Romantic Discoveries Recordings

Piano Music of Alfred Frederic Mullen (1865-1936) volume 1
John Kersey, piano
RDR CD105

Total time: 62 minutes 14 seconds.

1. Highways and Byways, four sketches for piano (9:12)
a. In the Still Woodland b. The Little Shepherdess c. By the Lych-Gate d. On the Broad Highway

2. writing as “Gustave Lind”: In an old Italian garden (Piacenza, 1914) (9:14)
e. By a Forgotten Well f. In Bocaccio’s Days g. A Deserted Temple h. A Shepherd’s Song i. In Brocade and Silk

3. A Garland of Memories (7:58)
j. For Remembrance k. Columbine l.. ‘Neath the Pergola m. Snapdragon

4. writing as “Gustave Lind”: Eventide (10:38)
n. Forest Piece o. The Heart of the Sunset p. Chant Poetique q. The Queen’s Minuet

5. writing as “Pierre Lescaut”: The Enchanted Isle; four impressions (10:35)
r. By the Pools of Silence s. Elfin Glade t. Mystic Night u. Roseate Dawn

6. writing as “Gustave Lind”: The Black Iris Suite (9:15)
v. The Black Iris w. Ayesha x. The Lotus Pond
“Thus said Vikrama, the Godborn: ‘When after a thousand times thousand Karmas the black Iris will appear in the Lotus cup of the sacred lake Manassorowa, bathed by the beams of Arjana, then shall thy soul obtain the Nibhanam.” – From an old M.S. of Brahmacharya Yengar

7. A Hunting Morn (3:25)

Recorded in 2014.