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Richard Rodney Bennett, Lennox Berkeley, Peter Maxwell Davies, Alan Rawsthorne, William Walton, Graham Anthony Devine - British Guitar Music

Richard Rodney Bennett, Lennox Berkeley, Peter Maxwell Davies, Alan Rawsthorne, William Walton, Graham Anthony Devine - British Guitar Music

Band: Richard Rodney Bennett, Lennox Berkeley, Peter Maxwell Davies, Alan Rawsthorne, William Walton, Graham Anthony Devine Title: British Guitar Music Rating: Release Date: 18 January, 2005 Media: Audio CD Tracks:

Customer Review Exquisite. Recordings of the Walton are easy to come by, but the collection of all of Berkeley's solo guitar music on one disc, along with the spooky Rawsthorne which I haven't seen outside Bream's out-of-print recording, and the ingenious and also-rare Bennett Impromptus, makes this an extremely important collection. Thanks to Naxos for bringing us more great repertoire, impeccably presented and recorded by an ace musician. And that's just on academic merit alone. It's also a totally happening set of music. The playing is passionate but clean as a whistle, thoughtful but also lively. Devine's interpretations are full of detailed ideas, yet he's also in command of the big picture. You get the feeling he identifies with and actually LIKES this music. A lot. The Kraft/Naxos sound is in full effect: pristine, clear but not cold, not too room-y, not too much jiving with reverb or other b. s. For me the best surprise is Berkeley's recently exhumed "Four Pieces:" like this composer's solo piano miniatures, these are elegant, idiomatic pieces full of sunny wit in some places, gorgeous melancholy in others. And the Naxos price, under 10 bucks. What are you waiting for?. . You can see a complete list of all Richard Rodney Bennett, Lennox Berkeley, Peter Maxwell Davies, Alan Rawsthorne, William Walton, Graham Anthony Devine discography, or go back to the Richard Rodney Bennett, Lennox Berkeley, Peter Maxwell Davies, Alan Rawsthorne, William Walton, Graham Anthony Devine tabs