A Miscellany for Solo Piano - Billy Mayerl / Leslie De'Ath

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Album Summary

Performer

• Leslie De'Ath (Piano)

Composer

• Billy Mayerl (1902 - 1959)

Notes & Reviews:

Canadian pianist Leslie De'Ath presents an unmissable and toe-tapping survey of the light-hearted and jazzy piano music of British composer Billy Mayerl. De'Ath's virtuosity and light touch are on display throughout these twenty-four charming selections, all of which demonstrate his affinity with Mayerl's charming music. De'Ath points out in his typically eloquent liner note accompanying the CD, "His music is masterfully crafted and full of imaginative melodic, harmonic and rhythmic detail. But its great strength lies in its utter lack of pretence. This is light music at its finest."

Gramophone Magazine
This is a personal anthology... and it reminds us that Mayerl's music is an essential part of the British piano repertoire and that it's the responsibility of classical pianists to put it across, although few will do it with this kind of infectious enjoyment.

Gramophone Classical Music Guide
Leslie De'Ath's selection focuses less on the early virtuoso pieces that made Mayerl's name as 'lightning fingers' than on some of the more relaxed lyrical works in the central English tradition of Bridge, Ireland and Scott. This CD offers such gems as the In my Garden set from the late 1940s, which would make ideal teaching pieces, although most of Mayerl's music has been out of print for years. Why? De'Ath has obviously chosen the pieces he likes best rather than representing the sets in which Mayerl chose to publish them. There are now plenty of contenders on CD; De'Ath sees Mayerl, especially in the later pieces, as belonging to the classical tradition. This is a personal anthology, well recorded with good notes from De'Ath, and it reminds us that Mayerl's music is an essential part of the British piano repertoire and that it's the responsibility of classical pianists to put it across, although few will do it with this kind of infectious enjoyment.

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Works Details

Mayerl, Billy : Leprechaun's Leap, for piano

• Performer: Leslie De'Ath (Piano)
• Notes: Maureen Forrester Recital Hall, Faculty of Music, Wilfrid Laurier University, Waterloo, Ontario, Can (11/24/2007/12/09/2007)
• Running Time: 5 min. 20 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Written: 1940

Mayerl, Billy : In My Garden :: Summertime, for piano

• Performer: Leslie De'Ath (Piano)
• Notes: Maureen Forrester Recital Hall, Faculty of Music, Wilfrid Laurier University, Waterloo, Ontario, Can (11/24/2007/12/09/2007)
• Running Time: 3 min. 1 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Written: 1947

Mayerl, Billy : In My Garden :: Summertime, for piano

• Performer: Leslie De'Ath (Piano)
• Notes: Maureen Forrester Recital Hall, Faculty of Music, Wilfrid Laurier University, Waterloo, Ontario, Can (11/24/2007/12/09/2007)
• Running Time: 2 min. 14 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Written: 1947

Mayerl, Billy : In My Garden :: Autumntime, for piano

• Performer: Leslie De'Ath (Piano)
• Notes: Maureen Forrester Recital Hall, Faculty of Music, Wilfrid Laurier University, Waterloo, Ontario, Can (11/24/2007/12/09/2007)
• Running Time: 3 min. 9 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Written: 1946

Mayerl, Billy : Syncopated Rambles (3), for piano :: 6am - The Milkman

• Performer: Leslie De'Ath (Piano)
• Notes: Maureen Forrester Recital Hall, Faculty of Music, Wilfrid Laurier University, Waterloo, Ontario, Can (11/24/2007/12/09/2007)
• Running Time: 1 min. 45 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Written: 1933

Mayerl, Billy : Postman's Knock, for piano

• Performer: Leslie De'Ath (Piano)
• Notes: Maureen Forrester Recital Hall, Faculty of Music, Wilfrid Laurier University, Waterloo, Ontario, Can (11/24/2007/12/09/2007)
• Running Time: 1 min. 57 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Written: 1951

Mayerl, Billy : Insect Oddities, for piano :: Ladybird Lullaby

• Performer: Leslie De'Ath (Piano)
• Notes: Maureen Forrester Recital Hall, Faculty of Music, Wilfrid Laurier University, Waterloo, Ontario, Can (11/24/2007/12/09/2007)
• Running Time: 3 min. 24 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Written: 1940-1941

Mayerl, Billy : Insect Oddities, for piano :: Praying Mantis

• Performer: Leslie De'Ath (Piano)
• Notes: Maureen Forrester Recital Hall, Faculty of Music, Wilfrid Laurier University, Waterloo, Ontario, Can (11/24/2007/12/09/2007)
• Running Time: 2 min. 45 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Written: 1940-1941

Mayerl, Billy : Beguine Impromptu, for piano

• Performer: Leslie De'Ath (Piano)
• Notes: Maureen Forrester Recital Hall, Faculty of Music, Wilfrid Laurier University, Waterloo, Ontario, Can (11/24/2007/12/09/2007)
• Running Time: 3 min. 5 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Written: 1952

Mayerl, Billy : Contrasts (3), for piano, Op. 24 :: Pastoral

• Performer: Leslie De'Ath (Piano)
• Notes: Maureen Forrester Recital Hall, Faculty of Music, Wilfrid Laurier University, Waterloo, Ontario, Can (11/24/2007/12/09/2007)
• Running Time: 1 min. 58 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Written: 1929

