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Daniel Jones: Rediscovered Piano Works [4 CDs] / Martin Jones
Lyrita

Daniel Jones: Rediscovered Piano Works [4 CDs] / Martin Jones

$37.99

Details

Composer
Daniel Jones
Artist
Martin Jones
Format
CD
Label
Lyrita
Released
Jul 15, 2022
Catalog #
SRCD2396
UPC
5020926239624

About

Martin Jones has been one of Britain’s most highly regarded solo pianists since first coming to international attention in 1968 when he received the Dame Myra Hess Award. The same year he made his London debut at the Queen Elizabeth Hall and his New York debut at Carnegie Hall, and ever since has been in demand for recitals and concerto performances in Europe, Russia, Australia, Canada, North & South America. He has made over 90 recordings with Nimbus Records exploring music that is not often played including the complete works of 18 composers. This year will see the release of 4 discs of newly discovered manuscripts of Daniel Jones. Also, together with Adrian Farmer, 3 discs of French music for 4 hands. During next year, as well as giving concerts, he will complete 3 discs of the first recordings of all the piano works of Elizabeth Lutyens for Resonus Records, and continue his American Piano Series with Volumes 6 & 7 for Prova Recordings which will include several new works especially written for him, and, for Nimbus a collection of Brazilian music by Mignone, Gnatalli & Lorenzo-Fernandez.

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REVIEW

Dylan Thomas described his friend Daniel Jones as playing the piano and announcing gravely “My twentieth sonata…this one is Homage to Beethoven.” For many years I and most other readers assumed a degree of satirical exaggeration in this description; those of us who knew the music of the composer were aware that he had written very little for the piano apart from his admittedly substantial collection of brief Bagatelles, certainly not a whole score of piano sonatas. But, as it now transpires, Daniel Jones’s statements were as wildly at variance with the truth as Dylan Thomas’s. Martin Jones has unearthed in the music archives as the National Library of Wales a vast output of piano music written in the period 1933 to 1949 – and it clear that what is included in this collection of four very full discs is far from the whole of the body of music involved.

[Let] us be truly thankful and grateful for the investigative work of Martin Jones and Adrian Farmer who have unearthed these gems and brought them to our attention. And especially to the indefatigable Martin Jones, whose exploits in the field of rare and unknown piano music have produced so many other revelations over the years. His performances here, as indeed we would expect, have life, engagement and agility; it is clear that the composer himself must have been no mean shakes as a pianist in his younger years, but even he cannot have expected such a demonstration of skill and prowess as we find time and again on these discs. The recorded sound too, as we would also expect from the Wyastone Leys studio, is excellent. The carefully considered layout between discs is admirable, with the larger works separated by miniatures to produce an order suitable for continuous listening without fatigue. And the presentation – a sixteen-page booklet packed with invaluable and indeed unique information – is all that one could wish for.

--MusicWeb International (Paul Corfield Godfrey)

