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Composer(s): Elgar, Edward
Artist(s): Wass, Ashley
Label: Naxos
Genre: Instrumental
Period: 20th Century
Catalogue No: 8.570166
Barcode: 747313016679
Release Date: 09/2006
ELGAR: Piano Music
Elgar’s piano works have been overshadowed by the large-scale works for which he is best known today. This recording combines the ever-popular Engima Variations, heard in the composer’s own transcription, with several occasional pieces of a romantic or nostalgic hue. These include the charming Sonatina written for Elgar’s niece, two movements from the wistful Dream Children (the orchestral version can be heard on Naxos 8.557166) and Une Idylle, which recalls a holiday in Scotland.
Tracklist
Elgar, Edward
Wass, Ashley (piano)
|  | 1 | I. Andantino | 02:26 |
Wass, Ashley (piano)
| | 2 | II. Allegro | 01:42 |
Wass, Ashley (piano)
Wass, Ashley (piano)
| | 3 | I. Andantino | 02:49 |
Wass, Ashley (piano)
| | 4 | II. Allegretto piacevole | 03:27 |
Wass, Ashley (piano)
Wass, Ashley (piano)
| | 5 | Idyll, Op. 4, No. 1 (arr. for piano) | 04:10 |
Wass, Ashley (piano)
Wass, Ashley (piano)
| | 6 | Carissima | 04:14 |
Wass, Ashley (piano)
Wass, Ashley (piano)
| | 7 | May Song | 04:16 |
Wass, Ashley (piano)
Wass, Ashley (piano)
| | 8 | Douce pensee, "Rosemary" | 02:44 |
Wass, Ashley (piano)
Wass, Ashley (piano)
| | 9 | The Sanguine Fan, Op. 81: No. 7: Allegro, "Echo's Dance" (piano adaptation) | 02:11 |
Wass, Ashley (piano)
Wass, Ashley (piano)
| | 10 | 3 Characteristic Pieces, Op. 10: No. 2. Serenade mauresque (arr. piano) | 05:59 |
Wass, Ashley (piano)
Wass, Ashley (piano)
| | 11 | Theme | 02:03 |
Wass, Ashley (piano)
| | 12 | Var. 1: C. A. E. (The Composer's Wife) | 02:01 |
Wass, Ashley (piano)
| | 13 | Var. 2: H. D. S-P. (Hew David Steuart-Powell) | 00:49 |
Wass, Ashley (piano)
| | 14 | Var. 3: R. B. T. (Richard Baxter Townshend) | 01:31 |
Wass, Ashley (piano)
| | 15 | Var. 4: W. M. B. (William Meath Baker) | 00:32 |
Wass, Ashley (piano)
| | 16 | Var. 5: R. P. A. (Richard Penrose Arnold) | 02:07 |
Wass, Ashley (piano)
| | 17 | Var. 6: Ysobel (Isabel Fitton) | 01:22 |
Wass, Ashley (piano)
| | 18 | Var. 7: Troyte (Troyte Griffith) | 01:06 |
Wass, Ashley (piano)
| | 19 | Var. 8: W. N. (Winifred Norbury) | 01:54 |
Wass, Ashley (piano)
| | 20 | Var. 9: Nimrod (A. J. Jaeger) | 01:54 |
Wass, Ashley (piano)
| | 21 | Var. 10: Intermezzo: Dorabella (Dora Penny) | 03:07 |
Wass, Ashley (piano)
| | 22 | Var. 11: G. R. S. (George Robertson Sinclair) | 00:52 |
Wass, Ashley (piano)
| | 23 | Var. 12: B. G. N. (Basil G. Nevinson) | 03:09 |
Wass, Ashley (piano)
| | 24 | Var. 13: Romanza: *** (Lady Mary Lygon) | 02:42 |
Wass, Ashley (piano)
| | 25 | Var. 14: Finale: E. D. U. (The Composer) | 06:06 |
Wass, Ashley (piano)
Total Playing Time: 01:05:13