Piano Pictures

Works by Schumann, Sullivan, Ireland, Thompson, Bowen, Bridge and Debussy

Various composers

£6.50

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	This unpretentious recital of ‘Pictures in Sound’ is an intriguing variety of beautifully played pieces…
	—Colin Scott-Sutherland, MusicWeb International

	Williams’s playing is essentially English – unfussy, no unnecessary emphases, but full of conviction … The playing throughout is clear and finely articulated – but loses none of the poetry.
	—Colin Scott-Sutherland, MusicWeb International

The music composed by Peter Thompson on this CD has been made available, with suitable accompanying imagery, as a set of videos on YouTube, as presented below:

Marc Chagall Suite (CD tracks 1–5 in a playlist)

Bolinge Hill (CD track 23)


	Composer	Title		Performer(s)	Total duration
	Various	Piano Pictures Works by Schumann, Sullivan, Ireland, Thompson, Bowen, Bridge and Debussy		Oliver Williams, Piano	01:07:50
#	Composers	Work	Movement	Performer(s)	Duration
1	Peter Thompson	Suite no 3 (Marc Chagall Suite)	`I`: The Blue Circus	Oliver Williams, Piano	00:01:13
2			`II`: At the Barber’s		00:01:47
3			`III`: Loneliness		00:01:55
4			`IV`: Above the Town		00:00:55
5			`V`: Spring		00:01:19
6	York Bowen	The Way to Polden			00:03:13
7	Sir Arthur Sullivan	Elle et Lui			00:02:37
8		A l’Hongroise			00:02:03
9		Twighlight			00:02:16
10	Robert Schumann	Papillons	Introduzione: Moderato – No 1		00:00:56
11			No 2: Prestissimo		00:00:17
12			No 3		00:00:48
13			No 4: Presto		00:00:48
14			No 5		00:01:04
15			No 6		00:00:57
16			No 7: Semplice		00:00:34
17			No 8		00:01:14
18			No 9: Prestissimo		00:00:46
19			No 10: Vivo – Più lento		00:01:48
20			No 11		00:02:35
21			No 12: Finale		00:02:00
22	Claude Debussy	Reflets dans l’Eau			00:05:31
23	Peter Thompson	Sketches & Fancies	`VI`: Bolinge Hill		00:05:30
24	Frank Bridge	Three Sketches	`I`: April		00:02:24
25			`II`: Rosemary		00:03:34
26			`III`: Valse capriceuse		00:01:35
27	John Ireland	Sarnia	`I`: Le Catioroc		00:06:25
28			`II`: In a May Morning		00:05:16
29			`III`: Song of the Springtides		00:06:42

Catalogue code: FAND101 • Published: 1996
Entry last updated: 23rd April 2025

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