Lionel Handy & Jennifer Hughes - British Cello Works, Vol. 2 (2023) [Hi-Res]
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BAND/ARTIST: Lionel Handy, Jennifer Hughes
- Title: British Cello Works, Vol. 2
- Year Of Release: 2023
- Label: Lyrita
- Genre: Classical
- Quality: flac lossless (tracks) / flac 24bits - 96.0kHz +Booklet
- Total Time: 01:04:59
- Total Size: 281 mb / 1.05 gb
- WebSite: Album Preview
Tracklist
01. Cello Sonata in A Minor, Op. 5: I. Allegro moderato
02. Cello Sonata in A Minor, Op. 5: II. Adagio non troppo
03. Cello Sonata in A Minor, Op. 5: III. Allegro vivace e grazioso
04. Cello Sonata, RT VIII/7
05. Cello Sonata in E Minor, Op. 132: I. Allegro moderato
06. Cello Sonata in E Minor, Op. 132: II. Lento, molto cantabile "Resting"
07. Cello Sonata in E Minor, Op. 132: III. Broadly
08. Cello Sonata in C Major, Op. 65: I. Dialogo. Allegro
09. Cello Sonata in C Major, Op. 65: II. Scherzo pizzicato. Allegretto
10. Cello Sonata in C Major, Op. 65: III. Elegia. Lento
11. Cello Sonata in C Major, Op. 65: IV. Marcia. Energico
12. Cello Sonata in C Major, Op. 65: V. Moto Perpetuo. Presto
"A follow up to the British Cello Works project. This release features the works of Ethel Smyth, Frederick Delius, Armstrong Gibbs, and Benjamin Britten performed by Cellist Lionel Handy and Pianist Jennifer Walsh (née Hughes). In her A minor Sonata, Op.5 Ethel Smyth favours expressivity over virtuosity, emphasising the cello’s warm and lyrical tone. The piano enjoys a key role in all three movements and is often invited to present the chief subject matter rather than merely playing a supporting role accompanying the cello line. The Cello Sonata is one of Delius’s most satisfying chamber works and is distinguished by the expressive power both instruments enter at the same time, the cello unfolding a songlike, long-limbed line, while the piano presents the main idea. A second key theme, introduced by the cello over the piano’s rippling, arpeggiated chords, is more forthright and sharply defined. An unattributed review of Gibbs’s Cello Sonata in E published in The Musical Times in 1953, found it to be ‘an ideal piece of work for cellists who want something contemporary on which to develop their technique, for its difficulties are of the sort which repays practice’. Thanks to this recording of the work more than seventy years after its completion, contemporary listeners now have an opportunity to appreciate its melodic strength, understated formal artistry and grateful writing for both instruments. Britten’s Cello Sonata is a challenging, bravura piece that benefits immeasurably from the natural affinity between composer and cellist Mstislav Rostropovich. The relationship would inspire Britten to produce four more major works for Rostropovich who wrote of the work, ‘This is a sonata full of surprises, innovations for any cellist, gifts for the musician flowing freely from the horn of plenty. We meet not merely a novelty in finger-work but, what is most important, a new kind of expressive and profound dramatic composition’."
01. Cello Sonata in A Minor, Op. 5: I. Allegro moderato
02. Cello Sonata in A Minor, Op. 5: II. Adagio non troppo
03. Cello Sonata in A Minor, Op. 5: III. Allegro vivace e grazioso
04. Cello Sonata, RT VIII/7
05. Cello Sonata in E Minor, Op. 132: I. Allegro moderato
06. Cello Sonata in E Minor, Op. 132: II. Lento, molto cantabile "Resting"
07. Cello Sonata in E Minor, Op. 132: III. Broadly
08. Cello Sonata in C Major, Op. 65: I. Dialogo. Allegro
09. Cello Sonata in C Major, Op. 65: II. Scherzo pizzicato. Allegretto
10. Cello Sonata in C Major, Op. 65: III. Elegia. Lento
11. Cello Sonata in C Major, Op. 65: IV. Marcia. Energico
12. Cello Sonata in C Major, Op. 65: V. Moto Perpetuo. Presto
"A follow up to the British Cello Works project. This release features the works of Ethel Smyth, Frederick Delius, Armstrong Gibbs, and Benjamin Britten performed by Cellist Lionel Handy and Pianist Jennifer Walsh (née Hughes). In her A minor Sonata, Op.5 Ethel Smyth favours expressivity over virtuosity, emphasising the cello’s warm and lyrical tone. The piano enjoys a key role in all three movements and is often invited to present the chief subject matter rather than merely playing a supporting role accompanying the cello line. The Cello Sonata is one of Delius’s most satisfying chamber works and is distinguished by the expressive power both instruments enter at the same time, the cello unfolding a songlike, long-limbed line, while the piano presents the main idea. A second key theme, introduced by the cello over the piano’s rippling, arpeggiated chords, is more forthright and sharply defined. An unattributed review of Gibbs’s Cello Sonata in E published in The Musical Times in 1953, found it to be ‘an ideal piece of work for cellists who want something contemporary on which to develop their technique, for its difficulties are of the sort which repays practice’. Thanks to this recording of the work more than seventy years after its completion, contemporary listeners now have an opportunity to appreciate its melodic strength, understated formal artistry and grateful writing for both instruments. Britten’s Cello Sonata is a challenging, bravura piece that benefits immeasurably from the natural affinity between composer and cellist Mstislav Rostropovich. The relationship would inspire Britten to produce four more major works for Rostropovich who wrote of the work, ‘This is a sonata full of surprises, innovations for any cellist, gifts for the musician flowing freely from the horn of plenty. We meet not merely a novelty in finger-work but, what is most important, a new kind of expressive and profound dramatic composition’."
Year 2023 | Classical | FLAC / APE | HD & Vinyl
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