We have come across a selection of commercial recordings of Welsh keyboard music, and their details are shared here. If you know of any that should be added, please send us the details.
PIANO
Recording | Company & Number | Performer(s) & Instrument(s) | Repertoire | Link |
Welsh Impressions | Ty Cerdd TCR025 | Zoe Smith, piano | Morfydd Owen: Four Welsh Impressions Cyril Jenkins: The Seasons E. T. Davies: Welsh Folk Dances Grace Willliams: The Silent Pool D. Vaughan Thomas: Allegro vivace T. Osborne Roberts: Prelude St Tudno Arr. G. Mantle Childe: Suo Gan Meirion Williams: Nocturne in A flat Dilys Elwyn-Edwards: Lullaby Eiluned Davies: Three European Dances Mansel Thomas: Six Song Preludes Mervyn Burtch: Sonatina No. 5 Arr. Henry Brinley Richards: Juanita | https://www.tycerdd.org/welsh-impressions |
Bagatelles | Ty Cerdd TCR010 | Llyr Williams, piano | Daniel Jones: Bagatelles, Set I (1943-5) Bagatelles, Set II (1948-53) Bagatelles, Set III (1955) Two unpublished Bagatelles [plus Bartok: Fourteen Bagatelles] | https://www.tycerdd.org/bagatelles-cd |
Morfydd Owen: Portrait of a Lost Icon | Ty Cerdd TCR014 | Brian Ellsbury, piano [Elin Manahan Thomas, soprano] | Songs and piano music of Morfydd Owen, including: Rhapsody in C sharp minor Maida Vale Tal y Llyn Little Eric Glantaf Prelude in E minor Sonata for piano in E minor Piano Quintet: Chorale for solo piano | https://www.tycerdd.org/morfydd-owen-cd |
Dilys Elwyn-Edwards: Mae hiraeth yn y mor | Ty Cerdd TCR019 | Jocelyn Freeman, piano [Elin Manahan Thomas, soprano] | Songs and piano music of Dilys Elwyn-Edwards, including: Lullaby for piano | https://www.tycerdd.org/mae-hiraeth-yn-y-mor-cd |
Portreadau Cymreig / Welsh Portraits | Sain SCD 2308 | Iwan Llewellyn Jones | Contemporary Welsh piano music, including: William Mathias: Toccata Alla Danza Grace Williams: The Silent Pool Alun Hoddinott: Sonata No. 11 | https://www.discogs.com/Iwan-Llewelyn-Jones-Portreadau-Cymreig-Welsh-Portraits/release/9419807 |
Caneuon heb eiriau / Songs without words | Sain SCD2646 | Iwan Llewellyn Jones | Welsh art songs arranged for solo piano | https://www.discogs.com/Iwan-Llewelyn-Jones-Caneuon-Heb-Eiriau/release/11036882 |
Hoddinott – Piano Sonatas 1-10 | Nimbus NI5747 | Martin Jones, Piano | Piano Sonatas 1-10 | https://www.chandos.net/products/catalogue/NI%205747 |
John White & Alun Hoddinott | Lyrita LE2108 / REAM2108 | Valerie Tyson, piano | Alun Hodinott piano works: Piano Sonata No. 1 Op. 17 Nocturne No. 2 Op 16. No 1 Piano Sonata No. 2 Op. 27 Nocturne No. 1 Op. 9 Elegy Op. 18 No. 3 [plus John White Piano Sonatas Nos. 1, 4, 5 & 9] | https://www.chandos.net/products/catalogue/LE%202108 |
Amrywiaeth / Diversity | Cameo 2073 | The Davies Duo: Helen and Harvey Davies, one piano, four hands | Music by John Metcalf, Alun Hoddinott, Brian Hughes, Jeffrey Lewis, John Hearne and Pwyll ap Sion Alun Hoddinott: Sonata | https://www.discogs.com/Helen-And-Harvey-Davies-Diversity-Amrywiaeth/release/8717351 |
Mathias & Pickard | Diversions DDV24111 | Raymond Clarke, piano | William Mathias: Piano Sonata No. 1, Op. 23 Piano Sonata No. 2, Op. 46 [plus Pickard Piano Sonatas & A Starlit Dome] | https://www.chandos.net/products/catalogue/DV%204111 |
Mathias Songs and Chamber Music (A Vision of Time and Eternity) | Naxos 8.574053 | Various including Paula Fan and Rex Woods, piano | Wiilliam Mathias: Suite Parisienne [plus songs and chamber works] | https://www.naxos.com/catalogue/item.asp?item_code=8.574053 |