Mayerl, Billy : Minuet for Pamela, for piano

• Performer: Leslie De'Ath (Piano)
• Notes: Maureen Forrester Recital Hall, Faculty of Music, Wilfrid Laurier University, Waterloo, Ontario, Can (11/24/2007/12/09/2007)
• Running Time: 3 min. 2 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Written: 1945

Mayerl, Billy : April's Fool, for piano

• Performer: Leslie De'Ath (Piano)
• Notes: Maureen Forrester Recital Hall, Faculty of Music, Wilfrid Laurier University, Waterloo, Ontario, Can (11/24/2007/12/09/2007)
• Running Time: 2 min. 55 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Written: 1945

Mayerl, Billy : Weeping Willow, idylle for piano

• Performer: Leslie De'Ath (Piano)
• Notes: Maureen Forrester Recital Hall, Faculty of Music, Wilfrid Laurier University, Waterloo, Ontario, Can (11/24/2007/12/09/2007)
• Running Time: 3 min. 49 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Written: 1932

Mayerl, Billy : Antiquary, for piano in A minor (from Piano Exaggerations)

• Performer: Leslie De'Ath (Piano)
• Notes: Maureen Forrester Recital Hall, Faculty of Music, Wilfrid Laurier University, Waterloo, Ontario, Can (11/24/2007/12/09/2007)
• Running Time: 2 min. 33 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Written: 1926

Mayerl, Billy : Siberian Lament, for piano

• Performer: Leslie De'Ath (Piano)
• Notes: Maureen Forrester Recital Hall, Faculty of Music, Wilfrid Laurier University, Waterloo, Ontario, Can (11/24/2007/12/09/2007)
• Running Time: 3 min. 34 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Written: 1934

Mayerl, Billy : From a Spanish Lattice, a Southern Tone Picture, for piano

• Performer: Leslie De'Ath (Piano)
• Notes: Maureen Forrester Recital Hall, Faculty of Music, Wilfrid Laurier University, Waterloo, Ontario, Can (11/24/2007/12/09/2007)
• Running Time: 4 min. 2 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Written: 1938

Mayerl, Billy : The Big Top, 5 circus sketches for piano :: Clowning

• Performer: Leslie De'Ath (Piano)
• Notes: Maureen Forrester Recital Hall, Faculty of Music, Wilfrid Laurier University, Waterloo, Ontario, Can (11/24/2007/12/09/2007)
• Running Time: 1 min. 43 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Written: 1948

Mayerl, Billy : The Big Top, 5 circus sketches for piano :: Entrance of the Trick Cyclists

• Performer: Leslie De'Ath (Piano)
• Notes: Maureen Forrester Recital Hall, Faculty of Music, Wilfrid Laurier University, Waterloo, Ontario, Can (11/24/2007/12/09/2007)
• Running Time: 1 min. 47 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Written: 1948

Mayerl, Billy : The Big Top, 5 circus sketches for piano :: Trapeze

• Performer: Leslie De'Ath (Piano)
• Notes: Maureen Forrester Recital Hall, Faculty of Music, Wilfrid Laurier University, Waterloo, Ontario, Can (11/24/2007/12/09/2007)
• Running Time: 2 min. 3 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Written: 1948

Mayerl, Billy : Forgotten Forest, for piano

• Performer: Leslie De'Ath (Piano)
• Notes: Maureen Forrester Recital Hall, Faculty of Music, Wilfrid Laurier University, Waterloo, Ontario, Can (11/24/2007/12/09/2007)
• Running Time: 11 min. 14 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Form: Orchestral
• Written: 1945

Mayerl, Billy : Japanese Pictures (3), for piano, Op. 25 :: The Cherry Dance

• Performer: Leslie De'Ath (Piano)
• Notes: Maureen Forrester Recital Hall, Faculty of Music, Wilfrid Laurier University, Waterloo, Ontario, Can (11/24/2007/12/09/2007)
• Running Time: 2 min. 37 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Written: 1930

Mayerl, Billy : Song of the Fir Tree, for piano

• Performer: Leslie De'Ath (Piano)
• Notes: Maureen Forrester Recital Hall, Faculty of Music, Wilfrid Laurier University, Waterloo, Ontario, Can (11/24/2007/12/09/2007)
• Running Time: 2 min. 59 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Written: 1938

Mayerl, Billy : Jill All Alone, for piano

• Performer: Leslie De'Ath (Piano)
• Notes: Maureen Forrester Recital Hall, Faculty of Music, Wilfrid Laurier University, Waterloo, Ontario, Can (11/24/2007/12/09/2007)
• Running Time: 3 min. 25 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Written: 1955

Mayerl, Billy : Phil the Fluter's Ball, song arrangement for piano (after W.P. French)

• Performer: Leslie De'Ath (Piano)
• Notes: Maureen Forrester Recital Hall, Faculty of Music, Wilfrid Laurier University, Waterloo, Ontario, Can (11/24/2007/12/09/2007)
• Running Time: 2 min. 11 sec.
• Period Time: Modern