Tracklist 42 tracks

  1. Disc 1
  2. 1 Prelude in D Minor (1933) 04:04
    Track
    1
    Title
    Prelude in D Minor (1933)
    Duration
    04:04
    Composer
    Daniel Jones
    Performer
    Martin Jones
  3. 2 I. Allegro giocoso 05:03
    Track
    2
    Title
    I. Allegro giocoso
    Duration
    05:03
    Composer
    Daniel Jones
    Performer
    Martin Jones
  4. 3 II. Andante 05:28
    Track
    3
    Title
    II. Andante
    Duration
    05:28
    Composer
    Daniel Jones
    Performer
    Martin Jones
  5. 4 III. Allegretto giocoso 04:14
    Track
    4
    Title
    III. Allegretto giocoso
    Duration
    04:14
    Composer
    Daniel Jones
    Performer
    Martin Jones
  6. 5 I. Lento mà non troppo - Allegro 09:59
    Track
    5
    Title
    I. Lento mà non troppo - Allegro
    Duration
    09:59
    Composer
    Daniel Jones
    Performer
    Martin Jones
  7. 6 II. Lento con grazia 07:01
    Track
    6
    Title
    II. Lento con grazia
    Duration
    07:01
    Composer
    Daniel Jones
    Performer
    Martin Jones
  8. 7 III. Allegro Barbaro 02:23
    Track
    7
    Title
    III. Allegro Barbaro
    Duration
    02:23
    Composer
    Daniel Jones
    Performer
    Martin Jones
  9. 8 IV. Theme and Variations 12:02
    Track
    8
    Title
    IV. Theme and Variations
    Duration
    12:02
    Composer
    Daniel Jones
    Performer
    Martin Jones
  10. 9 No. 1 in D Major: Andante - Vivace 03:52
    Track
    9
    Title
    No. 1 in D Major: Andante - Vivace
    Duration
    03:52
    Composer
    Daniel Jones
    Performer
    Martin Jones
  11. 10 No. 2 in F-Sharp Minor 08:43
    Track
    10
    Title
    No. 2 in F-Sharp Minor
    Duration
    08:43
    Composer
    Daniel Jones
    Performer
    Martin Jones
  12. Disc 2
  13. 1 Prelude in D Major (1934) 03:13
    Track
    1
    Title
    Prelude in D Major (1934)
    Duration
    03:13
    Composer
    Daniel Jones
    Performer
    Martin Jones
  14. 2 Thema con variazioni in D-Flat Major (1941) 08:36
    Track
    2
    Title
    Thema con variazioni in D-Flat Major (1941)
    Duration
    08:36
    Composer
    Daniel Jones
    Performer
    Martin Jones
  15. 3 Capriccio in E Major (1934) 04:44
    Track
    3
    Title
    Capriccio in E Major (1934)
    Duration
    04:44
    Composer
    Daniel Jones
    Performer
    Martin Jones
  16. 4 Fantasia in B Major, Op. 310, No. 1 07:16
    Track
    4
    Title
    Fantasia in B Major, Op. 310, No. 1
    Duration
    07:16
    Composer
    Daniel Jones
    Performer
    Martin Jones
  17. 5 Fantasia in E-Flat Major, Op. 310, No. 2 05:40
    Track
    5
    Title
    Fantasia in E-Flat Major, Op. 310, No. 2
    Duration
    05:40
    Composer
    Daniel Jones
    Performer
    Martin Jones
  18. 6 Legend (1941) 03:48
    Track
    6
    Title
    Legend (1941)
    Duration
    03:48
    Composer
    Daniel Jones
    Performer
    Martin Jones
  19. 7 I. Tragico con moto 05:52
    Track
    7
    Title
    I. Tragico con moto
    Duration
    05:52
    Composer
    Daniel Jones
    Performer
    Martin Jones
  20. 8 II. Thema con Variazioni 08:48
    Track
    8
    Title
    II. Thema con Variazioni
    Duration
    08:48
    Composer
    Daniel Jones
    Performer
    Martin Jones
  21. 9 No. 1 in B-Flat Minor 02:01
    Track
    9
    Title
    No. 1 in B-Flat Minor
    Duration
    02:01
    Composer
    Daniel Jones
    Performer
    Martin Jones
  22. 10 No. 2 in G Major: Andante con moto 02:07
    Track
    10
    Title
    No. 2 in G Major: Andante con moto
    Duration
    02:07
    Composer
    Daniel Jones
    Performer
    Martin Jones
  23. 11 No. 3 in B-Flat Major: Allegro ma non troppo 03:42
    Track
    11
    Title
    No. 3 in B-Flat Major: Allegro ma non troppo
    Duration
    03:42
