Composer: Harold Truscott
Performer: Ian Hobson
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Toccata
Catalogue: TOCC0252
Release: 2014
Size: 1.04 GB
Recovery: +3%
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01. Piano Sonata No. 7 in C Major, RC65
Variations & Fugue on an Original Theme, RC100
02. Theme. Andante con moto
03. Variation 1
04. Variation 2, Allegro moderato
05. Variation 3, Andante
06. Variation 4, L’istesso tempo
07. Variation 5, Allegro molto
08. Variation 6, Poco adagio
09. Variation 7, Allegro
10. Variation 8, L’istesso tempo
11. Variation 9
12. Variation 10, Molto andante
13. Variation 11, Un pochettino più mosso
14. Variation 12, Poco più mosso
15. Variation 13, L’istesso tempo
16. Variation 14, Molto moderato
17. Variation 15, Più mosso
18. Variation 16, Allegro
19. Variation 17, Andante con moto
20. Variation 18, Molto andante
21. Variation 19, Quasi waltz
22. Variation 20, Calmo
23. Fugue. Molto moderato
Piano Suite in G Major, RC95a
24. I. Tempo alla marcia, moderato
25. II. Fughetta. Andante
26. III. Molto andante, calmo, quasi sarabande
27. IV. Allegro molto
Piano Sonata No. 5 in B Minor, RC62 “In memoriam Nikolai Medtner”
28. I. Moderato, con anima
29. II. Poco allegretto
30. III. Molto moderato, quasi adagio, attacca
31. IV. Moderato, con moto e pesante
Harold Truscott (1914–92) enjoyed a reputation as one of Britain’s most perceptive writers on music, a doughty champion of many neglected composers who have now become familiar figures.
Truscott himself was a composer of some stature, writing in an individual style that is rooted in Beethoven and Schubert but also absorbs the influences of Nielsen, Medtner and Hindemith.
This is the first CD in a series which will present his substantial corpus of piano music. This year sees the centenary of Truscott’s birth – and the release of this CD is the only event marking this important date.
Ian Hobson, pianist and conductor, began his international career in 1981 when he won First Prize at the Leeds International Piano Competition. He is in increasing demand as a conductor, particularly for performances in which he doubles as a pianist. He made his debut in this capacity in 1996 with the Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra, and also performs extensively as pianist-conductor with Sinfonia da Camara, a group he formed in 1984 an which quickly gained international recognition through its recordings. Ian Hobson appears on a number of other Toccata Classics recordings as pianist.