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)
1 Green Bushes (arr. R. Stevenson for piano) 12:33
Guild, Christopher (piano)
Stevenson, Ronald
Guild, Christopher (piano)
Zidani, Marcel (piano)
2 I. The Mantle so Green 02:33
Guild, Christopher (piano)
Zidani, Marcel (piano)
3 II. Luvlie Willie 03:29
Guild, Christopher (piano)
Zidani, Marcel (piano)
4 III. Grá geal mo chroi (Lily-white Love o' my Heart) 02:51
Guild, Christopher (piano)
Zidani, Marcel (piano)
5 IV. Mary from Dungloe 03:37
Guild, Christopher (piano)
Zidani, Marcel (piano)
Guild, Christopher (piano)
Zidani, Marcel (piano)
6 No. 1. Song for New Year's Day 02:13
Guild, Christopher (piano)
Zidani, Marcel (piano)
7 No. 2. Song of the Crab-fisher 02:11
Guild, Christopher (piano)
Zidani, Marcel (piano)
Guild, Christopher (piano)
8 Manx Melodies: I. Mannin Veen 01:02
Guild, Christopher (piano)
Guild, Christopher (piano)
9 Variation on Coolun 01:48
Guild, Christopher (piano)
Guild, Christopher (piano)
10 The Poor Irish Boy 01:26
Guild, Christopher (piano)
Grainger, Percy
Stevenson, Ronald - Arranger
Guild, Christopher (piano)
11 Songs of the North: Skye Boat Song (arr. R. Stevenson for piano) 01:38
Guild, Christopher (piano)
Guild, Christopher (piano)
12 No. 1. Country Gardens 01:34
Guild, Christopher (piano)
13 No. 2. Shepherd's Hey 02:13
Guild, Christopher (piano)
14 No. 3. Molly on the Shore 01:10
Guild, Christopher (piano)
15 No. 4. Mock Morris 01:57
Guild, Christopher (piano)
16 No. 5. Beautiful Fresh Flower (Chinese Folksong) 01:04
Guild, Christopher (piano)
17 No. 6. Australian Up-Country Song 01:00
Guild, Christopher (piano)
18 No. 7. Irish Tune from County Derry 01:28
Guild, Christopher (piano)
19 No. 8. Walking Tune 01:26
Guild, Christopher (piano)
20 No. 9. Hill-Song 01:39
Guild, Christopher (piano)
21 No. 10. To a Nordic Princess (Bridal Song) 01:13
Guild, Christopher (piano)
22 No. 11. One More Day, My John 01:42
Guild, Christopher (piano)
23 No. 12. Spoon River 02:32
Guild, Christopher (piano)
24 No. 13. Blithe Bells 04:11
Guild, Christopher (piano)
25 No. 14. Children's March, "Over the Hills and Far Away" 00:58
Guild, Christopher (piano)
26 No. 15. Now, O Now, I Needs Must Part 04:26
Guild, Christopher (piano)
Stevenson, Ronald
Guild, Christopher (piano)
27 The Queen's Maries 02:53
Guild, Christopher (piano)
Guild, Christopher (piano)
Zidani, Marcel (piano)
28 Jamboree for Grainger 07:09
Guild, Christopher (piano)
Zidani, Marcel (piano)

Total Playing Time: 01:13:56