Howells & Ronald Corp: Cello Concertos
Alice Neary (cello)
Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Ronald Corp
such is soloist Alice Neary's skill in not over-playing her hand too early [in the Howells] that the unfolding of the material seems pleasingly organic. Her mellow, elegiac tone suits perfectly...
Howells & Ronald Corp: Cello Concertos
Alice Neary (cello)
Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Ronald Corp
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such is soloist Alice Neary's skill in not over-playing her hand too early [in the Howells] that the unfolding of the material seems pleasingly organic. Her mellow, elegiac tone suits perfectly...
About
Cellist Alice Neary’s championship of Herbert Howells’ three-movement Cello Concerto (now in a performing edition by Jonathan Clinch) and conductor Ronald Corp’s own recent Cello Concerto make for a rewarding coupling in the best Dutton Epoch tradition. The Howells, now heard complete for the first time, is a glorious and expansive score from the mid-1930s and the RSNO and Alice Neary rise to its pastoral romanticism and bittersweet half-lights with characteristic brio and understanding. Howells’ two atmospheric encores, Merry Eye and Puck’s Minuet, complete a fully satisfying programme.
Contents and tracklist
- Alice Neary (leadvocalist)
- Royal Scottish National Orchestra
- Ronald Corp
I. Fantasia: Tranquillo, Assai Andante
Track length17:47
This track is only available as an album download.
- Alice Neary (soloist)
- Royal Scottish National Orchestra
- Ronald Corp
- Alice Neary (leadvocalist)
- Royal Scottish National Orchestra
- Ronald Corp
Awards and reviews
Awards Issue 2015
such is soloist Alice Neary's skill in not over-playing her hand too early [in the Howells] that the unfolding of the material seems pleasingly organic. Her mellow, elegiac tone suits perfectly central 'Threnody'...Corp's own Cello Concerto is lighter and springier in texture.
June 2015
[The Howell's concerto] is a powerful and heartfelt work. Alice Neary's burnished tone captures its melancholy to perfection without the least show of superfluous sentimentality…[Corp] wanted his [concerto] to be 'a foil…lighter, less intense and more relaxed, even joyous'. It is indeed a work that is surely going to attrect many in the future, with its haunting second movement especially appealing…Corp the conductor, of course, is a past master in this repertoire.
