A 1968 recording of William Mathias premiering his own Third Piano Concerto (alongside the BBC Symphony under Moshe Atzmon) is paired with Llŷr Williams’s 2014 performance of the Piano Concerto No. 2 (BBC National Orchestra of Wales / Grant Llewellyn). Mathias’s Ceremony after a Fire Raid completes the release (BBC National Chorus of Wales / Adrian Partington). 

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Recordiad o 1968 o William Mathias fel unawdydd yn y perfformiad cyntaf o’i Drydydd Concerto i Biano (ochr yn ochr â Cherddorfa Symffoni’r BBC o dan Moshe Atzmon) wedi’i phario gyda pherfformiad 2014 Llŷr Williams o Piano Concerto No. 2 (Cerddorfa Genedlaethol Gymreig y BBC / Grant Llywellyn). Mae Ceremony after a Fire Raid Mathias yn cwblhau’r albwm (Corws Cenedlaethol y BBC / Adrian Partington).

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Piano Concerto No. 2, Op. 13
1.    i.    Molto moderato, sempre flessibile [7:54]
2.    ii.    Allegro molto vivace [3:29]    
3.    iii.    Lento molto e flessibile –  [6:17]    
4.    iv.    Allegro alla danza [6:58]
Llŷr Williams, piano  •  Grant  Llewellyn, conductor  •  BBC National Orchestra of Wales

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Piano Concerto No. 3, Op. 40
5.    i.    Allegro energico [9:05]
6.    ii.    Adagio, sempre flessibile – Vivace – Adagio [7:47]
7.    iii.    Allegro con brio  [8:14]
William Mathias, piano  •  Moshe Atzmon, conductor  •  BBC Symphony Orchestra

    

Ceremony after a Fire Raid, Op. 63
8.    Lento molto: Myselves  The grievers  Grieve [8:14]
9.    Andante: I know not whether Adam or Eve [7:57]
10.    Allegro moderato e maestoso: Into the organpipes and steeples [4:23]
Adrian Partington, conductor  •  Chris Williams, piano      •  Andrea Porter & Matt Hardy, percussion  •  BBC National Chorus of Wales
        
TOTAL 1:09:28

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