    Composer
    Daniel Jones
    Performer
    Martin Jones
  24. Disc 3
  25. 1 Prelude in C Major (1934) 04:35
    Track
    1
    Title
    Prelude in C Major (1934)
    Duration
    04:35
    Composer
    Daniel Jones
    Performer
    Martin Jones
  26. 2 Theme, Variations and Fugue in C-Sharp Minor (1945) 29:19
    Track
    2
    Title
    Theme, Variations and Fugue in C-Sharp Minor (1945)
    Duration
    29:19
    Composer
    Daniel Jones
    Performer
    Martin Jones
  27. 3 No. 1 in A Major: Adagio Maestoso 01:47
    Track
    3
    Title
    No. 1 in A Major: Adagio Maestoso
    Duration
    01:47
    Composer
    Daniel Jones
    Performer
    Martin Jones
  28. 4 No. 2 in D-Flat Major: Moderato 01:21
    Track
    4
    Title
    No. 2 in D-Flat Major: Moderato
    Duration
    01:21
    Composer
    Daniel Jones
    Performer
    Martin Jones
  29. 5 No. 3 in D Major: Allegretto 02:04
    Track
    5
    Title
    No. 3 in D Major: Allegretto
    Duration
    02:04
    Composer
    Daniel Jones
    Performer
    Martin Jones
  30. 6 No. 4 in E-Flat Major: Lento Moderato 05:38
    Track
    6
    Title
    No. 4 in E-Flat Major: Lento Moderato
    Duration
    05:38
    Composer
    Daniel Jones
    Performer
    Martin Jones
  31. 7 Romance in G Minor (1943) 05:10
    Track
    7
    Title
    Romance in G Minor (1943)
    Duration
    05:10
    Composer
    Daniel Jones
    Performer
    Martin Jones
  32. 8 No. 1. Ballade 02:17
    Track
    8
    Title
    No. 1. Ballade
    Duration
    02:17
    Composer
    Daniel Jones
    Performer
    Martin Jones
  33. 9 No. 2. Melodie 02:12
    Track
    9
    Title
    No. 2. Melodie
    Duration
    02:12
    Composer
    Daniel Jones
    Performer
    Martin Jones
  34. 10 No. 3. Humoreske 01:39
    Track
    10
    Title
    No. 3. Humoreske
    Duration
    01:39
    Composer
    Daniel Jones
    Performer
    Martin Jones
  35. Disc 4
  36. 1 Fantasia in E-Flat Minor (1944) 06:11
    Track
    1
    Title
    Fantasia in E-Flat Minor (1944)
    Duration
    06:11
    Composer
    Daniel Jones
    Performer
    Martin Jones
  37. 2 I. Prelude 05:03
    Track
    2
    Title
    I. Prelude
    Duration
    05:03
    Composer
    Daniel Jones
    Performer
    Martin Jones
  38. 3 II. Scherzo 01:23
    Track
    3
    Title
    II. Scherzo
    Duration
    01:23
    Composer
    Daniel Jones
    Performer
    Martin Jones
  39. 4 III. Theme and Variations 05:25
    Track
    4
    Title
    III. Theme and Variations
    Duration
    05:25
    Composer
    Daniel Jones
    Performer
    Martin Jones
  40. 5 IV. Finale 05:51
    Track
    5
    Title
    IV. Finale
    Duration
    05:51
    Composer
    Daniel Jones
    Performer
    Martin Jones
  41. 6 Lento malinconico (1949) 07:31
    Track
    6
    Title
    Lento malinconico (1949)
    Duration
    07:31
    Composer
    Daniel Jones
    Performer
    Martin Jones
  42. 7 I. Molto sostenuto - Allegro 08:29
    Track
    7
    Title
    I. Molto sostenuto - Allegro
    Duration
    08:29
    Composer
    Daniel Jones
    Performer
    Martin Jones
  43. 8 II. Lento 09:18
    Track
    8
    Title
    II. Lento
    Duration
    09:18
    Composer
    Daniel Jones
    Performer
    Martin Jones
  44. 9 III. Scherzo: Presto 04:58
    Track
    9
    Title
    III. Scherzo: Presto
    Duration
    04:58
    Composer
    Daniel Jones
    Performer
    Martin Jones
  45. 10 IV. Adagio - Allegro man non troppo 08:22
    Track
    10
    Title
    IV. Adagio - Allegro man non troppo
    Duration
    08:22
    Composer
    Daniel Jones
    Performer
    Martin Jones
  46. 11 V. Fuga a 5: Moderato 05:46
    Track
    11
    Title
    V. Fuga a 5: Moderato
    Duration
    05:46
    Composer
    Daniel Jones
    Performer
    Martin Jones