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Malcolm Arnold: A Centenary Celebration

Peter Fisher (violin), Margaret Fingerhut (piano)

Malcolm Arnold: A Centenary Celebration
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

No. 6, Sarabande (Arr. A. Poulton for Violin & Piano)
Track length3:34
I. Allegretto
Track length5:59
II. Andante tranquillo
Track length5:04
III. Allegro vivace
Track length5:11
No. 1, Pesante
Track length2:16
No. 2, Vivace
Track length2:13
No. 3, Allegretto
Track length3:49
No. 4, Con brio
Track length1:24
No. 1, Prelude
Track length1:44
No. 2, Aubade
Track length1:15
No. 3, Waltz
Track length2:01
No. 4, Ballad
Track length2:27
No. 5, Moto perpetuo
Track length1:30
No. 1, Con brio
Track length1:34
No. 2, Andantino
Track length3:02
No. 3, Mesto
Track length1:54
No. 4, Grazioso
Track length2:23
No. 5, Allegro non troppo
Track length2:53

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.
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