Double Lives
With Richard Baker.
5: Cyril Scott was an amazing polymath: on the one hand a pianist and composer, on the other a prolific writer who turned out books on theosophy, the occult, astrology and the therapeutic importance of diet. He was a precocious youngster who passed an audition at the age of 12 to study at the Frankfurt Conservatoire, where years later he became one of the Frankfurt Group. But to his great annoyance, Scott's larger-scale works attracted more interest on the continent than they did in Britain, where he was best known for light piano pieces such as the very popular Lotus Land. Including:
Scott Lotus Land, Op 47 No 1 Dennis Hennig (piano) Grainger Bell Piece
James Gilchrist (tenor), Royal
Northern College of Music Wind
Orchestra, conductor Timothy Reynish Debussy Jeux de Vagues (La Mer) Ulster Orchestra, conductor Yan Pascal Tortelier
Scott Piano Concerto (Finale)
John Ogdon , London Philharmonic, conductor Bernard Herrmann