VIOLINIST | VIOLIST | MUSICOLOGIST
EM RECORDS | EMR CD047
‘OF SUCH ECSTATIC SOUND’
BBC Concert Orchestra | John Andrews (cond.)
Rupert Marshall-Luck (vn) | Joseph Spooner (vc)
EAN 5 060263 500469
Sherwood’s Concerto for Violin and Cello was written at the height of his career in Germany, being completed in 1908; evidently influenced in some measure by the Double Concerto of Brahms, the work is, nevertheless, characterised by very different harmonies and textures and a distinctly late Romantic lyricism. Intricately crafted, it displays a dramatic verve in its outer movements that complements the passionate lyricism of the second movement. It is presented on this disc alongside Frederic Cowen’s Symphony nr 5 – composed at the request of the Cambridge University Musical Society and first performed under Cowen’s baton in 1887, it received its first professional performance later that year at a Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Concert. It is a work full of colour, songfulness, energy and drama.
TRACK LISTING AND AUDIO SAMPLES
| Percy Sherwood (1866–1939) CONCERTO FOR VIOLIN, CELLO AND ORCHESTRA (WORLD PREMIÈRE RECORDING) |
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| 1. | I. Allegro |
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| 2. | II. Andante |
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| 3. | III. FINALE: Allegro molto vivace |
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| Frederic Hymen Cowen (1852–1935) SYMPHONY NR 5 IN F MINOR (WORLD PREMIÈRE RECORDING) |
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| 4. | I. Molto sostenuto e maestoso – Allegro, poco tranquillo |
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II. Allegretto, quasi Allegro |
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| 6. | III. Adagio molto sostenuto |
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| 7. | IV. Allegro con fuoco, ma deciso |
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