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Cyril Scott
Piano Sonata, Op. 66
30:48
1
I.Allegro con spirito13:38
2
II.Adagio5:26
3
III.Scherzo6:27
4
IV.Fugue: Allegro5:17
Cyril Scott
from Two Piano Pieces, Op. 37
4:00
5
I.At Dawn4:00
Cyril Scott
from Two Pierrot Pieces, Op. 35
4:29
6
I.Pierrot triste: Lento4:29
Recording date22 September 2021
Recording locationWyastone Concert Hall, Monmouth, UK
ProducerAdrian Farmer
EngineerAdrian Farmer
Release date5 April 2024
LabelLyrita
Catalogue numberSRCD437
Duration39:17
Cover artworkWigmore Hall Foyer (courtesy of the Wigmore Hall Archive)
Cyril Scott Piano Sonata No.1

Premiered by the composer at Wigmore Hall in 1909, Cyril Scott's First Sonata, Op. 66, is a large-scale work that offers as clear a glimpse of his own playing as anything he left. Its restless changes of time signature are said to have influenced Stravinsky; Debussy admired Scott's music, and Percy Grainger played this sonata many times in recital. Simon Callaghan follows the monumental sonata with two shorter, lyrical pieces by Scott, presented as encores.