John Ireland: Piano Music Vol 4 – review

Mark Bebbington (piano)(Somm)This is the last CD in Mark Bebbington's pursuit of the underappreciated piano music of John Ireland (1879-1962). The titles of the three groups of occasional pieces here give a clue to their character: Three Pastels, In Those Days and Leaves from a Child's Sketchbook. Their wistful, bucolic mood, at times folk-inspired, at others drawing inspiration from a Bach chorale (Meine Seele erhebt den Herren), is well captured by Bebbington, who brings variety to this charmi...

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