Matthew Schellhorn - Howells: Piano Music Vol.2 (2022)

In the first volume of this series, Matthew Schellhorn surveyed six decades of Herbert Howells’ compositions for the piano. This second volume reprises the journey, tracing the composer’s stylistic development from the charming poetic miniatures of his youth through to the resonant modal quirkiness of his later dances.

The survey includes a centrally important work, the Sonatina of 1971, performed here in Schellhorn’s own edition compiled from the manuscript sources, which includes variants not heard for half a century.
Tracklist
01. Comme le cerf soupire…
02. The Arab's Song
03. To a Wild Flower
04. Romance
05. Melody
06. Legend
07. The Chosen Tune
08. A Mersey Tune
09. Country Pageant: I. Merry Andrew's Procession
10. Country Pageant: II. Kings and Queens
11. Country Pageant: III. There Was a Most Beautiful Lady
12. Country Pageant: IV. The Mummers' Dance
13. A Little Book of Dances: I. Minuet
14. A Little Book of Dances: II. Gavotte
15. A Little Book of Dances: III. Pavane
16. A Little Book of Dances: IV. Galliard
17. A Little Book of Dances: V. Rigadoon
18. A Little Book of Dances: VI. Jig
19. A Sailor Tune
20. 3 Tunes for Piano: No. 1, Walking Tune
21. 3 Tunes for Piano: No. 2, Country Tune
22. 3 Tunes for Piano: No. 3, Trumpet Tune
23. Minuet for Ursula
24. Promenade for Girls
25. Promenade for Boys
26. Et nunc et semper
27. Piano Sonatina (Ed. M. Schellhorn): I. Vivo. Inquieto
28. Piano Sonatina (Ed. M. Schellhorn): II. Quasi adagio. Serioso ma teneramente
29. Piano Sonatina (Ed. M. Schellhorn): III. Agile, destro, sempre veloce