Release Date: 05 July 2024
Label: Willowhayne Records - Cd / Willowhayne Records
Packaging Type: Jewel Case
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 5065001601101
Genres: Classical Chamber Music
Composer/Series: From Bohemia to Wessex
Description
Three Generations of twentieth century Cello Sonatas. For 4 years the lives of the three composers of this album overlapped and these pieces speak of human experience during and after World War II. Bohuslav Martin? (1890-1959) wrote three major cello sonatas. In addition to Martin?’s stylistically pivotal second Cello Sonata, one of his first American period works, finished at the end of 1941, this disc showcases two premier CD recordings of works finished forty years later. The epic one-movement Cello Sonata from 1981 by John Barton Armstrong (1923-2010) was broadcast by BBC Radio 3 in 1987, but the score has been recently published by Fand Music, who also publish the Cello Sonatina of the same year, by the composer of the third generation on this disc, Peter Thompson (b. 1955). Having already recorded Martinu’s Cello Sonata No.1, and fresh from their recent all-Bax CD, the cellist, Lionel Handy, and pianist, Nigel Clayton, have also given a number of concert performances of these works, further informing their authoritative readings in this colourful programme, spanning three generations.
Tracklisting
Qin Li-Wei; Qian Zhou; Yong Siew Toh Conservatory Orchestra; Sebastian Comberti; Jason Lai
Peter Martens; Cape Town Philharmonic Orchestra; Bernhard Gueller
Janet Hilton
Hillel Zori; Arnon Erez
Colin Carr; Thomas Sauer
Chika Inoue; Scott Morris
VILNIUS MUNICIPAL CHOIR JM
Verdi
