British Works for Cello and Piano, Vol. 4

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This latest volume of Paul and Huw Watkins's survey of British cello works showcases the expressive range of the instrument which emerged through later 20th-century composition, with adventurous... — BBC Music Magazine, October 2015 More…

Release Date: 1st Jun 2015
Catalogue No: CHAN10862
Label: Chandos
Series: British Works for Cello and Piano
Length: 67 minutes

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Leighton: Partita for Cello & Piano op.35

Work length20:18

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Paul Watkins, Huw Watkins
Recorded: 10-12 September 2014
Recording Venue: Potton Hall, Dunwich, Suffolk

I. Elegy

Track length5:09

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II. Scherzo

Track length4:12

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III. Theme

Track length2:07

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III. Variation I

Track length0:44

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III. Variation II

Track length1:20

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III. Variation III

Track length1:12

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III. Variation IV

Track length1:06

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III. Variation V

Track length1:28

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IV. Variation VI

Track length3:00

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Lutyens: Constants, Op. 110

Work length12:42

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Paul Watkins, Huw Watkins
Recorded: 10-12 September 2014
Recording Venue: Potton Hall, Dunwich, Suffolk

I. Introduction

Track length5:02

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II. Lament

Track length4:21

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III. Canticle

Track length3:19

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Hoddinott: Cello Sonata No. 2, Op. 96 No. 1

Work length14:41

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Paul Watkins, Huw Watkins
Recorded: 10-12 September 2014
Recording Venue: Potton Hall, Dunwich, Suffolk

I. Moderato

Track length5:25

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II. Adagio

Track length4:53

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III. Allegro

Track length4:23

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Bennett, R R: Cello Sonata

Work length19:44

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Paul Watkins, Huw Watkins
Recorded: 10-12 September 2014
Recording Venue: Potton Hall, Dunwich, Suffolk

I. Allegro - Molto vivo

Track length6:15

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II. Allegretto leggero - Lento

Track length3:50

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III. Feroce

Track length3:16

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IV. Andante

Track length6:23

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The cellist Paul Watkins and his pianist brother Huw present this fourth volume of British works for cello and piano. ‘Remain[ing] by far the best recorded guides to this powerful and enjoyable repertoire’, according to BBC Music, the Watkins brothers continue their exploration of what became a very rich and popular repertoire in British musical life of the last decades of the twentieth century, thanks to inspiring star soloists such as Paul Tortelier, Mstislav Rostropovich, and Jacqueline du Pré. Kenneth Leighton’s Partita opens with an intense lyrical Elegy, revealing English influences such as Vaughan Williams. The second movement is a Scherzo full of Walton-like syncopations and energy, and the work ends with a bell-like theme followed by free variations.

Similarly, Richard Rodney Bennett’s Sonata ends with a theme – rising and falling in graceful curve – and a continuous sequence of variations, one of which is for piano alone. The other sonata, by Alun Hoddinott, is notable for its clear, open textures, often of two-part counterpoint. Largely self-taught as a composer, Elisabeth Lutyens adopted a very special system of rhythmic notation, laid out in free time without bar lines, using three symbols for notes of different lengths. The ‘constants’ of the title are four melodic and harmonic intervals which are used exclusively throughout the work.

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October 2015

This latest volume of Paul and Huw Watkins's survey of British cello works showcases the expressive range of the instrument which emerged through later 20th-century composition, with adventurous works that exploded the cello's reputation as a primarily lyrical instrument by demonstrating its more mercurial qualities

August 2015

In bringing together four highly contrasting British composers of the later 20th century, this vibrant recording, with splendid playing by Paul and Huw Watkins, demonstrates the extent of the cello's inspiration and versatility in a range of modern idioms.

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