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Compact Disc CDH55085

£6.99


Recorded on 21 22 23 September 1993
Recording Engineer
TYRGGVI TRYGGVASON
Recording Producer
PAUL SPICER
Design
TERRY SHANNON
Booklet Editor
TIM PARRY
Executive Producers
JOANNA GAMBLE
EDWARD PERRY
© Hyperion Records Ltd, London, 2001
Originally issued on Hyperion CDA66687

Duration: 66'51
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Front illustration: Landscape at Thirsk (c1912) by Augustus John

English Music for Viola

PAUL COLETTI viola
LESLIE HOWARD piano


Contents:

    BENJAMIN BRITTEN
  1. Elegy (for solo viola) [7'09]

    VAUGHAN WILLIAMS

  2. Romance [5'40]

    REBECCA CLARKE

  3. Lullaby No 1 [3'49]

    REBECCA CLARKE

  4. Morpheus [6'00]

    PERCY GRAINGER

  5. The Sussex Mummer’s Christmas Carol [3'43]

    PERCY GRAINGER

  6. Arrival Platform Humlet (for solo viola) [2'47]

    ARNOLD BAX

  7. Legend [10'17]

    FRANK BRIDGE

  8. Pensiero [3'30]

    FRANK BRIDGE

  9. Allegro appassionato [2'09]

    REBECCA CLARKE
    Sonata [21'18]

  10. Impetuoso [7'34]
  11. Vivace [3'18]
  12. Adagio [10'24]
Sleeve Notes


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)


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