Arranger(s): Stevenson, Ronald
Label: Toccata Classics
Genre: Instrumental
Period: 20th Century
Catalogue No: TOCC0748
Barcode: 5060113447487
Release Date: 01/2025

STEVENSON, R.: Piano Music, Vol. 7 (Guild, Zidani)

Percy Grainger (1882–1961) and Ronald Stevenson (1928–2015), both composer-pianists of the Golden Age of keyboard virtuosity, shared a passion for folksong, especially the modal Celtic melodies from the fringes of the British Isles. Though the two never met, they corresponded for many years, with Stevenson arranging many of Grainger’s transcriptions in a deliberate act of homage to the older man, whose quirky originality brought Stevenson illumination on his own idiosyncratic path. This seventh instalment in Christopher Guild’s Toccata Classics survey of Stevenson’s piano music uncorks the exultant good humour that he and Grainger found on that common Celtic ground.

Tracklist

Grainger, Percy
Stevenson, Ronald - Arranger
Guild, Christopher (piano)
1Green Bushes (arr. R. Stevenson for piano)12:33
Guild, Christopher (piano)
Stevenson, Ronald
Guild, Christopher (piano)
Zidani, Marcel (piano)
2I. The Mantle so Green02:33
Guild, Christopher (piano)
Zidani, Marcel (piano)
3II. Luvlie Willie03:29
Guild, Christopher (piano)
Zidani, Marcel (piano)
4III. Grá geal mo chroi (Lily-white Love o' my Heart)02:51
Guild, Christopher (piano)
Zidani, Marcel (piano)
5IV. Mary from Dungloe03:37
Guild, Christopher (piano)
Zidani, Marcel (piano)
Guild, Christopher (piano)
Zidani, Marcel (piano)
6No. 1. Song for New Year's Day02:13
Guild, Christopher (piano)
Zidani, Marcel (piano)
7No. 2. Song of the Crab-fisher02:11
Guild, Christopher (piano)
Zidani, Marcel (piano)
Guild, Christopher (piano)
8Manx Melodies: I. Mannin Veen01:02
Guild, Christopher (piano)
Guild, Christopher (piano)
9Variation on Coolun01:48
Guild, Christopher (piano)
Guild, Christopher (piano)
10The Poor Irish Boy01:26
Guild, Christopher (piano)
Grainger, Percy
Stevenson, Ronald - Arranger
Guild, Christopher (piano)
11Songs of the North: Skye Boat Song (arr. R. Stevenson for piano)01:38
Guild, Christopher (piano)
Guild, Christopher (piano)
12No. 1. Country Gardens01:34
Guild, Christopher (piano)
13No. 2. Shepherd's Hey02:13
Guild, Christopher (piano)
14No. 3. Molly on the Shore01:10
Guild, Christopher (piano)
15No. 4. Mock Morris01:57
Guild, Christopher (piano)
16No. 5. Beautiful Fresh Flower (Chinese Folksong)01:04
Guild, Christopher (piano)
17No. 6. Australian Up-Country Song01:00
Guild, Christopher (piano)
18No. 7. Irish Tune from County Derry01:28
Guild, Christopher (piano)
19No. 8. Walking Tune01:26
Guild, Christopher (piano)
20No. 9. Hill-Song01:39
Guild, Christopher (piano)
21No. 10. To a Nordic Princess (Bridal Song)01:13
Guild, Christopher (piano)
22No. 11. One More Day, My John01:42
Guild, Christopher (piano)
23No. 12. Spoon River02:32
Guild, Christopher (piano)
24No. 13. Blithe Bells04:11
Guild, Christopher (piano)
25No. 14. Children's March, "Over the Hills and Far Away"00:58
Guild, Christopher (piano)
26No. 15. Now, O Now, I Needs Must Part04:26
Guild, Christopher (piano)
Stevenson, Ronald
Guild, Christopher (piano)
27The Queen's Maries02:53
Guild, Christopher (piano)
Guild, Christopher (piano)
Zidani, Marcel (piano)
28Jamboree for Grainger07:09
Guild, Christopher (piano)
Zidani, Marcel (piano)

Total Playing Time: 01:13:56