VIOLIN SONATAS

Fenella Humphreys (violin) & Nathan Williamson (piano)

Deze cd presenteert een programma met Britse werken voor viool en piano uit de eerste helft van de twintigste eeuw. Premières zijn onder meer Sonata No. 1 van Thomas Pitfield en kleinere werken van C.W. Orr, Cyril Scott en Percy M. Young. De Sonate van Doreen Carwithen vormt het middelpunt van het programma en werken van John Ireland, Lennox Berkeley en Frederick Delius vervolledigen de cd.

Berkeley, L:
 Elegy for Violin & Piano op.33 No.2
 Toccata for Violin & Piano op.33 No.3

Carwithen:
 Violin Sonata

Delius:
 Legende

Ireland:
 Bagatelle
 Berceuse

Orr, C W:
 Minuet

Orr, R:
 Serenade for String Trio

Pitfield:
 Violin Sonata No. 1 in A major

Scott, C:
 2 Sonnets

Young, P:
 Passacaglia

"Cyril Scott's beautiful Sonnets (1913) and the pairs of pieces by Berkeley, Ireland and Orr may seem trifling, but there is considerable artistry in their construction...a charming. delightfully varied chamber recital of English rarities"
Gramophone Magazine - March 2017

"Truly worth hearing for Fenella Humphreys's violin playing in its own right, which offers an exceptional blend of engaging personality, bombproof tuning, and sophisticated tonal loveliness without a trace of narcissism that might detract. In the same way Nathan Williamson's accompaniments display state-of-the-art suppleness and fluency, plus a degree of alertness that banishes any sense of the routine."
BBC Music Magazine - May 2017 *****