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EM RECORDS | EMR CD001
THE MONK AND THE WARRIOR
Sonatas for Violin and Piano by BLISS, WALFORD DAVIES & YORK BOWEN
Rupert Marshall-Luck (vn) | Matthew Rickard (pf)
EAN 5 060263 500001
This is an outstanding disc.
JOHN QUINN | MUSICWEB INTERNATIONAL
Marshall-Luck’s musicianship offers full-throated, gloss-free fullness of tone which would impress in any context.
MALCOLM HAYES | BBC MUSIC MAGAZINE
Marshall-Luck and Rickard offer an ideal combination of enterprising programming, some impressive musical archaeology, and superb playing.
NIGEL SIMEONE | INTERNATIONAL RECORD REVIEW
Fine and committed performances, and a full and well-balanced recording.
COLIN ANDERSON | CLASSICAL SOURCE
These performances are highly skilled and completely dedicated and immersed.
ROB BARNETT | MUSICWEB INTERNATIONAL
This disc – EM Records’ first release – contains two World Première recordings together with an unjustly-neglected work. Before their performances at the 2010 English Music Festival by Rupert Marshall-Luck and Matthew Rickard, the Violin Sonatas by Arthur Bliss and Henry Walford Davies had languished in manuscript form for over one hundred years. They are presented on this recording alongside the opulent and darkly turbulent Violin Sonata by York Bowen.
TRACK LISTING AND AUDIO SAMPLES
| Sir Arthur Bliss (1891–1975) SONATA FOR PIANO AND VIOLIN (WORLD PREMIÈRE RECORDING) |
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| 1. | Moderato e semplice – Più mosso – Tempo I – Più lento e molto tranquillo |
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| Sir Henry Walford Davies (1869–1941) SONATA IN A MAJOR FOR VIOLIN AND PIANO (WORLD PREMIÈRE RECORDING) |
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| 2. | I. Poco agitato (quasi Allegro) – Allegro semplice – Meno allegro |
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| 3. | II. SCHERZO: Allegro giocoso |
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| 4. | III. THE MONK AND THE WARRIOR: Largo – Poco più mosso – [Tempo I] |
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| 5. | IV. Allegro – Tranquillo – Tempo I – Tranquillo – Allegro (tempo del movimento primo) – Presto – Prestissimo possibile |
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| York Bowen (1884–1961) SONATA IN E MINOR FOR VIOLIN AND PIANO, op.112 |
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| 6. | I. Maestoso – Allegro commodo |
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II. Lento ad libitum e languido – Tempo poco lento – Poco più andante – Poco più mosso |
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| 8. | III. Allegro con fuoco |
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