Malcolm Arnold: A Centenary Celebration
Peter Fisher (violin), Margaret Fingerhut (piano)
A delightful showcase of Malcolm Arnold’s many faces, from nimble, childlike joy to intense darkness. The arrangements, many recorded here for the first time, offer plenty to chew on and enjoy...
Malcolm Arnold: A Centenary Celebration
Peter Fisher (violin), Margaret Fingerhut (piano)
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A delightful showcase of Malcolm Arnold’s many faces, from nimble, childlike joy to intense darkness. The arrangements, many recorded here for the first time, offer plenty to chew on and enjoy...
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"SOMM Recordings is delighted to mark the 100th anniversary of Sir Malcolm Arnold’s birth with seven first recordings of arrangements for violin and piano played by Peter Fisher and Margaret Fingerhut. A prolific composer with a prodigious gift for memorable melodies and technical brilliance, Malcolm Arnold – A Centenary Celebration reflects both the serious and lighter sides of one of the most distinctive voices of post-war British music. Making their SOMM Recordings debuts are violinist Peter Fisher, hailed by The Times as “one in a handful of the world’s finest musicians”, and British music champion Margaret Fingerhut who has been described by Gramophone as a pianist of “consummate skill and thrilling conviction”. The pair have been playing together in an admired partnership since 2016."
Contents and tracklist
- Peter Fisher, Margaret Fingerhut
- Peter Fisher, Margaret Fingerhut
- Peter Fisher, Margaret Fingerhut
- Peter Fisher, Margaret Fingerhut
- Peter Fisher, Margaret Fingerhut
- Peter Fisher, Margaret Fingerhut
- Peter Fisher, Margaret Fingerhut
- Peter Fisher, Margaret Fingerhut
- Peter Fisher, Margaret Fingerhut
- Peter Fisher, Margaret Fingerhut
- Peter Fisher, Margaret Fingerhut
- Peter Fisher, Margaret Fingerhut
Awards and reviews
Christmas 2021
A delightful showcase of Malcolm Arnold’s many faces, from nimble, childlike joy to intense darkness. The arrangements, many recorded here for the first time, offer plenty to chew on and enjoy for both performer and listener. Fisher and Fingerhut play with poise and much warmth.
May/June 2022
this is a seductive, superbly performed, thoughtfully programmed and laid out centenary tribute to Malcolm Arnold
December 2021
The novelties on this enjoyable anniversary disc are mostly transcriptions of existing works, though when they’re played as winningly as this, I doubt that many Arnold fans will object to a spot of duplication.