Benjamin Britten, Frank Bridge, Arnold Bax, Johannes Moser, Paul Rivinius

Works for Cello and Piano

for an audio-preview click on a speaker-symbol:

CD/ Track	Title	Duration
1.1	Frank Bridge - Sonata D Minor op. 125 for Violoncello and Piano Allegro ben moderato	10:08
1.2	Frank Bridge - Sonata D Minor op. 125 for Violoncello and Piano Adagio ma non troppo - Andante con moto - Molto allegro e agitato - Adagio ma non troppo - Allegro moderato - Animato	11:41
1.3	Benjamin Britten - Sonata C Major op. 65 for Violoncello and Piano - Dialogo - Allegro	06:55
1.4	Benjamin Britten - Sonata C Major op. 65 for Violoncello and Piano - Scherzo - pizzicato. Allegretto	02:24
1.5	Benjamin Britten - Sonata C Major op. 65 for Violoncello and Piano - Elegia. Lento	06:04
1.6	Benjamin Britten - Sonata C Major op. 65 for Violoncello and Piano - Marcia	02:14
1.7	Benjamin Britten - Sonata C Major op. 65 for Violoncello and Piano - Moto Perpetuo	02:22
1.8	Arnold Bax - Legend - Sonata for Violoncello and Piano (1943) - Allegro risoluto	09:14
1.9	Arnold Bax - Legend - Sonata for Violoncello and Piano (1943) - Lento espressivo	08:18
1.10	Arnold Bax - Legend - Sonata for Violoncello and Piano (1943) - Rondo. Allegro	07:08

available

18,95 EUR

: SCM Hänssler
Art.-No.:: 093.257.000
: Compact Disc
: 12 S. Booklet
Duration:: 1:06 hrs.
: June 2010
: *recommended retail price

The young German cellist Johannes Moser, now an international music celebrity, has built his reputation, in part on his exquisite performances of surprising chamber music repertoire. He continues in this vein with a selection of English works for cello and piano. The oldest work on this CD is by Frank Bridge: The two-movement Cello Sonata in D minor dates from the years 1913 to 1917, and reflects the composer's deep emotional response to the carnage of the First World War.
The Cello Sonata by Arnold Bax, dating from 1943 is written in an expressively late Romantic idiom, and is comparable to the corresponding pieces by Rachmaninoff - as can be heard in the broadly lyrical "Lento espressivo." The friendship between Britten and Mstislav Rostropovich resulted in the composer's Cello Sonata Opus 65 by Britten and Rostropovich in 1961. It was the prelude to further, large pieces, which Britten wrote for the Russian cellist. With a large, full, richly modulated tone Johannes Moser's cello perfectly fits these British works, and together with duo partner Paul Rivinius, both cellist and pianist are in their element.