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New. The Romantic Piano Concerto (1991 - 2007 Edition)
Featuring pianists including Stephen Hough, Seta Tanyel, Piers Lane, Nikolai Demidenko, Martin Roscoe, Howard Shelley, Peter Donohoe, Marc-André Hamelin and Steven Osborne
Is this handsomely produced box-set worth acquiring? As a work of art alone, yes! If you have not encountered these works before, do not hesitate. Dip in anywhere and you will be rewarded. Assuming... —
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Gramophone Magazine, May 2026, Editor's Choice
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Special offer. John Ireland 70th Birthday Concert
Recorded by the BBC live at the Royal Albert Hall, London on 10 September 1949
Eileen Joyce (piano)
London Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Adrian Boult
At times the sound calls for a fair degree of tolerance but the ear quickly adjusts - and the actual music-making is a delight. A London Overture in particular evinces an entrancing flexibility,... —
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The Romantic Piano Concerto 39 - Delius & Ireland
Piers Lane (piano)
Ulster Orchestra, David Lloyd-Jones
…Delius's Piano Concerto emerged in 1902 as a full-blown three-movement design… Piers Lane, an eloquent advocate for this restored score, has several rivals in the Ireland Concerto. …I find... —
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BBC Music Magazine, January 2006, Orchestral Choice
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Special offer. Ireland: Piano Concerto in E Flat
John Lenehan (piano)
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, John Wilson
alert to the work's many changes of mood and wide range of pianistic demand. I particularly like [Lenehan's] musing, elegiac take on the haunting slow movement, and the orchestral playing is... —
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Gramophone Magazine, December 2011, Editor's Choice
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Ireland: Piano Concerto in E flat major, etc.
Eric Parkin (piano)
London Philharmonic Orchestra, Bryden Thomson
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Special offer. Boult conducts Ireland
Eric Parkin (piano) & John Carol Case (baritone)
London Philharmonic Orchestra & London Philharmonic Choir, Sir Adrian Boult
it is well sung and played and a good deal of the impact of the writing comes through. The music itself is melodic, spacious in phrase and reaily enjoyable at its face value. The performance... —
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Royal Philharmonic Orchestra - British Composers. Elgar, Holst, Bax, Delius...
Jacqueline du Pré (cello), Christopher Parkening (guitar), John Ogdon (piano), Nigel Kennedy (violin), Colin Horsley (piano), Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Andrew Litton, Sir Charles Mackerras, Sir Thomas Beecham, Sir Malcolm Sargent, Yehudi Menuhin, Lawrance Collingwood, Richard Cooke, Sir Charles...
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Special offer. Mark Bebbington plays Bax & Ireland
Mark Bebbington (piano)
Orchestra of the Swan, David Curtis
The Concertino's piano part, rather sparer than that of a fully fledged concerto, suits Mark Bebbington's flair for lucid sonority (always beautifully judged) and the quality contribution of... —
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John Ireland
Colin Horsley (piano), Daniel Adni (piano), Desmond Wright (piano), The Composer (piano)
RPO, Basil Cameron
Here is most of the music that lies at the heart of John Ireland's achievement. Unmistakably English yet aware of the wider world, his work is rooted in tradition but conscious of change.... —
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Special offer. Ireland: Piano Concerto & Cello Sonata, Casella: Triple Concerto
Annarosa Taddei (piano), António Sala (cello), John Ireland (piano), Alberto Poltronieri (violin), Arturo Bonucci (cello), Alfredo Casella (piano)
Serge Koussevitzky
