Eric Parkin, City of London Sinfonia, Richard Hickox - Dyson: Concerto Leggiero, Concerto da Camera, Concerto da Chiesa (1992) CD-Rip

George Dyson (1883-1964) studied with Charles Villiers Stanford at the Royal College of Music and Dyson's own compositions tend to reflect the kind of romanticism of both Stanford and Perry--or the era just before Elgar, Vaughan Williams, and William Walton. His music is always lyrical if a bit modest,or perhaps understated is a better word--after all, leggiero means "lack of pomp or pretention or prolixity." In this, he resembles Frederick Delius. The works on this disc come from Dyson's later years--1949 to 1951--which were his most creative. Chandos has a knack for finding forgotten gems. This is one fine example. --Paul Cook