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Ronald Stevenson and Friends
Ronald Stevenson and Friends
Performed by:
Lesley-Jane Rogers, soprano; John Turner, recorder; Laura Robinson, recorder; Benedict Holland, violin; Harvey Davies, piano; Duncan Honeybourne, piano
Track Listing:
1. Country Gardens [01:08] for two recorders; Percy Granger
2. A Year Owre Young [05:33] for soprano and violin; Ronald Stevenson
3. To Autumn [03:51] for soprano and recorder; Ronald Stevenson
4-6. Celtic Tryptych [02:39, 03:30 & 03:25] for solo recorder; Ronald Stevenson
7-11. A Wee Holiday Suite [00:44, 00:42, 01:46, 00:41 & 00:17] for recorder and piano; Ronald Stevenson
12-16. Little Cynical Songs [00:47, 00:38, 01:38, 00.46 & 00:55] for soprano and tenor recorder; Wilma Paterson
17. Blue Sky [04:14] for solo recorder; John Purser
18-23. Preludes and Fugues
No 1 in Bflat, No 6 in G & No 8 in F for piano; David Johnson
24-26. Three Improvisations on Themes by Emanuel Moor [00:36, 01:00 & 01:54] for solo recorder; Ronald Stevenson
29. Prelude 29 [03:44] for treble recorder; Edward McGuire
30. Over the Hills and Far Away (Children’s March) , [00:54] for two descant recorders and piano; Percy Granger, arr, Ronald Stevenson
31. Country Gardens [01:40] for two recorders; Percy Grainger
About Ronald Stevenson
Scottish composer Ronald Stevenson was best known for his piano music (he was a virtuoso pianist), but his enormous work list spans most genres except opera, and this disc includes all his works for recorder, interspersed with some of his songs in widely divergent styles with piano and instrumental accompaniment.
The disc includes music by several of his Scottish composer friends, among them, David Johnson, John Purser, Wilma Paterson and Eddie McGuire. His overseas friends were many, and notably included Percy Grainger.
LJR Reviews
“sung beautifully by lyric soprano Lesley-Jane Rogers”
November 2023; Gregor Tassie, MusicWeb International. Read full review here.
“performed with great sensitivty by Rogers”
November 2023; Gregor Tassie, MusicWeb International. Read full review here.
“special mention must be made of Lesley-Jane Rogers’ beautiful, clear soprano voice”
July 2023; John France, MusicWeb International. Read full review here.