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GMCD 7141 - Farewell to Hirta
FRANCIS POTT (b.1957): Cello Sonata, Hunt's Bay, Farewell to Hirta. The major
work here is the cello sonata, an extended elegiac composition in memory of the
composer's parents, tonal and in extended traditional form, emotionally charged,
making full and fine use of the cello's expressive capabilities. This may be one
of the finest cello sonatas to come out of the British Isles this century. The
two solo piano works are in the best tradition of modern romanticism - they are
both highly evocative sea pieces, owing something perhaps, to late Frank Bridge.
David Watkin (cello), Howard Moody (piano), Francis Pott (piano). Guild GMCD
7141
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