As a violinist, Lloyd was drawn to stringed instruments rather than the keyboard. His wife, Nancy had a very different attitude to the piano, however. Having been brought up listening to records of Alfred Cortot, among other great pianists, she had developed a genuine passion for the instrument. She was always urging her husband to write a piano concerto, but it was not until the early 1960s that those years of persuasion paid off and Lloyd wrote Scapegoat, the first of his series of four piano concertos. Now the composer had overcome his previous aversion to the keyboard, as he put it, 'Suddenly, everything I thought of, I thought in terms of the piano'. From this dramatic change of heart emerged several works for solo piano. c Paul Conway

Tracklist:

Aubade~I. Introduction
Aubade~II. Dance of the Charcoal Burners
Aubade~III. The March of the Tin Soldiers
Aubade~IV. Love Duet
Aubade~V. Waltz
Aubade~VI. Bells, Monks and Lutherans
Aubade~VII. Moths
Aubade~VIII. Finale
Eventide
Road Though Samarkand
Lily-leaf and the Grasshopper
Transformation of that Naked Ape~I. Her Hair
Transformation of that Naked Ape~II. Her Tongue
Transformation of that Naked Ape~III. Her Eyes
Transformation of that Naked Ape~IV. Her Brain
Transformation of that Naked Ape~V. Her Mind
Transformation of that Naked Ape~VI. Her Soul
Lullaby (Intercom Baby)
African Shrine~Violente
African Shrine~- Molto vivace - Lento - Allegretto
African Shrine~- Violente - PiÃ¹ largamente
Aggressive Fishes
St. Antony and the Beggar
Road Through Samarkand

UPC: 5020926242327
Label: Lyrita
Release Date: 8.2.24
Format: CD

Lloyd / Goldstone / Roscoe - Piano Works Solo & Duo (CD)