TWENTIETH-CENTURY SONATAS FOR CELLO AND PIANO (SOMMCD 251-2)
Alexander Baillie, cello; John Thwaites, piano
CD1
Bridge: Cello Sonata in D minor
Delius: Cello Sonata
Ireland: Cello Sonata in G minor
CD2
Clarke: Sonata for Cello and Piano
Keys: Cello Sonata
Rubbra: Cello Sonata in G minor
Supported by the John Ireland Charitable Trust
“Of all these fine works it’s perhaps the Ireland Sonata that wears best – a piece (it seems in this performance) written in blood, and surely among its composer’s greatest works. Somm’s recording is wonderfully immediate and almost perfectly balanced.”
A ‘5 star’ review for performance and recording
Calum MacDonald, BBC Music Magazine (September 2013)
“Six significant British cello sonatas impeccably performed.”
Ian Lace, MusicWeb International
www.musicweb-international.com/classrev/2013/Aug13/British_cello_SOMM2512.htm