Composer: William Mathias
Performer: Jason Carder, Edward Reid , Jeremy Huw Williams, Paula Fan, Rex Woods, Jackie Glazier, Michelle Gott, Timothy Kantor, Lauren Rustad Roth, Brian Luce, Sara Fraker, Marissa Olegario
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Naxos
Release: 2020
Size: 1.41 GB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
01. Ceremonial Fanfare
02. A Vision of Time and Eternity, Op. 61
Suite parisienne
03. I. En voyage
04. II. Promenade
05. III. Montmartre
06. Tears
Clarinet Sonatina, Op. 3
07. I. Allegretto
08. II. Lento molto cantabile
09. III. Allegro
10. No. 4, Dafydd y garreg wen [Arr. W. Mathias for Voice & Harp]
11. Musette & Dance
Welsh Folksongs
12. No. 1, Ton y melinydd [Arr. W. Mathias for Voice & Piano]
13. No. 2, Y gwŷdd [Arr. W. Mathias for Voice & Piano]
14. Capriccio, Op. 46 No. 2
15. No. 3, Hobed o hilion (Arr. D. Jenkins for Voice & Piano)
Harp Sonata, Op. 66
16. I. Moderato e maestoso – Poco allegro
17. II. Allegro vivo
18. Pan oeddwn fachgen, Op. 49
Concertino, Op. 65
19. I. Moderato – Allegro vivo
20. II. Andante mesto
21. III. Allegro capriccioso
William Mathias was one of the most significant and prolific Welsh composers of the 20th century. His flexible and highly approachable style can be heard in the holiday mood of the Suite parisienne, the brilliance and lyricism of the Capriccio for flute and piano and the wonderfully rhapsodic Sonata for Harp. Mathias’s songs are among the most communicative settings of their kind, including Pan Oeddwn Fachgen (“A Dream of Youth”), considered by the composer to be ‘one of the finest lyrical poems in modern Welsh’.