Composer: Francis George Scott, Ronald Stevenson
Performer: Christopher Guild
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Toccata
Catalogue: TOCC0547
Release: 2021
Size: 1.18 GB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
Stevenson: 8 Songs of Francis George Scott
01. No. 1, Since All Thy Vows, False Maid, Are Blown to Air
02. No. 2, Wha Is That at My Bower-Door?
03. No. 3, O Were My Love You Lilac Fair
04. No. 4, Wee Willie Gray
05. No. 5, Milkwort and Bog-Cotton
06. No. 6, Crowdieknowe
07. No. 7, Ay Waulkin, O
08. No. 8, There’s News, Lasses, News
09. Scott: Urlar
10. Scott: April Skies
Scott: Intuitions
16. No. 6, National Song. Andante
17. No. 7, An clarsair. Grave
18. No. 8, Singing Game. Presto
19. No. 9, Strathspey. Moderato
20. No. 10, Processional. Comodo
21. No. 11, Love’s Question and Reply. Andantino
22. No. 12, Border Riding-Rhythm. Animato
23. No. 13, Old Irish. Andantino
24. No. 14, Deil’s Dance. Prestissimo
25. No. 15, An seanachaidh. Largo
26. No. 16, Benediction. Largo
27. No. 17, Farewell to the Highlands
28. No. 18, —
29. No. 19, Slow
30. No. 20, Urlar. Very Slow
31. No. 21, —
32. No. 22, —
33. No. 23, —
34. No. 24, Slow
35. No. 25, —
36. No. 26, —
37. No. 27, —
38. No. 28, —
39. No. 29, —
40. No. 30, —
41. No. 31, —
42. No. 32, Presto
43. No. 33, —
44. No. 34, —
45. No. 35, Quick March
46. No. 36, Riddles No. 1
47. No. 37, Riddles No. 2
48. No. 38, Riddles No. 3 (Gaelic National Anthem)
49. No. 39, Riddles No. 4 (Question and Answer)
50. No. 40, Riddles No. 5
51. No. 41, Riddles No. 6 (Bel-ami)
52. No. 42, —
53. No. 43, —
54. No. 44, Souviens-toi. Very Slow & Expressive
55. No. 45, Pibroch urlar
56. No. 46, Very Quick
57. No. 47, Gaily
58. No. 48, Adagio patetico
59. No. 49, Quick & Marcato
60. No. 50, Rather Quick
61. No. 50a, Very Slow
62. No. 51, Evening on the Loch’
63. No. 52, The Two Neighbours (Campbell Hay)
64. No. 53, Slow
65. No. 54, Slow & Legato
66. No. 56, Slow & Legato
67. No. 57, Hymn-Tune
68. Scott: The Two Neighbours (Campbell Hay) [Alternative Setting]
69. Scott: Minuet & Trio
70. Scott: La joie
Among the few who know his music, Francis George Scott (1880-1958), a son of the Scottish Borders, is admired for having written some of the best art-songs by any British composer. In this first recording of any of his piano music, a handful of lyrical early pieces contrast with the 58 Bartókian miniatures that constitute Scott’s Intuitions – brief but atmospheric distillations of Scottish song, dance and landscape – and a set of virtuoso transcriptions of eight Scott songs by Ronald Stevenson (1928–2015), the major Scottish pianist-composer of the past century.