Laurence Jackson, Michael Waye, David Wickham, The West Australia Piano Trio - Kelly: Chamber Music (2023) [Hi-Res]

Tracklist

01. Violin Sonata No. 1 in D Minor: I. Adagio - Allegro vivace
02. Violin Sonata No. 1 in D Minor: II. Andantino
03. Violin Sonata No. 1 in D Minor: III. Allegro vivace
04. Serenade for Flute & Piano, Op. 7: I. Prelude
05. Serenade for Flute & Piano, Op. 7: II. Idyll
06. Serenade for Flute & Piano, Op. 7: III. Minuet
07. Serenade for Flute & Piano, Op. 7: IV. Air & Variations
08. Serenade for Flute & Piano, Op. 7: V. Jig
09. Piano Trio: I. Lento moderato
10. Piano Trio: II. Scherzo - Trio. Presto

Frederick Septimus Kelly, born in Sydney in 1881, was on the way to becoming one of Australia’s most important early composers when he was killed during the Battle of the Somme in 1916. The three works recorded here – for the first time – underline just how grievous was that loss, not only for Australia but for the musical world more generally. Kelly’s D minor Violin Sonata is an astonishingly assured work for a twenty-year-old student composer; his Serenade for flute and piano exudes good-natured charm; and the two surviving movements of his Piano Trio – which have a Brahmsian intensity – suggest that he would have been one of the major composers of the twentieth century.

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