Complete Chamber Works For Cello

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KENNETH LEIGHTON
Complete Chamber Works For Cello
Raphael Wallfisch (cello), with Raphael Terroni (piano)

[ Naxos / CD ]

Release Date: Wednesday 1 July 2015

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Kenneth Leighton's distinctive gifts as a composer were apparent as early as the première of his Cello Concerto, when he was barely 26. It was an instrument for which he wrote with particular subtlety and often from an inner compulsion. The Elegy, Op. 5 is full of brilliance, lyricism and mystery whilst by the time he wrote the rhapsodic and expressive Sonata for Solo Cello, Op. 52, his position as one of Britain's leading composers had long been cemented. The beautiful Alleluia Pascha Nostrum, Op. 85 was first performed by the soloist on this disc, Raphael Wallfisch.

"Wallfisch gives eloquent performances of wors characterised by anguished restraint and reflection. Leighton's early Elegy affords a lyrical oasis in this programme of otherwise spare and sometimes jagged music." BBC Music

Tracks:

Elegy for Cello & Piano op.5
Partita for Cello & Piano op.35
Sonata for Cello Solo, Op. 52
Alleluia Pascha Nostrum, Op. 85