artist, MainArtist
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Equinox (John Ireland)
John Ireland, Composer - Eric Parkin, Artist, MainArtist
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On a Birthday Morning (John Ireland)
John Ireland, Composer - Eric Parkin, Artist, MainArtist
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Soliloquy (John Ireland)
John Ireland, Composer - Eric Parkin, Artist, MainArtist
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2 Pieces (1925) (John Ireland)
John Ireland, Composer - Eric Parkin, Artist, MainArtist
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John Ireland, Composer - Eric Parkin, Artist, MainArtist
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DISC 3
Piano Sonatina (John Ireland)
John Ireland, Composer - Eric Parkin, Artist, MainArtist
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John Ireland, Composer - Eric Parkin, Artist, MainArtist
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John Ireland, Composer - Eric Parkin, Artist, MainArtist
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Ballade (John Ireland)
John Ireland, Composer - Eric Parkin, Artist, MainArtist
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2 Pieces (1929) (John Ireland)
John Ireland, Composer - Eric Parkin, Artist, MainArtist
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John Ireland, Composer - Eric Parkin, Artist, MainArtist
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Month's Mind (John Ireland)
John Ireland, Composer - Eric Parkin, Artist, MainArtist
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Green Ways (John Ireland)
John Ireland, Composer - Eric Parkin, Artist, MainArtist
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John Ireland, Composer - Eric Parkin, Artist, MainArtist
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John Ireland, Composer - Eric Parkin, Artist, MainArtist
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Sarnia (John Ireland)
John Ireland, Composer - Eric Parkin, Artist, MainArtist
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John Ireland, Composer - Eric Parkin, Artist, MainArtist
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John Ireland, Composer - Eric Parkin, Artist, MainArtist
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Album review
The piano music of English composer John Ireland is as richly imagined and fully realized a body of piano music as any written after Debussy. From the impressionism of the early works like Decorations through the neo-classical formalism of mature works like the Piano Sonata to the flirtation with atonality in late works like Sarnia -- An Island Sequence, Ireland's piano music stands as high in his output as his much better known orchestral works. In these three recordings from 1975, 1977, and 1978 by Eric Parkin, Ireland's piano music is given performances that consistently do the works full justice. Parkin can handle every extravagant technical demand made by the music, demands rivaling those made by Debussy or Scriabin. More importantly, Parkin is wholly sympathetic to Ireland's music, no matter what the style. He can clarify the sometimes gnarly writing with his supremely clean articulation and smooth the sometimes hard-edged sonorities with his deft use of the mute and sustain pedals. Though not for first-time Ireland listening -- his orchestral Mai-Dun or The Forgotten Rite are more characteristic and more immediately appealing -- anyone who already knows and loves Ireland's music need not delay. Lyrita's stereo sound is crisp, deep, and round.
© TiVo
About the album
- 3 disc(s) - 40 track(s)
- Total length: 02:51:58
- 1 Digital booklet
- Main artists: Eric Parkin
- Composer: John Ireland
- Label: Lyrita
- Genre: Classical
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