superb CD for all viola players!
I've just discovered a great CD of English Viola Music.
It's called 'English Music for Viola' (very imaginative!) and features Paul Coletti on viola accompanied by Leslie Howard on piano.
The playlist features many little-known pieces for viola by Britten, Vaughan Williams, Grainger, Bridge, Bax and Rebecca Clarke. It starts with a favourite of mine - the Elegy for Solo Viola by Britten. The playing throughout is beautiful and powerful, and Leslie Howard's accompaniment is sensitive and never over-stated. The full track listing is:
'"Awaiting the arrival of a belated train bringing one's sweetheart from foreign parts: great fun! The sort of thing one hums to oneself as an accompaniment to one's tramping feet as one happily, excitedly, paces up and down the arrival platform." This 'humlet', or little hum, was apparently written in Liverpool Street Station and Victoria Station in London, in 1908.'
This is perfect music for settling down to in the evening with a glass of wine...
This CD is available from Amazon.co.uk and Amazon.com
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It's called 'English Music for Viola' (very imaginative!) and features Paul Coletti on viola accompanied by Leslie Howard on piano.
The playlist features many little-known pieces for viola by Britten, Vaughan Williams, Grainger, Bridge, Bax and Rebecca Clarke. It starts with a favourite of mine - the Elegy for Solo Viola by Britten. The playing throughout is beautiful and powerful, and Leslie Howard's accompaniment is sensitive and never over-stated. The full track listing is:
- Elegy (for solo viola) - Benjamin Britten
- Romance - Vaughan Williams
- Lullaby No 1 - Rebecca Clarke
- Morpheus - Rebecca Clarke
- The Sussex Mummer's Christmas Carol - Percy Grainger
- Arrival Platform Humlet (for solo viola) - Percy Grainger
- Legend - Arnold Bax
- Pensiero - Frank Bridge
- Allegro appassionato - Frank Bridge
- Sonata - Rebecca Clarke
'"Awaiting the arrival of a belated train bringing one's sweetheart from foreign parts: great fun! The sort of thing one hums to oneself as an accompaniment to one's tramping feet as one happily, excitedly, paces up and down the arrival platform." This 'humlet', or little hum, was apparently written in Liverpool Street Station and Victoria Station in London, in 1908.'
This is perfect music for settling down to in the evening with a glass of wine...
This CD is available from Amazon.co.uk and Amazon.com
Technorati Tags: music, viola, sonata, english, bax, bridge, britten, rebecca clarke, vaughan williams
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