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SIR JOHN BLACKWOOD MCEWEN (1868-1948)

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Sonata in E minor

26:08

for the pianoforte

in e-Moll - en mi mineur

1

I

Allegro non troppo, ma marcato - Poco meno mosso -

8:36

Tempo I - Meno mosso

2

II

Adagio - Grave

11:42

3

III

Vivace - Meno mosso - Tempo I

1:19

4

IV

Largo - Allegro con fuoco - Meno mosso - Tempo I -

4:30

Meno mosso - Presto

Vignettes from La Côte d'Argent

8:12

5

I

Petite Chérie: Poco adaagio

1:14

Little Darling

6

II

Les Hirondelles: Allegro grazioso

0:39

The Swallows

7

III

Pantalon rouge: Allegro alla marcia

1:45

Red Trousers

8

IV

Crépuscule du soir mystique: Lento

3:16

Mystical Twilight

9

V

La Rosière: Presto

1:16

The Motorboat

Four Sketches

12:08

for pianoforte

10

1

Prelude: Adagio

4:16

11

2

Quasi minuetto

1:16

12

3

Elegy: Molto adagio

4:00

13

4

Humoreske: Vivace

2:32

Sonatina for Pianoforte

6:41

in G minor - in g-Moll - en sol mineur

14

I

Allegro con moto

3:13

15

II

Andante semplice

1:32

16

III

Scherzo-Finale: Molto vivace - Poco meno mosso -

1:54

Tempo primo

Three Preludes

4:41

for pianoforte

17

I

'A white Naiad in a rippling stream': Andante con moto

1:18

18

II

'A rapt Seraph in a Moonlight Beam': Adagio sostenuto

2:38

19

III

'The Dew by Fairy Feet swept from the Green': Presto

0:44

On Southern Hills

16:58

for pianoforte

20

I

White Oxen: Andante pigramente

5:04

21

II

Drifting Clouds: Molto tranquillo

3:19

22

III

L'Improvasidou (The Improvisatore): Allegro moderato -

8:33

Poco adagio - Tempo I - Poco adagio - Tempo I - Vivace - Adagio - Vivace - Adagio - Molto vivace - Adagio - Vivace - Adagio - Vivace - Tranquillo

‘Charlier and Tozer turn in splendidly spirited performances in excellent sound.’
‘The performances … are outstanding, a well-deserved tribute to a neglected composer who was far more than an academic. The recording is sumptuously atmospheric.’
‘This is quite a discovery. Purchasers of Chandos’ two previous McEwen discs … will know that the Scottish head of RAM was not merely a distinguished administrator but a gifted and original orchestral composer.’
'It would be hard to imagine more sympathetic advocacy for this repertoire, and the sound quality displays customary house standards.'
'But the chief quality of McEwen's piano music is a sense of international flavour' It would all be for naught but for the always scintillating playing of Tozer''

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