Composer: Edward James Loder
Performer: Ian Hobson
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Toccata
Catalogue: TOCC0322
Release: 2015
Size: 288 MB
Recovery: +3%
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La leggerezza, Op. 15
01. Introduction – Rondino
3 Piano Pieces, Op. 19
02. No. 1, Minuetto – Trio
03. No. 2, Andante sentimentale
04. No. 3, Allegretto scherzando
05. Rondo pastorale
Le voyageur
06. No. 12, Russia
Introduction & Rondo brillant, Op. 17
07. Introduction
08. Rondo brillant
3 Tarantellas
09. No. 1 in A Minor
10. No. 2 in D Minor
11. No. 3 in B-Flat Minor
12. Minuet & Trio in C Minor-Major
Variations on the Aria “Fra le tempeste” from Costa’s “Don Carlos”
13. Introduction. Theme
14. Var. 1
15. Var. 2
16. Var. 3
17. Var. 4
18. Finale
19. Willie, We Have Missed You
20. Lisette at Her Spinning Wheel
Edward Loder (1809–65), the scion of an important family of early-Victorianmusicians, is one of the ‘lost generation’ of British composers living betweenSamuel Wesley’s time and the beginnings of the ‘British musicalrenaissance’.
He enjoyed brief success as an operatic composer and for a while he couldrely on frequent commissions and publication for his songs and piano music. But had an uneven and ultimately tragic career: not only was he brieflyimprisoned for debt; he ended his days a pauper, paralysed and forgotten.
Yet the best of his piano music – recorded here for the first time – shows acomposer alert to developments in the music of Beethoven and Schubert andwith a lively sense of invention of his own.
This CD is released to mark the 150th anniversary of Edward Loder’s death.
Ian Hobson, pianist and conductor, began his international career in 1981when he won First Prize at the Leeds International Piano Competition. He isin increasing demand as a conductor, particularly for performances in whichhe doubles as a pianist. He made his debut in this capacity in 1996 with theStuttgart Chamber Orchestra, and also performs extensively as pianist-conductor with Sinfonia da Camera, a group he formed in 1984 and whichquickly gained international recognition through its recordings. Ian Hobsonappears on a number of other Toccata Classics recordings as pianist.