Grace Williams Chamber Music | Naxos 8.571380 | Various including David Owen Norris, piano | Grace Williams: Sarabande for Piano Left Hand [plus chamber works] | https://www.naxos.com/catalogue/item.asp?item_code=8.571380 |
Parrott, Harries & Wynne | Lyrita SRCD284 | Various including Eric Harrison, piano | David Wynne: Piano Sonata No. 2 [plus String Quartets by Parrott & Wynne, and Harries Piano Quintet] | https://www.chandos.net/products/catalogue/LY%200284 |
Haflidi’s Pictures | Priory PRCD1018 | Mark Tanner, piano | Contemporary piano music, including: Mervyn Burtch: Five Aphorisms [plus works by McLeod, Fitkin, Martin, Stocken & Decio] | https://www.discogs.com/Mark-Tanner-5-McLeod-Fitkin-Martin-Stocken-Burtch-Decio-Haflidis-Pictures/release/7624452 |
Janet Owen Thomas – A Shooting Star | Prima Facie PFCD063 | Various including Jane Ford, piano | Janet Owen Thomas: Four Preludes for Piano: I [2.54] Four Preludes for Piano: II [1.43] Four Preludes for Piano: III [2.36] Four Preludes for Piano: IV [1.34] | https://primafacie.ascrecords.com/shooting_star.html |
The Robin’s Return | Hunters Moon C HMP0183 | Alan Etherden, piano | An Evening of Favourite Piano Pieces, including: The Echo of Lucerne Warblings at Eve | https://www.discogs.com/Alan-Etherden-The-Robins-Return-An-Evening-of-Favourite-Piano-Pieces/master/1445607 |
HARPSICHORD (OTHER)
Recording | Company & Number | Performer(s) & Instrument(s) | Repertoire | Link |
Gareth Walters | KPM Music KPM1048 | Harpsichord soloist not stated | Gareth Walters: Suite No. 1 – Music for the Court Suite No. 2 – Court Dances (17th-18th Century) [Elizabethan] Suite No. 1 [Elizabethan] Suite No. 2 | https://www.discogs.com/Gareth-Walters-Two-Harpsichord-Suites-Two-Elizabethan-Suites/release/3454814 |
British Music for Harpsichord | Naxos 8.573668 | Christopher D. Lewis, harpsichord | Various including: John Jeffreys: Four Little English Dances [5.14] | https://www.naxos.com/catalogue/item.asp?item_code=8.573668 |
HARPSICHORD (THOMAS TOMKINS)
Recording | Company & Number | Performer(s) & Instrument(s) | Thomas Tomkins Repertoire | Link |
Thomas Tomkins Keyboard Music Vol. 4 | MDG MDG 607 0706-2 | Berhard Klapprott, harpsichord | In Nomine (Nos. 8, 9 & 12), A Verse of Three Parts, Clarifica me pater, (Without Title) (No. 68), Fancy, Miserere (Nos. 13, 14, 15, 17, 18, 19 & 20), A Short Verse, A Short Verse for Edward Thornburgh, Another Short Verse, Voluntary for, Mr. Archdeacon Thornbirgh, Offertory, A Substantial Verse | https://www.discogs.com/Thomas-Tomkins-Bernhard-Klapprott-Keyboard-Music-Vol-4/release/11875111 |
Barafostus Dreame | Metronome MET CD 1049 | Carole Cerasi, harpsichord plus James Johnstone, harpsichord* | Barafostus’ Dream, Pavan of Three Parts, Galliard of Three Parts, Mserere, A Sad Pavan for these Distracted Times, Worcester Brawls, What if a day, Fancy for two to play*, Fancy, Pavan, The Lady Folliott’s Gallard, Fancy, Toy made at Poole Court, Pavan Earl Strafford, Galliard Earl Strafford, Fortune My Foe, Ground, In Nomine | https://www.discogs.com/Tomkins-Carole-Cerasi-Barafostus-Dreame/release/11232436 |
English Virginal Music | Deutsche Harmonia Mundi 05472 77191 2 | Gustav Leonhardt, harpsichord | Music by Tomkins, Bull, Byrd, Gibbons & Farnaby Thomas Tomkins: Barafostus’ Dream [6.15] | https://www.discogs.com/Gustav-Leonhardt-Tomkins-Bull-Byrd-Gibbons-Farnaby-Englische-Virginalmusik-English-Virginal-Music/release/12775884 |
