Wagner - Silhouette Series - Dalmaine, Cyril

The albums in Forsyth's Silhouette Series are widely acknowledged to provide some of the finest piano arrangements of the works of the great composers available to the player of intermediate ability. They provide excellent teaching material, as well as superb recreational pieces for the adult player.

1. Prelude (to Tristan and Isolda Act 1)
2. Prize Song (from The Mastersinger Act 3)
3. Pilgrims' Chorus (from Tannhauser)
4. Oh Star of Eve (from Tannhauser Act 3)
5. Chorale: As Our Savour Came to Thee (from The Mastersingers Act 1)
6. Festival March (from Tannhauser Act 2)
7. Dreams (from The Wesendonck Songs)
8. In a Conservatory (from the Wesendonck Songs)
9. Themes from Parsifal
10. Bridal Chorus (from Lohengrin)

Composer and critic Cyril Carr Dalmaine graduated from the Royal College of Music and was Music master at Uppington School before going on to become chorus master to the BBC. He is most famous for coining the term 'Lord Haw-Haw' in his work as radio critic of the Daily Express under the pseudonym Jonah Barrington, in reference to the Nazi propaganda broadcasts of William Joyce during the Second World War.

Dalmaine was also a record presenter in the pre-1955 days and responsible for the 'discovery' of the then deceased Italian tenor, Alessandro Valente, giving Valente enjoyed a considerable posthumous vogue. As a composer Dalmaine wrote chamber music, and transcribed the cantatas of J.S. Bach to piano as well as a wide range of piano and string works published by Forsyth. His works such as Variation from Versailles and Pathway to the Proms remain in print and are well worth re-discovering, while his arrangements of popular classics in our Silhouette Series remain best sellers.