This is the seventh and final volume in a fascinating series that has roamed all over Europe. 

In the early decades of the 20th century, popular and classical music had a close relationship – unlike today. As various dance forms began to arrive from America, including ragtime, tango, as well as the ubiquitous foxtrot that grew out of the cakewalk, European composers began to incorporate the rhythms and melodic style into some of their works. This applied especially to piano pieces, often written for use in the home. Viennese pianist Gottlieb Wallisch has delved deeply into this corner of the repertoire; in Volume 7 he covers music from England, Scotland, the Netherlands, and Scandinavia.

In contrast to some earlier volumes in this series, several of the pieces here are familiar, particularly those from England. William Walton’s Popular Song and Old Sir Faulk from Façade are better known as settings of Edith Sitwell’s poetry but have been recorded before in the composer’s piano arrangements. Richard Rodney Bennett (no slouch as a cross-genre composer) recorded