Helene Clement / Sarah Connolly / Alasdair Beatson -Werke für Viola -Chandos Records CD Grooves.land/Playthek

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Cello Sonata in D minor, H 125 arr. Viola

01. "I. Allegro ben moderato"

02. "II. Adagio ma non troppo"

03. "There Is a Willow Grows aslant a Brook, H 173"
Three Songs, H 76

04. "I. Far, far from each other"

05. "II. Where is it that our soul doth go?"

06. "III. Music, when soft voices die"

07. "Elegy"

08. "Lachrymae: Reflections on a Song of Dowland, Op.48"

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.. Is A Willow/ Lachrymae - Works For Viola

Description:

HÃ©lÃ¨ne ClÃ©ment, violist with the Doric String Quartet, is the current holder of the viola previously owned by both Frank Bridge and Benjamin Britten. Her ambition, quickly formed once she first played this instrument, has been to create a testament to both composers and to the instrument that binds them together. This recording, in which HÃ©lÃ¨ne is joined by the pianist Alasdair Beatson and Dame Sarah Connolly, is the realisation of that ambition. HÃ©lÃ¨ne writes: â??Frank Bridge owned and played the beautiful viola made by Francesco Giussani, in Italy, in 1843. Benjamin Britten was Frank Bridgeâ??s most beloved pupil, and Bridge gave him the viola as a parting gift when Britten had to embark on a shipâ??s journey to the United States at the outbreak of the Second World War. The composers were never to see each other again. To record the viola repertoire of both composers, producing the very sound that they would have had in their ears, the sound that inspired their love for the instrument and its special language, became a priority for me.â?? - .. IS A WILLOW/LACHRYMAE - WORKS FOR VIOLA

Hélène Clément, violist with the Doric String Quartet, is the current holder of the viola previously owned by both Bridge and Britten. Her ambition, quickly formed once she first played this instrument, has been to create a testament to both composers and the instrument that binds them all together. This recording, where Hélène is joined by pianist Alasdair Beatson and Dame Sarah Connolly, is the realization of that ambition. Hélène writes: 'Frank Bridge owned and played the beautiful viola made by Francesco Giussani, in Italy, in 1843. Benjamin Britten was Frank Bridge's most beloved pupil, and Bridge gave him the viola as a parting gift when Britten had to embark on a ship's journey to the United States at the outbreak of the Second World War. The composers were never to see each other again. To record the viola repertoire of both composers, producing the very sound that they would have had in their ears, the sound that inspired their love for the instrument and it's special language, became a priority for me.'

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CHAN20247

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