William Busch - Cello Concerto • Piano Concerto

Raphael Wallfisch, cello
Piers Lane, piano
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Vernon Handley, conductor

Label: Lyrita
Copyright: 2007 Lyrita Recorded Edition, England
Catalogue number: SRCD.320
UPC/EAN: 5020926032027
Format: CD
Analogue / Digital recording: DDD
Number of discs: 1
Total playing time: 51.51
Price: Ł 14.99 (+ postage & packing)

Tracks 1 - 3: Recorded at Watford, 14 January 1994, Producers: Andrew Keener, Oliver Rivers, Engineers: Trygg Tryggvason, Andrew Halifax
Tracks 4 - 6: Recorded at Watford, 3 March 1994, Producer: Andrew Keener, Engineer: Simon Rhodes

"My first impression of William Busch the composer was of sinewy toughness, the piece I heard at Morley College in wartime was his NicholasVariations for piano (1942) named after his infant son - his likeness was not mirrored in the craggy, spare music.The next music I heard of Busch’s counterbalanced this first impression - songs that were gentle and tender although the music was still sinewy and avoiding rich harmony, settings with the voice and words predominant, with easy intervals for the listener to grasp the sense of the music ..." John Amis

	Cello Concerto (1940/1)	William Busch (1901 - 1945)	23.27
1	I Lento – Allegro con spirito		10.12
2	II Allegretto (quasi andante) con dolcezza		6.42
3	III Molto vivace, con brio		6.33
	Piano Concerto (1937/8)	William Busch (1901 - 1945)	28.18
4	I Allegro		11.55
5	II Allegretto Tranquillo		5.32
6	- III Allegro non troppo		10.51