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)

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