Composer: Ronald Stevenson
Performer: Neil Sutcliffe, Michael O’Rourke, Rosie Lavery
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Toccata Classics
Catalogue: TOCC0658
Release: 2023
Size: 1.06 GB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
The Harlot’s House
01. Recitation
02. I. Lento, senza misura
03. II. Andante
04. III. Tempo di valse
05. IV. Ragtime
06. V. Andante
07. VI. Molto moderato
08. VII. Sarabanda con maesta
09. VIII. Tranquillo con moto
10. IX. Habanera – Tango
11. X. Allegretto
12. XI. Totentanz
13. XII. Lento assai
14. XIII. Tempo di valse
15. XIV. Lento ma con moto
South Uist Folksong Suite
16. I. Sailing Song
17. II. A Witching Song for the Milking
18. III. A Little Mouth Music
19. IV. Waulking Song
20. V. Spinning Song
21. VI. A Tired Mother’s Lullaby
22. VII. The Christ Child’s Lullaby
23. Bubblyjock
24. The Rose of All the World
25. The Buckie Braes
26. Hallowe’en Sang
27. Day Is Düne
A Celtic Cycle
28. I. Love Song. The Light and Dark of Love
29. II. Lullaby
30. III. Peace March of the Ever Young
Ronald Stevenson (1928–2015) is best remembered for his huge output of music for the piano, an instrument he played with a rare understanding of tonal colour. It was thus entirely within character that he responded enthusiastically to the opportunity to explore the musical possibilities of the accordion, most impressively in a ‘Dance Poem’ of some scale. Stevenson was also an inveterate transcriber, producing hundreds of piano versions of pieces written for other forces. Neil Sutcliffe here returns the compliment, transcribing one of Stevenson’s own piano works and five of his songs for accordion, pulling the classical world and Scottish traditional music a little closer together.