Susanne Stanzeleit, Morgan Goff, Raphael Wallfisch, Raphael Terroni - Cooke: 3 String Sonatas (2009)

Tracklist

01. Violin Sonata No. 2: I. Allegro con brio
02. Violin Sonata No. 2: II. Andante con moto
03. Violin Sonata No. 2: III. Allegro vivace
04. Viola Sonata: I. Allegro
05. Viola Sonata: II. Andante con moto
06. Viola Sonata: III. Allegro vivace
07. Cello Sonata No. 2: I. Allegro moderato
08. Cello Sonata No. 2: II. Lento
09. Cello Sonata No. 2: III. Scherzo. Molto vivace
10. Cello Sonata No. 2: IV. Allegro

When Arnold Cooke died in 2005 at the age of ninety-eight, he was the last survivor of a great generation of British composers that included Michael Tippett, Alan Rawsthorne and Constant Lambert. A distinguished student of Paul Hindemith in Berlin, he slowly established a national reputation in the 1930s, writing a series of significant symphonies and other orchestral works. His chamber music, however, is no less important, and the three string sonatas on this recording reveal his approachable, idiomatic, and technically eloquent writing for all three instruments. This release features some of Britain’s leading chamber players, including eminent cellist Raphael Wallfisch.

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