Under [Grimwood’s] hands, the intimate and hypnotic individuality of the 1958 Preludes shines particularly bright…The youthful, sprightly and confident 1946 Sonatina by Doreen Carwithen. Alwyn’s long-term love and eventual wife, impresses on its own terms, with Grimwood particularly dazzling in the propulsive, swaggering finale.

Some [of Alwyn's Preludes] are heavily bombastic and use the full sonority of the piano (Grimwood is happy to oblige); others are toccata-like (Nos 4 and 12). I was most taken by the quieter ones: No 5 in D, for example, a touching elegy achieved with the greatest economy. Altogether a lovely set.