Composers: Delius, Alwyn
Performers: Nathan Williamson p
Catalogue Number: Somm SOMMCD0196

In his notes to this stimulating recording of 20th-century British piano music, pianist-composer Nathan Williamson writes: “In bringing together this collection… I have tried to create a diverse yet balanced programme loosely based around the different responses that composers have brought to this question.” What question is that? It is this: where did, and do, they stand regarding the traditional on the one hand and the progressive on the other?