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Colour and Light: 20th-Century British Piano Music

Nathan Williamson (piano)

Colour and Light: 20th-Century British Piano Music
The eclecticism and stylistic contrasts characterising the works on Nathan Williamson’s newest release reveal this pianist’s knack for conceiving intelligent and freshly minted playlists of...

Gramophone Magazine, September 2019

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Colour and Light: 20th-Century British Piano Music

Nathan Williamson (piano)

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The eclecticism and stylistic contrasts characterising the works on Nathan Williamson’s newest release reveal this pianist’s knack for conceiving intelligent and freshly minted playlists of...

Gramophone Magazine, September 2019

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Following Great American Sonatas, his admired debut on SOMM RECORDINGS, pianist Nathan Williamson turns to British piano music of the 20th century in Colour and Light, a revealing exploration of how the past influences the present and the new .A century-spanning programme from Delius’s quixotic 1887 Nocturne (more familiar as An Nacht, the Florida Suite’s finale, here in Robert Threlfall’s 1986 transcription) to Anthony Herschel Hill’s combustible Toccata of 1985 also lights on three other distinctive but highly contrasted composers.

  • Release date: 29th Mar 2019
  • Label: Somm
  • Catalogue number: SOMMCD0196
  • Length: 77 minutes
  • Genres:

Contents and tracklist

Alwyn: Twelve Preludes
Work length26:03
  • Nathan Williamson (piano)
12 Preludes: No. 1 in E-Flat
Track length2:23
12 Preludes: No. 2 in A
Track length2:02
12 Preludes: No. 3 in A
Track length1:42
12 Preludes: No. 4 in F
Track length1:34
12 Preludes: No. 5 in D (In memoriam "R.F.")
Track length3:43
12 Preludes: No. 6 in G & F-Sharp
Track length2:38
12 Preludes: No. 7 in B
Track length2:44
12 Preludes: No. 8 in E-Flat
Track length1:42
12 Preludes: No. 9 in C
Track length1:20
12 Preludes: No. 10 in D
Track length2:09
12 Preludes: No. 11 in D-Flat
Track length1:25
12 Preludes: No. 12 in D
Track length2:41
Dickinson: Paraphrase II
Work length14:23
  • Nathan Williamson (piano)
Paraphrase II (Mark): Theme
Track length1:55
Paraphrase II (Mark): Var. 1
Track length1:00
Paraphrase II (Mark): Var. 2
Track length2:44
Paraphrase II (Mark): Var. 3
Track length1:10
Paraphrase II (Mark): Var. 4
Track length1:26
Paraphrase II (Mark): Var. 5
Track length1:51
Paraphrase II (Mark): Var. 6
Track length4:17
Delius: Nocturne from Florida Suite (arr. Robert Threlfall, 1986)
Work length8:48
  • Nathan Williamson (piano)
Suite for Orchestra, RT VI / 1 "Florida": IV. At Night (Arr. R. Threlfall for Piano)
Track length8:48
Delius: Margot la Rouge
Work length5:57
  • Nathan Williamson (piano)
Margot la rouge, RT I / 7 (Arr. M. Ravel for Piano): Prelude
Track length3:11
Margot la rouge, RT I / 7 (Arr. M. Ravel for Piano): Duet
Track length2:46
Lutyens: The Ring of Bone
Work length10:16
  • Nathan Williamson (piano)
The Ring of Bone, Op. 106
Track length10:16
Herschel Hill: Litany
Work length6:57
  • Nathan Williamson (piano)
Herschel Hill: Toccata
Work length5:21
  • Nathan Williamson (piano)

Awards and reviews

September 2019

The eclecticism and stylistic contrasts characterising the works on Nathan Williamson’s newest release reveal this pianist’s knack for conceiving intelligent and freshly minted playlists of relatively unfamiliar yet worthy repertoire…In all, a stimulating and sometimes provocative release.

August 2019

Nathan Williamson’s Colour and Light is a memorably enterprising programme of British piano music performed with
unwavering commitment and intensity.

31st March 2019

This is an interesting representation of British piano music across the 20th century. The chief novelty is the arrangement by Ravel of excerpts from a Delius opera, Margot la Rouge, prefaced by the nocturne from his Florida Suite (Robert Threlfall’s transcription).
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