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George Lloyd Works for Violin & Piano

George Lloyd
Lament, Air & Dance(Little & Roscoe)
31:48
1
I.Lament14:41
2
II.Air5:39
3
III.Dance11:28
George Lloyd
Violin Sonata(Little & Roscoe)
28:33
4
I.Largamente12:53
5
II.Moderato4:19
6
III.Finale11:21
George Lloyd
Seven Extracts from 'The Serf'(Rogers & Callaghan)
28:09
7
I.The Outlaw5:20
8
II.Lament3:33
9
III.Woodlands4:04
10
IV.Ascalon4:02
11
V.March2:29
12
VI.'Ah, for the blue of Sicily'4:40
13
VII.Odin's Hung4:01
Recording date10 June 2024
Recording locationWyastone Concert Hall, Monmouth, UK
ProducerAdrian Farmer
EngineerAdrian Farmer
Release date1 November 2024
LabelLyrita
Catalogue numberSRCD424
Duration88:33
SRCD424_cover

With Ruth Rogers (violin)

Despite his facility on the violin and the importance he attached to his lessons with Albert Sammons, George Lloyd was slow to write for his own instrument. Not until 1970, and the First Violin Concerto, did he give it a leading role — but the experience seems to have released something, and over the next seven years came a run of pieces for violin and piano, a full-scale sonata and a second concerto. This disc gathers the works for violin and piano together. The Seven Extracts from The Serf (1974) were published only in 2024 and are recorded here for the first time.