Chatelet Records Recorded with generous assistance from the John Ireland Charitable Trust John Ireland: Sarnia: An Island Sequence, and The Island Spell Tchaikovsky: The Seasons Opus 37a For further information, contact Tom: https://www.tom-hicks.co.uk/recordings.php Recent reviews: https://www.classicalmusicdaily.com/2020/02/hicks.htm https://epta-uk.org/sites/default/files/pianojournalpdf/Piano%20Journal%20118%20magazine.pdf … Continue reading →

John Ireland: Piano Concerto in E flat Annarosa Taddei, piano Orchestra Sinfonica di Roma della RAI / Alfredo Casella RAI live broadcast recording of a concert given in the Foro Italico (formerly Foro Mussolini) Rome, Italy on 15 March, 1946 … Continue reading →

Roderick Williams, baritone; Susie Allan, piano John Ireland: Great Things; Sea Fever; In Boyhood; Youth’s Spring Tribute George Butterworth: Six songs from A Shropshire Lad Ian Venables: A Kiss; Flying Crooked Ralph Vaughan Williams: Silent Noon; The Vagabond Ivor Gurney: … Continue reading →

Joseph Spooner, cello; Rebeca Omordia, piano (Ireland Cello Sonata); Maureen Galea, piano Eric Fogg: Poem (1922) John Ireland: Sonata for Cello and Piano (1923) Cyril Scott: The Gentle Maiden (Irish Air) Frederic Austin: Sonata (1927) Greville Cooke: Sea-Croon (1929) William … Continue reading →

Maria Marchant, piano Britten: Holiday Diary Op. 5 Stevenson: Peter Grimes Fantasy Ireland: Ballade of London Nights Ireland: Sea Fever transcribed freely by Roderick Williams Roderick Williams: Goodwood by the Sea Leighton: Six Studies Op. 56 Holst: Solo Piano Music: … Continue reading →

Lionel Handy, cello; Jennifer Hughes, piano Bax: Cello Sonata in E flat Delius: Violin Sonata No. 3 (arr. for cello and piano L. Handy) Ireland: Cello Sonata The Cello Sonata in G minor was written in 1923 and premiered the … Continue reading →

Fenella Humphreys, violin Nathan Williamson, piano Doreen Carwithen (1922-2003) Violin Sonata (c.1960) Charles Wilfred (C W) Orr (1893-1976) Serenade (after 1930) Minuet (after 1930) Lennox Berkeley (1903-1989) Elegy & Toccata Op. 33 Nos 2 & 3 (1951) Cyril Scott (1879-1970) … Continue reading →

City of London Sinfonia. Conductor, Richard Hickox Re-issue: originally recorded in 1994 A Downland Suite (Arranged for string orchestra by John Ireland and Geoffrey Bush) Orchestral Poem Concertino Pastorale for Strings Two Symphonic Studies In 1971, Richard Hickox founded the … Continue reading →

Kitty Whately, mezzo-soprano Joseph Middleton, piano Navarra Quartet Kevin Whately Madelaine Newton Include’s Ireland’s ‘Earth’s Call’ and ‘Spring will not wait’ A beautiful collection of English Poetry and Song performed by mezzo-soprano Kitty Whately and her family and friends. The … Continue reading →

Songs by John Ireland April Fredrick, soprano Mark Bebbington. piano The Songs of John Ireland form an important part of his output and are highly regarded by professional singers who appreciate the lyrical contours of his melodies, the sensitivity of … Continue reading →

Piers Lane, piano Down Longford Way, (No 2 of Four Musical Sketches for Piano) Katharine Parker Toccata (Movement 4 of Suite), Alan Lane Toccata for Piers Lane, Anthony Doheny Ballerina, John Ireland Jesu, joy of man’s desiring, (Movement 10 of … Continue reading →

Portsmouth Cathedral Choir, Convivium Singers, Malcolm Archer, conductor (in partnership with The Baltic Exchange) They that go down to the sea in ships Grayson Ives Vast Ocean of Light Jonathan Dove Here I am, Lord Daniel Schutt (arr. Malcolm Archer) … Continue reading →

Alexander Baillie, cello; John Thwaites, piano CD1 Bridge: Cello Sonata in D minor Delius: Cello Sonata Ireland: Cello Sonata in G minor CD2 Clarke: Sonata for Cello and Piano Keys: Cello Sonata Rubbra: Cello Sonata in G minor Supported by … Continue reading →

Royal Scottish National Orchestra; Martin Yates, conductor Moeran: Sketches for Symphony No. 2 in E flat (Realised and completed by Martin Yates) Ireland: Sarnia: an island sequence for orchestra (Orchestrated by Martin Yates) Overture for a Festival (Orchestrated by Rodney … Continue reading →

Caroline Clemmow and Anthony Goldstone, pianos Ireland: The Forgotten Rite Mussorgsky: Night on the Bald Mountain Ibert: Escales Lyadov: The Enchanted Lake Britten: Four Sea Interludes from Peter Grimes www.divine-art.co.uk/mm5/merchant.mvc?Store_Code=divineart&Screen=PROD&Category_Code=DA&Product_Code=25104 … Continue reading →

Julian Lloyd Webber and Jiaxin Cheng, cellos; John Lenehan, piano Songs by Ireland and Delius arranged for cello and piano by Julian Lloyd Webber, including world premieres of ‘Evening Song’ and ‘In Summer Woods’. Spring Sorrow, Evening Song, Sea Fever, … Continue reading →

Birmingham Conservatoire Chamber Choir; Paul Spicer, Director SOMM celebrates some of Frederick Delius’s and John Ireland’s choral and vocal music Ireland: Heraclitus; Weep you no more sad fountains; Fain would I change that note; When May is in his prime; … Continue reading →

Mark Bebbington, piano Sarnia (Le Catioroc; In a May Morning; Song of the Springtides) Sea Idyll Two Pieces from A Downland Suite (Elegy; Menuet) Greenways: Three Lyric Pieces (The Cherry Tree; Cypress; The Palm and May) The Darkened Valley Two … Continue reading →

Mark Bebbington, piano The Towing Path Three Pastels (The Grecian Lad; The Boy Bishop; Puck’s Birthday) Summer Evening Soliloquy Spring Will not Wait In Those Days (Daydream; Meridian) Merry Andrew Leaves from a Child’s Sketchbook (By the Mere; In the … Continue reading →

Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra; John Wilson, conductor; John Lenehan, piano Piano Concerto Legend First Rhapsody (1906) Pastoral (world premiere recording) Indian Summer (world premiere recording) A Sea Idyll Three Dances (Gipsy Dance; Country Dance; Reapers’ Dance) Supported by the John … Continue reading →

Adrian Rowlands and Adrian Sims, pianos Vaughan Williams: Symphony No. 6 in E minor (arranged for two pianos by Michael Mulliner; edited by Alan Rowlands) Ireland: Prelude: The Forgotten Rite (arranged by the composer for piano, four hands) Ireland: Symphonic … Continue reading →

Chamber Ensemble of London; Peter Fisher, Director/Violin; Maya Iwabuchi, violin; Peter Adams, cello Purcell: Overture and Rondeau from Abdalazer Darke: Fantasy in E major for String Orchestra (world premiere) Ireland: The Holy Boy (arr. Christopher Palmer) Farnaby: Seven Pieces for String … Continue reading →