Matthew Jones- Suite for Violin & Piano (CD)
Benjamin Britten was a viola player as well as a pianist and wrote a significant body of chamber music for stringed instruments. The works on this recording - which contains important world premiere recordings - were written between 1925 and 1937, with the exception of the masterpiece for viola, Lachrymae. Each reveals some characteristic aspect of Britten's voice, from the variety and wit of the Suite for Violin and Piano, Op. 6 to the little-known but absorbingly imaginative Reveille and the remarkably assured 1930 Elegy, written when he was just seventeen.
Tracklist:
- I. Introduction: Andante Maestoso
- Suite For Violin And Piano, Op. 6: II. March: Allegro Alla Marcia
- Suite For Violin And Piano, Op. 6: III. Moto Perpetuo: Allegro Molto E Con Fuoco
- Suite For Violin And Piano, Op. 6: IV. Lullaby: Lento Tranquillo
- Suite For Violin And Piano, Op. 6: V. Waltz: Alla Valse, Vivace E Rubato
- Reflection
- Reveille
- Elegy
- 2 Pieces: No. 1. The Moon
- 2 Pieces: No. 2. Going Down Hill On A Bicycle (A Boy's Song)
- Etude
- There Is A Willow Grows Aslant A Brook (Arr. B. Britten For Viola And Piano)
- Valse In B Major
- Lachrymae, Op. 48, "Reflections On A Song Of John Dowland"
Benjamin Britten was a viola player as well as a pianist and wrote a significant body of chamber music for stringed instruments. The works on this recording - which contains important world premiere recordings - were written between 1925 and 1937, with the exception of the masterpiece for viola, Lachrymae. Each reveals some characteristic aspect of Britten's voice, from the variety and wit of the Suite for Violin and Piano, Op. 6 to the little-known but absorbingly imaginative Reveille and the remarkably assured 1930 Elegy, written when he was just seventeen.
Tracklist:
- I. Introduction: Andante Maestoso
- Suite For Violin And Piano, Op. 6: II. March: Allegro Alla Marcia
- Suite For Violin And Piano, Op. 6: III. Moto Perpetuo: Allegro Molto E Con Fuoco
- Suite For Violin And Piano, Op. 6: IV. Lullaby: Lento Tranquillo
- Suite For Violin And Piano, Op. 6: V. Waltz: Alla Valse, Vivace E Rubato
- Reflection
- Reveille
- Elegy
- 2 Pieces: No. 1. The Moon
- 2 Pieces: No. 2. Going Down Hill On A Bicycle (A Boy's Song)
- Etude
- There Is A Willow Grows Aslant A Brook (Arr. B. Britten For Viola And Piano)
- Valse In B Major
- Lachrymae, Op. 48, "Reflections On A Song Of John Dowland"