William Wordsworth: Complete Music for Solo Piano
The reputation of the Anglo-Scottish composer William Wordsworth (1908–88), great-great-grandnephew of the poet, has recently been restored by a series of Toccata Classics albums of his orchestral music. His piano music, too, was poorly known before now, none of it recorded since a handful of pieces appeared on LP 60 years ago – though his epic Piano Sonata is a work of major importance. This first ever complete recording reveals an honest, unfussy approach to the keyboard akin to that of two other major symphonists, Sibelius and Rubbra: like them, Wordsworth’s primary concern seems to have been the expression of deep feeling – which makes the gentle story-telling of his miniatures for children all the more surprising.
Christopher Guild, piano
Listen To This Recording:
Piano Sonata in D Minor, Op. 13 (1938-39) (27:04)
- I. Maestoso (13:21)
- II. Largamente e calmato – (6:13)
- III. Allegro molto – Poco adagio – Tempo I (7:30)
Three Pieces for Piano* (10:35)
- Prelude (1932) (4:40)
- Scherzo (undated) (2:04)
- Rhapsody (spring 1934) (3:51)
Cheesecombe Suite, Op. 27 (1945) (13:18)
- I. Prelude (4:35)
- II. Scherzo (1:34)
- III. Nocturne (4:58)
- IV. Fughetta (2:11)
- Ballade, Op. 41 (1949) (7:55)
- A Tale from Long Ago (publ. 1952)* (1:48)
- March of the Giants (publ. 1952)* (1:16)
- Ding Dong Bell (publ. 1952)* (1:19)
- Snowflakes (publ. 1952)* (1:38)
- Fireside Story (publ. 1952)* (2:28)
- Bedtime (Six O’Clock) (publ. 1952)* (1:13)
- Bedtime Story (publ. 1952)* (1:25)
- Hornpipe (publ. 1952)* (1:03)
- Valediction, Op. 82 (1967)* (10:00)
*First Recordings
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