Special offer. Haydn, Couperin & Monn: Chrysalis
Corinne Morris (cello)
Scottish Chamber Orchestra
Morris gives sensitive and stylish performances of both, and she’s ably supported by the Scottish Chamber Orchestra and its leader, Stephanie Gonley. Perhaps Morris has an occasional tendency...
Special offer. Haydn, Couperin & Monn: Chrysalis
Corinne Morris (cello)
Scottish Chamber Orchestra
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Morris gives sensitive and stylish performances of both, and she’s ably supported by the Scottish Chamber Orchestra and its leader, Stephanie Gonley. Perhaps Morris has an occasional tendency...
About
Corinne Morris’s debut concerto recording is a landmark in a career shaped by extraordinary talent and remarkable determination.
This evocatively titled recording reflects Corinne’s inspirational journey through a career-halting injury and back out the other side.
An invitation to perform with the renowned Scottish Chamber Orchestra in summer 2016 revealed an instant rapport; Corinne’s recording partner was secured.
Chrysalis marks Corinne’s return to form, as she takes centre stage in concertos by Monn and Haydn plus Couperin’s Pièces en Concert.
Corinne returns to Monn’s original notes for her performance of the concerto made famous by Jacqueline Du Pré. In staying true to the composer’s intentions Corinne creates a purposeful and stylistic journey towards the Haydn Concerto.
Overcoming the technical challenges presented by the Haydn concerto is of particular significance for the indomitable cellist. The personalized cadenzas are a fitting representation of her inspirational return to her virtuosic best.
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Awards and reviews
February 2018
Morris gives sensitive and stylish performances of both, and she’s ably supported by the Scottish Chamber Orchestra and its leader, Stephanie Gonley. Perhaps Morris has an occasional tendency to be over-expressive…But this is an enjoyable disc, and the Couperin pieces arranged by the French cellist and teacher Paul Bazelaire make a refreshingly inauthentic bonus.
November 2017
Its musical contents are fantastic...The playing is beautiful...Morris, directing the graceful SCO from her cello, brings a beautifully smooth, darkly glowing tone and immense lyricism to all three works, a lyricism that reaches its apotheosis in the truly slow Adagio of the Haydn (featuring her own cadenzas), which at 9'09" is as much as two minutes slower than some others. Gorgeously so, too, with not a hint of sluggishness.
