Edmund Rubbra:
Piano Concerto in G, Op. 85

Arnold Bax:
Morning Song 'Maytime in Sussex'

Arthur Bliss:
Piano Concerto in B flat major

Two very different takes on the romantic piano concerto, both equally successful. The Bliss written in 1939 for the World’s Fair in New York is extrovert, exuberant and virtuosic, the Rubbra a profound reflection on, and continuation of, the English pastoral tradition.

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Recorded in Richard B Fisher Center, Bard College, USA, on 16-20 January 2019. Piano: Steinway & Sons.