Alice Neary, Kate Gould, Gretel Dowdeswell - Tovey: Chamber Music, Vol. 3 (2022) [Hi-Res]

Tracklist

01. Sonata for 2 Cellos in G Major: I. Allegro vivace
02. Sonata for 2 Cellos in G Major: II. Andante maestoso e sostenuto
03. Sonata for 2 Cellos in G Major: III. Presto giocoso
04. Prelude in C Minor, BWV 999 (Arr. D.F. Tovey for Cello & Piano)
05. Sonata for Solo Cello in D Major, Op. 30: I. Allegro con brio ma largamente
06. Sonata for Solo Cello in D Major, Op. 30: II. Allegretto, un poco agitato, ma sempre piano
07. Sonata for Solo Cello in D Major, Op. 30: III. Passacaglia
08. Cello Sonata in F Major, Op. 4: I. Allegrissimo
09. Cello Sonata in F Major, Op. 4: II. Andante cantabile
10. Cello Sonata in F Major, Op. 4: III. Finale. Vivace giocoso ma non presto

Sir Donald Tovey (1875–1940), long hailed as one of the finest writers on music in English, saw himself primarily as a composer. His occasionally turbulent friendship with Pau Casals was the spur for a monumental concerto and one of his three cello sonatas: for solo cello, two cellos and cello with piano. The cello was the ideal instrument for Tovey’s Brahmsian musical language, with its long, singing lines unfolding in effortless counterpoint – though the huge passacaglia that ends the solo sonata also demands a virtuoso technique. The brief Bach arrangement recorded here for the first time arose when the twelve-year-old Tovey added a cello line to one of Bach’s best-known preludes, originally for lute.

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