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Constant Lambert: Piano Concerto, Piano Sonata & Other Works

1/26/2024, 15 Tracks, 1:19:44

Featuring

  • Ian Brown
  • Lionel Friend
  • Christopher Van Kampen
  • David Corkhill
  • John Stenhouse
  • John Wallace
  • Michael Collins
  • Philippa Davies
  • Rodney Slatford
  • Roger Harvey
  • Timothy Lines
  • Philip Langridge
  • Gareth Hulse
  • Iris Juda
  • Marcia Crayford
  • Roger Chase
  • Nigel Hawthorne
  • Brian Wightman
  • Terence Emery
  • Nash Ensemble
  • Constant Lambert

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Composition History

The Eight Poems of Li-Po were influenced by Lambert's infatuation with film actress Anna May Wong, leading him to study Chinese culture and write songs for her.

Source: Booklet

Composer Biography

Constant Lambert, a British composer, was born in Fulham in 1905, the younger of two brothers.

Source: Booklet

Compositional Technique

The ballet Mr Bear Squash-you-all-flat, though called a ballet, has no stage directions other than 'Curtain' and 'Slow curtain' in the manuscript.

Source: Booklet

Composition History

Constant Lambert was invited to compose a work for the Russian Ballet by Diaghilev, a feat achieved by only one other British composer during Diaghilev's lifetime.

Source: Booklet

Composition History

Constant Lambert's ballet, Mr Bear Squash-you-all-flat, was completed in 1924 when he was eighteen, but remained unperformed until 1979.

Source: Booklet

Composer Biography

As a child, Constant Lambert suffered from numerous serious illnesses and operations, leaving him permanently deaf in one ear and lame for life.

Source: Booklet

Composer Biography

Lambert's father, George Washington Lambert, was born in St Petersburg and spent his early life in Australia before moving to England.

Source: Booklet

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