Alan Rawsthorne

Edited and completed by Julian Bream.

Orchestration: Violin 1, Violin 2, Viola, Cello, Bass Alan Rawsthorne (1905-1971) studied architecture and dentistry before entering the Royal Manchester College of Music to study piano, cello and com...

Orchestration: 2 Flutes, Oboe, 3 Clarinets in Bb, Bassoon 2 Horns in F, 3 Trumpets in Bb, 2 Trombones, Timpani, Percussion (4 players - Side drum, Triangle, Cymbal, Bass drum, Xylophone, Castanets, Ta...

Orchestration 2 Flutes, Oboe, 3 Clarinets in Bb, Bassoon 2 Horns in F, 3 Trumpets in Bb, 2 Trombones, Timpani, Percussion (4 players - Side drum, Triangle, Cymbal, Bass drum, Xylophone, Castanets, Tam...

One of the first works of the modern recorder repertoire (contemporary with the well-known Sonatinas by Berkeley and Walter Leigh) to be discovered and published. The four movements are vintage Rawsth...

For mezzo-Soprano or Baritone with piano. Set to words of the German Socialist Poet Ernst Toller depicting his life in prison after he was captured by the Nazis.

This stylish and approachable arrangement of Scarlatti's Sonata in D (K.119) (originally composed for keyboard) is vivacious and dance-like in character.

for SATB, contralto and tenor soli, and orchestra. A new orchestration by Edward Harper has brought this colourful setting of Coleridge's epic poem back to life after the original orchestra score was...

This collection brings together all of Rawsthorne's popular piano works, re-engraved, lightly edited, and with an introduction by John McCabe. Rawsthorne had an intuitive understanding of the piano an...

The Theme is marked by a lyrical melody and a clear tonal centre, while the studies show four constrasting movements. The first has a taut developing semiquaver texture, the second, in minor mode, dis...