Hyperion Records | Lambert: Mr Bear Squash-you-all-flat

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CDA66754
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Recording details: May 1994
Henry Wood Hall, London, United Kingdom
Produced by Andrew Keener
Engineered by Antony Howell & Julian Millard
Release date: April 1995
Total duration: 79 minutes 41 seconds

GRAMOPHONE EDITOR'S CHOICE / CRITICS' CHOICE

'A distinguished release on all counts ... immaculate production values throughout ... this wonderful anthology deserves the widest possible currency' (Gramophone)

'A fascinating and generous programme, superbly performed' (Classic CD)

'Make haste to this collection. It's a cracker' (The Independent)

'Superlative' (BBC Music Magazine)

'Stunning' (BBC Record Review)

Constant Lambert (1905-1951)

Mr Bear Squash-you-all-flat

The Nash Ensemble, Lionel Friend (conductor)

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		Concerto for Piano and Nine Players
1		Movement 1: Overture – Cadenza – Andante espressivo – Doppio movimento – Coda [8'46] The Nash Ensemble, Ian Brown (piano), Lionel Friend (conductor)
2		Movement 2: Intermède – Allegro scherzando – Piu mosso – Andante tranquillo [9'30] The Nash Ensemble, Ian Brown (piano), Lionel Friend (conductor)
3		Movement 3: Finale. Lugubre [10'08] The Nash Ensemble, Ian Brown (piano), Lionel Friend (conductor)
		Eight Poems of Li-Po
4		No 1: A Summer Day [1'42] Philip Langridge (tenor), The Nash Ensemble, Lionel Friend (conductor)
5		No 2: Nocturne [1'56] Philip Langridge (tenor), The Nash Ensemble, Lionel Friend (conductor)
6		No 3: With a man of leisure [0'59] Philip Langridge (tenor), The Nash Ensemble, Lionel Friend (conductor)
7		No 4: Lines written in autumn [2'46] Philip Langridge (tenor), The Nash Ensemble, Lionel Friend (conductor)
8		No 5: The ruin of the Ku-Su palace [1'17] Philip Langridge (tenor), The Nash Ensemble, Lionel Friend (conductor)
9		No 6: The Intruder [1'00] Philip Langridge (tenor), The Nash Ensemble, Lionel Friend (conductor)
10		No 7: On the city street [1'13] Philip Langridge (tenor), The Nash Ensemble, Lionel Friend (conductor)
11		No 8: The long-departed lover [2'51] Philip Langridge (tenor), The Nash Ensemble, Lionel Friend (conductor)
		Sonata for piano
12		Movement 1: Allegro molto marcato [6'02] Ian Brown (piano)
13		Movement 2: Nocturne [7'29] Ian Brown (piano)
14		Movement 3: Finale [8'16] Ian Brown (piano)
15		Mr Bear Squash-you-all-flat [15'46] The Nash Ensemble, Lionel Friend (conductor), Nigel Hawthorne (narrator)