Toccata
Wordsworth: Complete Music for Solo Piano / Guild
$10.49
Details
- Composer
- William Wordsworth
- Artist
- Christopher Guild
- Format
- CD
- Label
- Toccata
- Released
- Sep 01, 2023
- Catalog #
- TOCC0697
- UPC
- 5060113446978
About
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.
Tracklist 20 tracks
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1 I. Maestoso - Allegro deciso 13:21
- Track
- 1
- Title
- I. Maestoso - Allegro deciso
- Duration
- 13:21
- Composer
- William Wordsworth
- Performer
- Christopher Guild
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2 II. Largamente e calmato 06:13
- Track
- 2
- Title
- II. Largamente e calmato
- Duration
- 06:13
- Composer
- William Wordsworth
- Performer
- Christopher Guild
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3 III. Allegro molto - Poco adagio - Tempo I 07:30
- Track
- 3
- Title
- III. Allegro molto - Poco adagio - Tempo I
- Duration
- 07:30
- Composer
- William Wordsworth
- Performer
- Christopher Guild
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4 No. 1. Prelude 04:40
- Track
- 4
- Title
- No. 1. Prelude
- Duration
- 04:40
- Composer
- William Wordsworth
- Performer
- Christopher Guild
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5 No. 2. Scherzo 02:04
- Track
- 5
- Title
- No. 2. Scherzo
- Duration
- 02:04
- Composer
- William Wordsworth
- Performer
- Christopher Guild
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6 No. 3. Rhapsody 03:51
- Track
- 6
- Title
- No. 3. Rhapsody
- Duration
- 03:51
- Composer
- William Wordsworth
- Performer
- Christopher Guild
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7 I. Prelude 04:35
- Track
- 7
- Title
- I. Prelude
- Duration
- 04:35
- Composer
- William Wordsworth
- Performer
- Christopher Guild
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8 II. Scherzo 01:34
- Track
- 8
- Title
- II. Scherzo
- Duration
- 01:34
- Composer
- William Wordsworth
- Performer
- Christopher Guild
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9 III. Nocturne 04:58
- Track
- 9
- Title
- III. Nocturne
- Duration
- 04:58
- Composer
- William Wordsworth
- Performer
- Christopher Guild
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10 IV. Fughetta 02:11
- Track
- 10
- Title
- IV. Fughetta
- Duration
- 02:11
- Composer
- William Wordsworth
- Performer
- Christopher Guild
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11 Ballade, Op. 41 07:55
- Track
- 11
- Title
- Ballade, Op. 41
- Duration
- 07:55
- Composer
- William Wordsworth
- Performer
- Christopher Guild
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12 A Tale from Long Ago 01:48
- Track
- 12
- Title
- A Tale from Long Ago
- Duration
- 01:48
- Composer
- William Wordsworth
- Performer
- Christopher Guild
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13 March of the Giants 01:16
- Track
- 13
- Title
- March of the Giants
- Duration
- 01:16
- Composer
- William Wordsworth
- Performer
- Christopher Guild
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14 Ding Dong Bell 01:19
- Track
- 14
- Title
- Ding Dong Bell
- Duration
- 01:19
- Composer
- William Wordsworth
- Performer
- Christopher Guild
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15 Snowflakes 01:38
- Track
- 15
- Title
- Snowflakes
- Duration
- 01:38
- Composer
- William Wordsworth
- Performer
- Christopher Guild
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16 Fireside Story 02:28
- Track
- 16
- Title
- Fireside Story
- Duration
- 02:28
- Composer
- William Wordsworth
- Performer
- Christopher Guild
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17 Bedtime (Six O'Clock) 01:13
- Track
- 17
- Title
- Bedtime (Six O'Clock)
- Duration
- 01:13
- Composer
- William Wordsworth
- Performer
- Christopher Guild
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18 Bedtime Story 01:25
- Track
- 18
- Title
- Bedtime Story
- Duration
- 01:25
- Composer
- William Wordsworth
- Performer
- Christopher Guild
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19 Hornpipe 01:03
- Track
- 19
- Title
- Hornpipe
- Duration
- 01:03
- Composer
- William Wordsworth
- Performer
- Christopher Guild
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20 Valediction, Op. 82 10:00
- Track
- 20
- Title
- Valediction, Op. 82
- Duration
- 10:00
- Composer
- William Wordsworth
- Performer
- Christopher Guild