British Works for Cello & Piano, Vol. 4 Paul Watkins & Huw Watkins

• Kenneth Leighton (1929 - 1988): Partita for Cello & Piano, Op. 35:
• 1Partita for Cello & Piano, Op. 35: I. Elegy05:11
• 2Partita for Cello & Piano, Op. 35: II. Scherzo04:12
• 3Partita for Cello & Piano, Op. 35: III. Theme & Variations. Theme02:06
• 4Partita for Cello & Piano, Op. 35: III. Theme & Variations. Var. 1, Allegro inquieto00:44
• 5Partita for Cello & Piano, Op. 35: III. Theme & Variations. Var. 2, Ostinato01:20
• 6Partita for Cello & Piano, Op. 35: III. Theme & Variations. Var. 3, March01:13
• 7Partita for Cello & Piano, Op. 35: III. Theme & Variations. Var. 4, Appassionato01:05
• 8Partita for Cello & Piano, Op. 35: III. Theme & Variations. Var. 5, Waltz01:28
• 9Partita for Cello & Piano, Op. 35: III. Theme & Variations. Var. 6, Chorale03:00
• Elisabeth Lutyens (1906 - 1983): Constants, Op. 110:
• 10Constants, Op. 110: I. Introduction -05:02
• 11Constants, Op. 110: II. Lament -04:21
• 12Constants, Op. 110: III. Canticle03:19
• Alun Hoddinott (1929 - 2008): Cello Sonata No. 2, Op. 96 No. 1:
• 13Cello Sonata No. 2, Op. 96 No. 1: I. Moderato05:25
• 14Cello Sonata No. 2, Op. 96 No. 1: II. Adagio04:53
• 15Cello Sonata No. 2, Op. 96 No. 1: III. Allegro04:23
• Richard Rodney Bennett (1936 - 2012): Cello Sonata:
• 16Cello Sonata: I. Allegro - Molto vivo06:15
• 17Cello Sonata: II. Allegretto leggero - Lento03:50
• 18Cello Sonata: III. Feroce03:16
• 19Cello Sonata: IV. Andante06:23
• Total Runtime01:07:26

Info zu British Works for Cello & Piano, Vol. 4

The cellist Paul Watkins and his pianist brother Huw present this fourth volume of British works for cello and piano. ‘Remain[ing] by far the best recorded guides to this powerful and enjoyable repertoire’, according to BBC Music, the Watkins brothers continue their exploration of what became a very rich and popular repertoire in British musical life of the last decades of the twentieth century, thanks to inspiring star soloists such as Paul Tortelier, Mstislav Rostropovich, and Jacqueline du Pré. Kenneth Leighton’s Partita opens with an intense lyrical Elegy, revealing English influences such as Vaughan Williams. The second movement is a Scherzo full of Walton-like syncopations and energy, and the work ends with a bell-like theme followed by free variations.

Similarly, Richard Rodney Bennett’s Sonata ends with a theme – rising and falling in graceful curve – and a continuous sequence of variations, one of which is for piano alone. The other sonata, by Alun Hoddinott, is notable for its clear, open textures, often of two-part counterpoint. Largely self-taught as a composer, Elisabeth Lutyens adopted a very special system of rhythmic notation, laid out in free time without bar lines, using three symbols for notes of different lengths. The ‘constants’ of the title are four melodic and harmonic intervals which are used exclusively throughout the work.

"This latest volume of Paul and Huw Watkins's survey of British cello works showcases the expressive range of the instrument which emerged through later 20th-century composition, with adventurous works that exploded the cello's reputation as a primarily lyrical instrument by demonstrating its more mercurial qualities" (BBC Music Magazine)

"In bringing together four highly contrasting British composers of the later 20th century, this vibrant recording, with splendid playing by Paul and Huw Watkins, demonstrates the extent of the cello's inspiration and versatility in a range of modern idioms." (Gramophone Magazine)

Paul Watkins, cello
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