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FRANK BRIDGE
Cello Sonata, H 125 *
23:00
in D Minor • in d-Moll • en ré mineur
Arranged for Viola and Piano by Hélène Clément
1.
I
Allegro ben moderato - [ ] - Tempo I - [ ] - A tempo poco animato -
10:19
Largamente - Tempo I. Tranquillo - Con fuoco -
2.
II
Adagio ma non tropo - Andante con moto - Molto allegro e agitato -
12:48
Adagio ma non troppo - Tempo I - Allegro moderato - Animato -
3.
There Is a Willow Grows aslant a Brook, H 173 *
8:28
Impression for Small Orchestra
Arranged 1932 for Viola and Piano by Benjamin Britten
Adagio e tranquillo - Poco allegretto - Tempo I - Con moto ma non troppo -
Three Songs, H 76 *†
9:32
for Medium Voice, Viola and Piano
4.
1
Far, far from each other (1906). Andante moderato
3:36
5.
2
Where is it that our soul doth go? (1906). Adagio ma non tropo
3:37
6.
3
Music, when soft voices die (1907). Andante moderato
2:25
BENJAMIN BRITTEN
7.
Elegy
6:50
for Solo Viola
Poco lento
8.
Lachrymae: Reflections on a Song of Dowland, Op.48 *
13:10
for Viola and Piano
For William Primrose
Lento -
Allegretto, andante molto -
Animato -
Tranquillo -
Allegro con moto
Largamente -
Appassionato -
Alla Valse moderato - Poco più tranquillo -
Allegro marcia -
Lento -
L'istesso tempo - Insensibilmente con più moto -
Total time: 61:13
Solo:Dame Sarah Connolly mezzo-soprano †
Solo:Hélène Clément
Solo:Alasdair Beatson piano *
Notes
Hélène Clément, violist with the Doric String Quartet, is the current holder of the viola previously owned by both Frank Bridge and Benjamin Britten. Her ambition, quickly formed once she first played this instrument, has been to create a testament to both composers and to the instrument that binds them together. This recording, in which Hélène is joined by the pianist Alasdair Beatson and Dame Sarah Connolly, is the realisation of that ambition. Hélène writes: ‘Frank Bridge owned and played the beautiful viola made by Francesco Giussani, in Italy, in 1843. Benjamin Britten was Frank Bridge’s most beloved pupil, and Bridge gave him the viola as a parting gift when Britten had to embark on a ship’s journey to the United States at the outbreak of the Second World War. The composers were never to see each other again. To record the viola repertoire of both composers, producing the very sound that they would have had in their ears, the sound that inspired their love for the instrument and its special language, became a priority for me.’
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