Cyril Scott: Complete Piano Music, Vol. 4: 1898-1963 (2007)

About this title: Composer Cyril Scott went to his grave believing his propensity in creating characteristic miniatures was his "undoing." Pianist Leslie De'Ath's retrospective of such short pieces, Cyril Scott: Complete Piano Music, Vol. 4 -- Piano Works 1898-1963 demonstrates that if such was the case, that it wasn't anything stemming from the quality of the music -- throughout it is charming, engaging, and highly revelatory of Scott's place in the scheme of early twentieth century music. Often hidden behind "frivolous" titles are pieces that paradoxically contradict, transcend, and yet belong to the ... read more

Tracks:

1. Chinese Serenade, for piano, Op. 39/2 (W 64)
2. Dagobah, for piano, Op. 39/1 (W 83)
3. Summerland, for piano, Op. 54 (W 361)
4. Asphodel, for piano, Op. 50/2 (W 19)
5. Serenata, for piano, Op. 67/2 (W 316)
6. Intermezzo, for piano, Op. 67/3 (W 161)
7. Frivolous Pieces (3) for piano (W 124)
8. Pieces (6) for piano, Op. 4 (W 248)
9. Sketches (2) for piano, Op. 57/4-5 (W 322)
10. Suite for piano ("In the Old Style"), Op. 71/1 (W 354)
11. Danses Tristes (3) for piano, Op. 74 (W 92)
12. Scherzo, for piano, Op. 25 (W 308)
13. Rondeau de concert, for piano (W 298)
14. Consolation, for piano (W 80)
15. Irish Reel, for piano, W 163
16. Chansonette, for piano, Op. 74/8 (W 59)
17. Impressions from The Jungle Book, for piano (W 149)
18. Over the Prairie, for piano (W 233)
19. Pictoral Sketch, for piano (W 247)
20. Butterfly Waltz, for piano, (W 54)
21. Danse romantique, for piano (W 91)
22. A Little Russian Suite, for piano (W 176)
23. Old China (Vieux chine), suite for piano (W 403)
24. Spanish dance, for piano (W 347)
25. Berceuse, for piano, (W 47)
26. Badinage, for piano, (W 30)
27. Guttersnipes' Dance, for piano (W 133)
28. Gavotte, for piano (W 128)
29. Victorian Waltz, for piano (W 402)

Note: This is a general synopsis. Each listing is further described below.