Composer: Malcolm Henry Arnold, Benjamin Britten, John Dowland, Dani Howard
Performer: Jack Hancher
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Deux-Elles
Catalogue: DXL1206
Release: 2024
Size: 893 MB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
01. Dowland: Praeludium, P. 98
02. Dowland: Fantasia in G Major, P. 1
03. Dowland: Forlorn Hope Fancy, P. 2
Arnold: Fantasy for Guitar, Op. 107
04. I. Prelude
05. II. Scherzo
06. III. Arietta I
07. IV. Fughetta
08. V. Arietta II
09. VI. March
10. VII. Postlude
11. Snowden: The Memory Garden
12. Howard: You Don’t Have To Tell Me Twice
Britten: Nocturnal after John Dowland, Op. 70
13. I. Musingly
14. II. Very Agitated
15. III. Restless
16. IV. Uneasy
17. V. March-like
18. VI. Dreaming
19. VII. Gently Rocking
20. VIII. Passacaglia
21. IX. Slow and Quiet
The Memory Garden is an enticing programme of English music, old and new, played with incredible sensitivity and intelligence by one of Britain’s finest young guitarists. The album is bookended with the music of John Dowland, beginning with one of Dowland’s preludes and ending with Benjamin Britten’s epic Nocturnal, which is a set of inverse variations on Dowland’s song, Come heavy sleep. Malcolm Arnold’s Fantasy for Guitar gives a wonderful segue into two new pieces by Laura Snowden and Dani Howard, both of which make a superb and compelling contribution to the guitar repertoire. This is Jack Hancher’s debut recording