Bax: Viola Sonata, Legend, Trio in One Movement, Concerto Piece

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Here is a stunningly coordinated reading of urgent drive, bold contrasts and edge-of-seat drama reminiscent of dedicatee Lionel Tertis's even fleeter 1929 recording with the composer and manages... — Gramophone Classical Music Guide, 2010 More…

Release Date: 30th Oct 2006
Catalogue No: 8557784
Label: Naxos
Length: 60 minutes

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Bax: Viola Sonata

Work length22:38

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$6.50

Martin Outram, Julian Rolton

I. Molto moderato - Allegro

Track length9:13

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$2.60

II. Allegro energico e non troppo presto

Track length6:07

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$1.30

III. Molto lento

Track length7:18

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$2.60

Bax: Concert Piece (Fantasy)

Work length12:31

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$3.85

Martin Outram, Julian Rolton

Bax: Legend

Work length9:25

$2.00

$2.60

Martin Outram, Julian Rolton

Legend

Track length9:25

$2.00

$2.60

Bax: Piano Trio, Op. 4

Work length16:23

$4.00

$5.15

Laurence Jackson, Martin Outram, Julian Rolton

Trio

Track length16:23

$4.00

$5.15

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2010

Here is a stunningly coordinated reading of urgent drive, bold contrasts and edge-of-seat drama reminiscent of dedicatee Lionel Tertis's even fleeter 1929 recording with the composer and manages to knock more than four minutes off that of their transatlantic rivals. It's sensationally exciting in its way, but there's no escaping the fact that others convey the greater bardic poetry and affectionate warmth. Although a tad dry, Naxos's sound is accommodating.
Reservations evaporate in the flamboyant Concert Piece (1904) and wintry Legend from 1929, both convincingly done, and proceedings conclude with the 1906 Trio in one movement for piano, violin and viola. In his autobiography Farewell,My Youth, Bax witheringly refers to it as 'a derivative and formless farrago', but the 'Irish' skip some five minutes in is characteristic. This dashing performance has real fire in its belly and strikes me as every bit the equal of Naxos's own rival version (see below) from Robert Plane and colleagues where the viola part is assigned to the clarinet (an option authorised by the composer).
Don't let my minor niggles concerning the sonata deter you. Expertly annnotated by Lewis Foreman, here's a release that all Baxians should check out.

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