Mr Tomkins his Lessons of Worthe | Mirare MIR137D | Bertrand Cuiller, harpsichord | Music by Tomkins, Byrd, Bull & Tallis Thomas Tomkins: Offertory, Robin Hood, Ut, re, mi, Ground in D major | http://www.mirare.fr/album/mr-tomkins-lessons-worthe [also available via Naxos Music Library] |
ORGAN
Recording | Company & Number | Performer(s) & Instrument(s) | Repertoire | Link |
Mathias Organ Music | Nimbus NI5367 | John Scott, organ | William Mathias: Fanfare, Processional, Invocations, Fantasy, Berceuse, Jubilate, Antiphonies, Fenestra, Recessional & Chorale | https://www.chandos.net/products/catalogue/NI%205367 |
William Mathias Music for Organ | L’Oiseau-Lyre SOL342 | Christopher Herrick, organ | William Mathias: Jubilate, Partita, Processional, Chorale, Postlude, Invocations, Toccata Giocosa, Variations on a Hymn Tune | https://www.discogs.com/William-Mathias-Christopher-Herrick-Music-For-Organ/release/7978568 |
Exultemus: Organ Recital | Priory PRCD1222 | Simon Pearce, organ | Various, including: Cyril Jenkins: Dawn [4.48] William Mathias: Antiphonies [12.01] [plus music by Geraint Lewis & Meirion Wynn Jones] | https://www.prioryrecords.co.uk/Simon-Pearce-St-Davids-Cathedral-Organ-%20Recital%20-%20Welsh%20-Music |
Organs of Edinburgh | Delphian DCD34100 | Andrew Caskie, organ | Various, including: William Mathias: Fanfare [2’11”] | https://www.delphianrecords.com/collections/organ-1/products/dcd34100 |
Michel Bourcier plays organ music by John Jeffreys | SOMM SOMMCD019 | Michel Bourcier, organ | John Jeffreys: Otten Fanfares and Processional, Canon Howard’s Church Mice, Chanson pour l’Enfant Christ, Chanson du Berger, May Morning Prelude, The Return of Canon Howard’s Mice, The Bagpiper, Christ in Majesty, Entrada, Fantasia, O My Dere Hert, Flourish, Affirmation, Meditation and 6 Variations, Shepherd’s Song, Cader Idris | https://www.somm-recordings.com/recording/john-jeffreys-organ-music/ |
Organ Cadeirlan Aberhonddu / The Organ of Brecon Cathdral | Sain SCD2140 | Jane Watts, organ | Various, including: Mansel Thomas: Six Preludes on Welsh Hymn Tunes | https://www.discogs.com/Jane-Watts-Organ-Cadeirlan-Aberhonddu-The-Organ-Of-Brecon-Cathedral-Wales/release/11109272 |
Ffefrynnau Ddoe / Victorian & Edwardian Favourites | Sain SCD2260 | Huw Tegelles Williams, organ | Various, including: T. J. Morgan: Fantasia on Twrgwyn | https://www.discogs.com/Huw-Tregelles-Williams-Ffefrynnau-Ddoe-Victorian-Edwardian-Favourites-Organ-Of-Morriston-Tabernacl-T/release/11035645 |
The Organ at Sydney Opera House | Argo ZRDL1016 | Peter Hurford, organ | Various, including: Walford Davies: Solemn Melody | https://www.discogs.com/Peter-Hurford-Bach-Widor-Albinoni-Purcell-Walford-Davies-Murrill-Franck-The-Organ-At-Sydney-Opera-Ho/release/9636701 |
Great European Organs No. 37 | Priory PRCD491 | Jane Watts, organ | Various, including: Daniel Jones: Prelude: A Refusal to Mourn [4.21] | https://www.discogs.com/Preston-Jones-Langlais-Jane-Watts-Jane-Watts-Plays-The-Klais-Organ-Of-St-Johns-Smith-Square-London/release/9536977 |
Janet Owen Thomas – A Shooting Star | Prima Facie PFCD063 | Various including Simon Passmore, organ | Janet Owen Thomas: Rosaces [9.23] | https://primafacie.ascrecords.com/shooting_star.html |
Tomkins Choral and Organ Works | Naxos 8.553794 | Various including Laurence Cummings, organ | Thomas Tomkins choral and organ works: Organ Voluntary in D major Pavan and Galliard A Sad Pavan for these distracted times | https://www.chandos.net/products/catalogue/NA%203794 |