Magical Places

Evocative Symphonic Poems for Piano Duet, performed by Goldstone and Clemmow
Locations can be magical in many ways - musically they can be exotic, inspired by a holiady taken by the composer, expressions of a culture or of nature; here, special places range from England (Britten's Aldeburgh) to Siberia to North Africa. These evocative symphonic poems for piano duet all express some fascination with locale which have excited a composer and brought about these exquisite and Romantic pieces.
CD programme:
Modest Mussorgsky: Night on Bald Mountain
Hugo Alfvén: Midsummer Vigil (Swedish Rhapsody No. 1)
Jacques Ibert: Escales
Anatoly Lyadov: The Enchanted Lake
Benjamin Britten: Four Sea Interludes from Peter Grimes
John Ireland: The Forgotten Rite