Sinfonia of London - Orchestral WorksJohn Ireland was something of a child prodigy, entering the Royal College of Music at the age of fourteen. There he studied piano, organ and composition (under Charles Villiers Stanford). He quickly progressed to significant positions as an organist, whilst continuing to pursue his interests as a composer. The Forgotten Rite, from 1913, is one of his earliest orchestral compositions, and was premired by Sir Henry Wood at the Queen's Hall. The

to play for years and years

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Stefano Trevisi and Dimitri Nicolau

he weaves fantasy and pastoralism into the strictures of sonata form

full of songs that remind us of his many "adventures in culture" across four decades: Stop the Body is a post-Covid take on his laidback 1987 epic Closer to You

Though he was originally identified with the concertos of Mozart

one of the earliest and most important collections of Italian keyboard music from the first half of the 16th century

The selections chosen or this release include compositions by Milton Jackson

Fontana uses a musical chiaroscuro that lends theatricality and dynamism to these sonatas through a dialectic of contrasts and resolutions between contrasting idioms

audite now continues the series

It's a fascinating and entertaining musical snapshot of the country scene during a dynamic era

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