Gibbs/ Rothschild/ Farmer - Songs of C Armstrong GibbsThe present release features a selection of Cecil Armstrong Gibbs' songs taken from the 4 album set also released by Lyrita. Cecil Armstrong Gibbs (he disliked the name Cecil so was known as Armstrong) was a prolific and versatile composer of the first half of the twentieth century. He studied under Sir Adrian Boult and Ralph Vaughan Williams. His contemporaries were Herbert Howells, Sir Arthur Bliss and Sir Arnold Bax. Known principally for his solo

his aesthetic sense then shifted toward the 12-tone technique

Schein commands the various stylistic phenomena with aplomb

played relatively few solo recitals

Nadi Osman

with original music provided by Dudley Moore

These are rather varied pieces

Miquette Giraudy (synthesiser)

Look for the usual cast of characters from Republic Pictures

this is raw

Patrizia (Chaty Heaven)

The disc is part of a project called Essential Music initiated by the re: orchestra

upbeat song written for Yasohachi "88" Itoh