British Cello Works

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This is a fascinating quartet of cello-piano duos spanning a period of seismic shifts in music…[Smyth’s] debt to Mendelssohn and Brahms is palpable, but this is highly intuitive writing for both... — BBC Music Magazine, February 2020, 3 out of 5 stars (Performance) / 4 out of 5 stars (Recording) More…

Release Date: 1st Nov 2019
Catalogue No: SRCD383
Label: Lyrita
Length: 72 minutes

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Smyth: Cello Sonata in C minor

Work length28:06

$7.00

$9.10

Lionel Handy (cello), Jennifer Hughes (piano)

I. Allegro appassionato

Track length7:28

$2.00

$2.60

II. Allegretto. Ländler tempo

Track length6:21

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$1.30

III. Andante

Track length7:13

$2.00

$2.60

IV. Rondo. Allegro con fuoco

Track length7:04

$2.00

$2.60

Maconchy: Divertimento for Cello & Piano

Work length12:26

$5.00

$6.50

Lionel Handy (cello), Jennifer Hughes (piano)

I. Serenade. Allegro moderato, poco improvisato

Track length2:43

$1.00

$1.30

II. Golubchik. Allegro

Track length1:49

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$1.30

III. The Clock. Allegro ritmico

Track length1:29

$1.00

$1.30

IV. Vigil. Lento moderato

Track length3:58

$1.00

$1.30

V. Masquerade. Allegro vigoroso

Track length2:27

$1.00

$1.30

Lutyens: Bagatelles (9), Op. 10

Work length7:15

$9.00

$11.70

Lionel Handy (cello), Jennifer Hughes (piano)

I. Molto moderato

Track length0:36

$1.00

$1.30

II. Adagio

Track length0:59

$1.00

$1.30

III. Allegretto grazioso

Track length0:47

$1.00

$1.30

IV. Poco allegro

Track length0:33

$1.00

$1.30

V. Piacevole

Track length1:18

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$1.30

VI. Allegro ma non troppo

Track length0:27

$1.00

$1.30

VII. Solenne

Track length0:39

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$1.30

VIII. Commodo

Track length1:03

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$1.30

IX. Andante

Track length0:53

$1.00

$1.30

Clarke, Rebecca: Rhapsody for Cello & Piano

Work length25:07

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Lionel Handy (cello), Jennifer Hughes (piano)

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A key figure in the British musical renaissance, Ethel Smyth was critically acclaimed for her music and writing during her lifetime. Smyth’s Sonata in C minor for cello and piano was written in 1880. The idiomatic handling of the instruments, the impressive command of form and the fluency of the melodic lines make this early work the equal, at least, of her later chamber pieces. The creative conviction of the composer Elizabeth Maconchy expressed here so eloquently, reflects her clarity of thought and strength of purpose. Her Divertimento for cello and piano was written for cellist William Pleeth and pianist Margaret Good, who gave the first broadcast performance on the BBC in 1943. The compositions of Elisabeth Lutyens are characterized by textural economy and organizational rigor. She wrote her Nine Bagatelles in 1942. The language of the work is indicative of a composer deeply connected to the music of her own era. Although Rebecca Clarke wrote most of her music in the early twentieth century, it was not until the final decades of that century that her stature was secured. Rhapsody for cello and piano is her longest and most intricate score.

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February 2020

This is a fascinating quartet of cello-piano duos spanning a period of seismic shifts in music…[Smyth’s] debt to Mendelssohn and Brahms is palpable, but this is highly intuitive writing for both instruments…Maconchy’s set are vividly etched miniatures, spiced with her typically angular wit and a huge range of colours…Lutyens’s more austere sketches sometimes seem to turn too tightly in on themselves…nevertheless, the rigour and economy are impressive.

November 2019

Malleable, sympathetic and stylistically assured performances.

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