COMPOSERS: Geoffrey Bush
LABELS: J Martin Stafford
WORKS: Suite; Epigrams; Sonatina No. 1; Sonatina No. 2; Four Pieces for Piano, Set 2; Suite champêtre; Novelette; Nocturne and Toccata; Whydah Variations; Matthew’s Tunes; Rudi’s Blues
PERFORMER: Eric Parkin (piano)
CATALOGUE NO: JMSCD 3 DDD (from 298 Blossomfield Rd, Solihull, W Midlands B91 1TH; tel 0121 711 1975)
Bush’s music belongs to a gentle branch of the ‘wrong note’ school, solidly tonal with discords here and there, and pleasant enough in a derivative sort of way. This is a collection of miniatures; it seems unbelievable that the extraordinarily archaic Suite champêtre was written in the Nineties. The admirable Eric Parkin does his best with this bland repertoire. Wadham Sutton
Geoffrey Bush
Bush’s music belongs to a gentle branch of the ‘wrong note’ school, solidly tonal with discords here and there, and pleasant enough in a derivative sort of way. This is a collection of miniatures; it seems unbelievable that the extraordinarily archaic Suite champêtre was written in the Nineties. The admirable Eric Parkin does his best with this bland repertoire. Wadham Sutton
Published: January 20, 2012 at 2:37 pm