This fourth volume in Christopher Guild's ongoing survey of the piano music of the pianist-composer Ronald Stevenson (1928-2015) - a major figure in the cultural life of twentieth-century Scotland - presents works inspired by the human voice, where Stevenson was concerned above all to make the piano sing, to allow it to express human feeling as naturally as possible. That concern can be heard both in his own pieces and his many transcriptions of music by other composers, which balance sophisticated craftsmanship and a refreshing emotional directness.

Tracklist:

Manru Suite (After Paderewski): I. Introduction & Gipsy March
Manru Suite (After Paderewski): II. Gipsy Song
Manru Suite (After Paderewski): III. Lullaby
Manru Suite (After Paderewski): IV. Cracovienne
Song Without Words
9 Haiku (Arr. For Solo Piano): No. 1, Dedication
9 Haiku (Arr. For Solo Piano): No. 2, The Fly
9 Haiku (Arr. For Solo Piano): No. 3, Gone Away
9 Haiku (Arr. For Solo Piano): No. 4, Nocturne
9 Haiku (Arr. For Solo Piano): No. 5, Master And Pupil
9 Haiku (Arr. For Solo Piano): No. 6, Spring
9 Haiku (Arr. For Solo Piano): Interlude. The Blossoming Cherry [Aubade]
9 Haiku (Arr. For Solo Piano): No. 7, Curfew
9 Haiku (Arr. For Solo Piano): No. 8, Hiroshima
9 Haiku (Arr. For Solo Piano): No. 9, Epilogue
Romance (After Charpentier's "Louise")
L’art Nouveau Du Chant Appliqué, Vol. 1: No. 1, Elëanore (After Coleridge-Taylor)
L’art Nouveau Du Chant Appliqué, Vol. 1: No. 2, So We’ll Go No More A-Roving (After Maud Valérie White
L’art Nouveau Du Chant Appliqué, Vol. 1: No. 3, Plus Blanche Que La Plus Blanche Hermine (After Meyerbeer)
L’art Nouveau Du Chant Appliqué, Vol. 1: No. 4, In The Silent Night (After Rachmaninoff)
L’art Nouveau Du Chant Appliqué, Vol. 1: No. 5, Go Not, Happy Day! (After Bridge)
L’art Nouveau Du Chant Appliqué, Vol. 2: No. 1, Fly Home Little Heart (After Novello)
L’art Nouveau Du Chant Appliqué, Vol. 2: No. 2, We’ll Gather Lilacs (After Novello)
L’art Nouveau Du Chant Appliqué, Vol. 2: No. 3, Demand Et Réponse (After Coleridge-Taylor)
L’art Nouveau Du Chant Appliqué, Vol. 2: No. 4, Will You Remember (After Romberg)
L’art Nouveau Du Chant Appliqué, Vol. 3: No. 1, Jeannie With The Light Brown Hair (After Foster)
L’art Nouveau Du Chant Appliqué, Vol. 3: No. 2, Come Where My Love Lies Dreaming (After Foster)
L’art Nouveau Du Chant Appliqué, Vol. 3: No. 3, Beautiful Dreamer (After Foster)

UPC: 5060113445551
Label: Toccata
Release Date: 2.7.20
Format: CD

Stevenson / Guild - Piano Music 4 (CD)