Marn Jones, the pianist on this album, first gained international attention in 1968 when he received the Dame Myra Hess Award.
Composer's Artistic Vision
Composer Michael Finnissy, who knew Elisabeth Lutyens well, described her music as including "violence, darkness and pain as much as it does delicacy and fluidity."
Recording & Production
Several pieces on this album, including The Check Book, Piano e Forte, Maybe - Encore, and Sonata Movement, are world premiere recordings.
Compositional Technique
Lutyens's Five Intermezzi, Op. 9, are written in her characteristic twelve-tone language.
Critical Reception
Elisabeth Lutyens's music, though often dismissed during her lifetime, has been "scandalously overlooked" since her death in 1983.
Composer Biography
Elisabeth Lutyens, the composer, was a student at the Royal College of Music from 1926-1931 and her earliest compositions date back to 1921.
Composition History
The Three Improvisations were dedicated to Constant Lambert, a composer and conductor, who also chose their titles: 'Adumbration', 'Obfuscation', and 'Peroration'.
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