British Cello Sonatas

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One-fell-swoop listening of this CD will not suit everyone: so much musical introspection may cause claustrophobia. But for dedicated British followers? Almost manna from heaven. — BBC Music Magazine, Christmas 2017, 3 out of 5 stars

Release Date: 30th Jun 2017
Catalogue No: SRCD361
Label: Lyrita
Length: 70 minutes

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Ireland: Cello Sonata

Work length20:12

$4.00

$5.20

Lionel Handy, Jennifer Hughes

I. Moderato e sostenuto

Track length9:07

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$2.60

II. Poco largamente - Non troppo lento

Track length5:34

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$1.30

III. Con moto e marcato

Track length5:31

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$1.30

Delius: Violin Sonata No. 3 (Arr. L. Handy for Cello & Piano)

Work length17:55

$4.00

$5.20

Lionel Handy, Jennifer Hughes

I. Slow

Track length6:14

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$1.30

II. Andante scherzando

Track length4:22

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III. Lento

Track length7:19

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Bax: Cello Sonata

Work length32:42

$9.00

$11.55

Lionel Handy, Jennifer Hughes

I. Moderato

Track length12:11

$3.00

$3.85

II. Poco lento

Track length10:15

$3.00

$3.85

III. Molto vivace ma non troppo

Track length10:16

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JOHN IRELAND The Cello Sonata in G minor was written in 1923 and premiered the following year on 4 April by the cellist Beatrice Harrison with pianist Evlyn Howard-Jones at the Aeolian Hall, London. The composer himself performed the Sonata many times as pianist with several cellists including Antoni Sala, who pronounced it ‘the best cello sonata of modern times’, and recorded it with Ireland on the Columbia label in October 1928.

FREDERICK DELIUS His four violin and piano sonatas were written between 1892 and 1930 and so chart comprehensively his creative development. Violin Sonata No.3 forms a part of the remarkable Indian summer of composition made possible by the blind and paralysed composer’s collaboration with Eric Fenby (1906-97). Lionel Handy arranged the Sonata for cello and piano in 2012 and on 23 November of that year he gave the first public performance of his transcription with Nigel Clayton as pianist at a concert held in The Warehouse, London to celebrate the 150th anniversary of Delius’s birth.

ARNOLD BAX is widely regarded as an orchestral composer. However, he also wrote a significant quantity of chamber music. One of his most impressive works for the instrument, the Cello Sonata in E flat was written in 1923 at a time when his popularity and standing among British composers was at its height. Completed on 7 November of that year, the Sonata was premiered on 26 February 1924 at the Wigmore Hall with Harriet Cohen accompanying Beatrice Harrison, to whom the score was originally dedicated.

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Christmas 2017

One-fell-swoop listening of this CD will not suit everyone: so much musical introspection may cause claustrophobia. But for dedicated British followers? Almost manna from heaven.

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