Romantic Discoveries Recordings

Piano Music of Leonard Butler (1869-1943)
John Kersey, piano
RDR CD109

Total time: 78 minutes 27 seconds.

1. In the Heart of the Garden (10:11)
i. In the Sunshine ii. In the Heart of the Garden iii. Song of the Sun-Dial iv. To the Maid of the Garden v. The Song of the Garden vi. May-Bells

2. Sweet Auburn, The Deserted Village, suite for piano (after Goldsmith) (13:48)
i. The Village Bells ii. A Spring Phantasy iii. On the Village Green iv. A Meditation v. A Remembrance vi. The Weeping Willow vii. The Deserted Village – A Lament

3. From the Surrey Hills: Fifteen Tone-Pictures for Piano (28:48)
i. Sunday Morning (Ranmore, Dorking) ii. The Meadow Path iii. Where Primroses Grow iv. Through “Bluebell Land” v. In the Merry Month of May vi. Through the Pines vii. Swaying Tree-Tops viii. A Song of my Homeland ix. The Song of the “Tillingbourne” x. The Song of the Old Windmill xi. In the Noontide Heat xii. The Dance in the Harvest-Field xiii. Sunset xiv. Brownies xv. As the Children Fall Asleep

4. Monastique (Tintern Abbey) (1:50)

5. On a Summer Shore (9:33)
i. On a Summer Shore ii. In Saint Martin’s Summer iii. Arietta iv. Rondel

6. Rhapsody: At Twilight (3:44)

7. Outdoor Life – five sketches for pianoforte (10:18)
i. Sunrise ii. The Bird by the Brooklet (“Bury Hill”, Dorking) iii. Through the Forest (Souvenir of a Holiday in the High Pyrenees) iv. By the River (The Fisherman’s Path – Fowey River – Bodmin Road, Cornwall) v. In the Silver Haze (Lantivet Head – Fowey)