Hyperion Records

CDH55085
(Originally issued on CDA66687)
Helios (Hyperion's budget label)

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Recording details: September 1993
St Peter's Church, Petersham, United Kingdom
Produced by Paul Spicer
Engineered by Tryggvi Tryggvason
Release date: October 2001
Total duration: 66 minutes 20 seconds

PICK OF THE YEAR, CDREVIEW
GRAMOPHONE CRITICS' CHOICE
BBC MUSIC MAGAZINE BEST OF THE YEAR

'Superb advocacy for some scandalously neglected music... this disc deserves to win both musicians and composers many new friends' (CDReview)

'A voyage of discovery for both the auditors and the players... a worthy and repertoire-expanding release on all counts' (Fanfare, USA)

'Paul Coletti proves an eloquent advocate for music which is little known but offers rewards in abundance ... a most stimulating programme which is performed with distinction by both artists' (BBC Music Magazine Top 1000 CDs Guide)

'Exemplary performances one and all: a most distinguished recorded debut' (Gramophone)

‘Coletti’s cello-like tone and Leslie Howard’s sensitive accompaniment highlight the big romantic gestures of the Clarke sonata and also project the fervent nature of works such as Bax’s Legend and Frank Bridge’s irresistible Allegro appassionato’ (Classic FM Magazine)

'this anthology of 20th-century music for viola and piano was a deserved inclusion in the BBC Music Magazine's 'Top 1000' CD guide. The Scottish-born Paul Coletti is a master of his instrument, and deploys an impressive range of colours. Well partnered by the versatile Leslie Howard, he gives full Romantic expression to Rebecca Clarke's fine 1919 Sonata and Bax's dramtic Legend. And he is a convincing advocate for posthumously published rarities by Britten and Vaughan Williams, Frank Bridge's beautifully written diptych, two delightful Grainger miniatures, and two beautiful lullabies by Clarke which alone are worth Helios's modest price' (BBC Music Magazine)