'remembered Melody ... Vibrant Echoes'

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Release Date: 22nd Mar 2024
Catalogue No: PFCD229
Label: Prima Facie
Length: 82 minutes

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Moeran: Prelude

Work length4:57

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Joseph Spooner (cello), Duncan Honeybourne (piano)

Moeran: Cello Sonata in A minor

Work length22:03

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Joseph Spooner (cello), Duncan Honeybourne (piano)

I. Tempo moderato

Track length8:27

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II. Adagio

Track length5:50

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III. Allegro

Track length7:46

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Jacob, G: Cello Sonata

Work length20:07

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Joseph Spooner (cello), Duncan Honeybourne (piano)

I. Allegro

Track length5:55

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II. Allegro vivace

Track length3:34

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III. Adagio

Track length6:28

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IV. Allegro molto

Track length4:10

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Cooke, G: Cello Sonata

Work length14:49

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Joseph Spooner (cello), Duncan Honeybourne (piano)

I. Allegro vigoroso

Track length4:27

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II. Largo, con molto espressione

Track length7:01

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III. Allegro risoluto

Track length3:21

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Pantcheff: Cello Sonata

Work length16:00

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Joseph Spooner (cello), Duncan Honeybourne (piano)

I. Lenot - Ritmico

Track length7:00

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II. Duets

Track length3:55

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III. Molto allegro - Adagio

Track length5:05

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Moeran: Irish Elegy

Work length4:06

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Joseph Spooner (cello), Duncan Honeybourne (piano)

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There has been a flurry of recording activity in recent years around British works for cello and piano, with the repertoire finally receiving the attention it deserves from artists, critics and record labels alike. New light has been cast on familiar pieces and neglected treasures have been heard for the first time. Yet despite these endeavours, much remains to be done to bring the full range of this music to audiences. Long-time colleagues Joseph Spooner and Duncan Honeybourne, two of Britain's foremost exponents of this repertoire, have now collaborated to bring together the known, the neglected and the new in a generous selection of works. The known composers here are E. J. Moeran and Gordon Jacob. Moeran's works for cello and piano of the late 1940s (the Prelude, the Irish Lament, and the monumental Sonata) have all been recorded previously, though surprisingly they have never been presented together. The performers here bring their long-standing affection for Moeran and experience of his music to bear on fresh interpretations of these emotional yet glorious works. It is quite astounding that a work as substantial as Gordon Jacob's Sonata of 1957 has never previously been recorded, and the performers are delighted to present it here in its full, craggy and melancholy splendour. Greville Cooke's neglected Sonata, dating to 1966-67 but written in a rather earlier idiom, has only recently come to light after several decades in hiding. It is a touching, lyrical piece that refuses to conform to traditional notions of evolution in music. The newest music on the disc is the 1983-84 Sonata by Richard Pantcheff, a work of power and dark drama. Spooner and Honeybourne have worked over several years to assemble this entertaining and enthralling collection of works, which is recommended listening for those familiar with the repertoire and those coming to it for the first time. Available on CD and for download.

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