PIANO WORKS TO 1910:
Chinese Serenade op.39/2 (1904) [W64]
Dagobah op.39/1 (1904) [W83]
Summerland op.54 (1907) [W361]
Asphodel op.50/2 (1906) [W19]
Serenata op.67/2 (1909) [W316]
Intermezzo op.67/3 (1910) [W161]
Three Frivolous Pieces op.2 (1898-99) [W124]
Six Pieces op.4 (1898-99) [W248]
Two Sketches op.57/4-5 (1907) [W322]
Suite ... (In the Old Style) op.71/1 (1910) [W354]
Trois danses tristes op.74 (1910) [W92]
Scherzo op.25 (1901 published 1904) [W308]

PIANO WORKS AFTER 1910:
Rondeau de concert (1918) [W298]
Consolation (1918) [W80]
Irish Reel (1916) [W163]
Chansonette op.74/8 (1911) [W59]
Impressions from the Jungle Book (1912) [W149]
Over the Prairie (1911) [W233]
Pictorial Sketch (1913) [W247]
Butterfly Waltz (1915) [W54]
Danse romantique (1915) [W91]
A Little Russian Suite (1916) [W176]
Old China (Vieux chine): Suite (1918) [W403]
Spanish dance (1925) [W347]
Berceuse (1928) [W47]
Badinage (1928) [W30]
Guttersnipes' Dance (1929) [W133]
Gavotte (1932) [W128]
Victorian
Waltz (1963) [W402]

Leslie De'Ath (piano)

premiere recording
unrecorded except on piano roll or 78rpm

Recorded at Maureen Forrester Recital Hall,
Faculty of Music, Wilfrid Laurier University, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
13-14 and 29-30 December 2005, 17 and 19 July 2006

The brilliant Canadian pianist Leslie De'Ath's complete survey of Cyril Scott's piano music continues on CDLX 7183, which presents Scott's many piano encores, compiled on two CDs for the price of one. Here De'Ath concentrates in the main on the music written between 1907 and 1918, together with some earlier pieces Scott wrote whilst he was a student, and popular pieces from the 1920s. The suites Summerland, Op. 54 (1907), Suite in the Old Style, Op. 71 No. 1 (1910), Trois Danses Tristes Op. 74 (1910), Impressions from the Jungle Book (1912), A Little Russian Suite (1916) and Old China (Vieux chine): Suite (1918) are crowned by compositions from the 1920s such as Spanish Dance.

2 CD SET - CDLX 7183

“Naturally, those who purchased the other three volumes will need little coaxing to add this one to their collection. De’Ath is an ideal interpreter of this music and has considerable praise heaped on him in earlier reviews. Among the delights to be discovered are the Chinese Serenade ...”
“If the first disc’s appeal is primarily for collectors steeped in the piano music of Grainger, Grieg and MacDowell, disc 2 takes on a definite Impressionist influence ... The influence of Debussy ... can be heard in several of the latter pieces.” “... Scott’s music can be enchanting.” Becker, American Record Guide, January/February 2008