Holbrooke & Bantock: Sonatas
Rupert Marshall-Luck (violin/viola) & Matthew Rickard (piano)
This disc brings together two neglected composers closely related by their friendship...Whether on violin or viola, Marshall-Luck plays with ideal purity over the widest range, important in...
Holbrooke & Bantock: Sonatas
Rupert Marshall-Luck (violin/viola) & Matthew Rickard (piano)
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This disc brings together two neglected composers closely related by their friendship...Whether on violin or viola, Marshall-Luck plays with ideal purity over the widest range, important in...
About
EM Records' third disc features Joseph Holbrooke's Second Violin Sonata (restored to its original version) and the Viola Sonata by Granville Bantock – played on Gustav Holst's viola. Luxuriously romantic, these works also display striking individuality, juxtaposing warm lyricism, wry humour and exuberant energy. They are performed by regular EMF artists Rupert Marshall-Luck and Matthew Rickard, whose recording of Violin Sonatas by Bliss, Walford Davies and York Bowen formed EM Records' first release and which has been greeted with glowing critical acclaim.
Contents and tracklist
- Matthew Rickard, Rupert Marshall-Luck
II. Adagio non troppo con molta espressione – Poco allegretto – Poco andante – Tempo primo
Track length9:23
- Matthew Rickard, Rupert Marshall-Luck
II. Maestoso sostenuto, rubato – Più moto – Sostenuto cantabile – Tempo primo – Poco lento – Meno allegro – Più lento – Lento molto
Track length15:40
Awards and reviews
January 2012
This disc brings together two neglected composers closely related by their friendship...Whether on violin or viola, Marshall-Luck plays with ideal purity over the widest range, important in both works when high harmonics are involved. Matthew Rickard's piano-playing is also impressive, notably in the flamboyant writing in the Bantock.
January 2012
these two works seem to be an excellent pairing for this CD, especially in such fine performances and recordings as these, Marshall-Luck as excellent an exponent of the viola as he is of the violin. This is a very interesting and eminently worthwhile project, admirably accomplished in every regard.
December 2012
Marshall-Luck plays Gustav Holst’s viola in the Bantock and proves a good ambassador for both works, violin and viola, and has clearly spent much time preparing for the undertaking. The recording is good, marginally too close to the viola over the piano, but not damagingly so. It’s fine news that these two pretty much ignored works have been given some careful attention.
