British Music for Cello and Piano

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Mostly mid-century works, dominated by introspection and anguish. Full-blooded accounts, especially useful in the braggadocio of Holbrooke's Fantasie-Sonate. — BBC Music Magazine, March 2015, 4 out of 5 stars

Release Date: 5th Jan 2015
Catalogue No: 8571361
Label: Naxos
Length: 75 minutes

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Wordsworth: Cello Sonata No. 2, Op. 66

Work length16:18

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Raphael Wallfisch, Raphael Terroni

I. Lento - Allegro risoluto

Track length6:04

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II. Adagio - Quasi improvvisazione -

Track length4:27

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III. In tempo - Poco più mosso - Allegro risoluto - Largamente

Track length5:47

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Wordsworth: Nocturne, Op. 29

Work length5:39

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Raphael Wallfisch, Raphael Terroni

Wordsworth: Scherzo in E-Flat Major, Op. 42

Work length2:38

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Raphael Wallfisch, Raphael Terroni

Wordsworth: Cello Sonata in C Major, Op. 70

Work length11:57

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Raphael Wallfisch

I. Andante espressivo

Track length3:40

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II. Allegro scherzando

Track length3:15

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III. Sostenuto, e quasi parlando - Allegro

Track length5:02

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Holbrooke: Fantasie-Sonate, Op. 19

Work length14:38

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Raphael Wallfisch, Raphael Terroni

Busch, W: Suite for Cello and Piano

Work length13:55

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Raphael Wallfisch, Raphael Terroni

I. Prelude

Track length4:25

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II. Capriccio

Track length3:54

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III. Nocturne

Track length2:45

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IV. Tarantella

Track length2:51

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Busch, W: A Memory

Work length3:14

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Raphael Wallfisch, Raphael Terroni

Busch, W: Elegy

Work length7:08

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Raphael Wallfisch, Raphael Terroni

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This survey of British cello music focuses on three composers whose critical fortunes have never quite matched their undoubted musical gifts.

William Wordsworth always displayed independence of mind and considerable melodic invention, and his cello works reflect a kinship with the music of Bartók and, later, Shostakovich. The short-lived William Busch is represented by his Suite, both a passionate oration and a brilliant dance. Much earlier in the twentieth century the prolific Josef Holbrooke composed a Fantasie-Sonata that is irresistibly lively and virtuosic.

This is an ex-British Music Society release [BMS436CD] issued in 2010. The disc will be of particular interest to collectors of British chamber music of the twentieth-century as it contains rare never-before recorded works.

Wordsworth and Busch both wrote approachable music. The only other widely available Wordsworth is the recording of his Symphonies on Lyrita. Holbrooke is a somewhat earlier composer but better represented on disc on a wide variety of labels – CPO, Dutton, Cameo, Lyrita, Symposium etc. His music is also on Marco Polo and Naxos recorded his violin works on 8572649. These performances of Wordsworth’s Sonata No.2 and Busch’s Suite are also on 8571352, differently coupled with works by Leighton and Cooke.

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March 2015

Mostly mid-century works, dominated by introspection and anguish. Full-blooded accounts, especially useful in the braggadocio of Holbrooke's Fantasie-Sonate.

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