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Contents:
| Edward Elgar - Sonata Op. 82 for
violin & piano |
| 1. |
Allegro |
Sound Clip
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[7.37] |
| 2. |
Romance, Andante |
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[7.15] |
| 3. |
Allegro, non troppo |
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[8.04] |
| -------- |
| Eugène Goossens |
| 4. |
Lyric Poem Op. 35 (for André
Mangeot) - Andante molto |
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[9.07] |
| 5. |
Old Chinese Folk Song Op. 4 No. 1 (to
Achille Rivarde Esq.) Con moto |
Sound Clip |
[1.17] |
| 6. |
Romance Op. 57 (for Jascha Heifetz)
(From Act III of Don Juan de Manara - transcribed by the composer)
Moderato - Andante tranquillo e molto espressivo |
|
[5.39] |
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| Sonata No. 2 Op. 50 for violin and
piano |
| 7. |
Moderato con anima: |
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[13.41] |
| 8. |
Intermezzo: A la Sicilienne: |
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[5.56] |
| 9. |
Finale: Allegro moderato - Poco piu mosso - Meno
mosso - Allegro - Poco meno mosso, molto cantabile - Tempo 1 (Allegro) - Poco meno mosso -
Tempo 1 - Piu mosso: |
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[9.42] |
DDD Total Time = 68.18 - Recorded at: Hillesden Church, Buckinghamshire, England - 1996
A Few months ago Guild Music issued “English Romanticism”, a collection of
Violin Sonatas by Howard Ferguson, Eugene Goossens and John Ireland played by Oliver
Lewis, violin, and Jeremy Filsell, piano (Guild GMCD 7120). The impact of the largely
unknown First Violin Sonata by Eugene Goossens showed it to be a very
great work. The success of this issue - critically and in terms of sales - was so marked
that release plans for 1996 were changed in order to accommodate a follow-up album. This
second CD, our new release this month, was recorded in May and is released in June!
This comprises the magnificent Violin Sonata by Edward Elgar, and the
rest of Goossens’ complete works for violin and piano - not only his superb Violin
Sonata No 2, but three other works, written for Heifetz, Sammons, Gruenberg and
others.
The result is a revelation: the music of Eugene Goossens is here displayed before the
record-buying public in a way which will come as a welcome and astonishing surprise for
many - here is great music, powerful, romantic, emotionally direct and yet wholly original
- all expressed within a musical language that is founded upon tradition. The performances
have won the wholehearted approval of many admirers of English music of the period: the
recordings are state-of-the-art, and the whole album is sure to garner even bigger sales
and acclaim than its much-admired predecessor.
Page revised Friday May 25 2007
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