Chamber — violin and piano
Aubade
for recorder (or flute or violin) and piano
Molto moderato
- 1953 Schott [ED 10330]
- Duration: 8’26” - 8’56”
- Requested by Dolmetsch for a 1952 Wigmore Hall recital.
- Dedicated to: Arnold Dolmetsch
Anna Paradiso, harpsichord/piano
Dan Laurin, recorder
BIS-CD-1785
Total Time: 67'27
Release: Oct 2010
EAN 7318590017852
York Bowen
Sonatina for Recorder and Piano, Op.121
1. I. Allegretto piacevole 3'40
2. II. Andante tranquillo 4'54
3. III. Allegro giocoso 3'06
Edmund Rubbra
Sonatina for Treble Recorder and Harpsichord, Op.128
4. I. Allegretto comodo 3'55
5. II. Adagio mesto 3'18
6. III. Variations on ‘En la fuente del Rosel’. Moderato scherzando 4'18
Cyril Scott
Aubade for treble recorder and piano
7. Molto moderato 8'56
Herbert Murrill
Sonata for Treble Recorder and Harpsichord
8. I. Largo 1'53
9. II. Presto 2'01
10. III. Recitativo. Andante a piacere 2'14
11. IV. Finale. Allegro non troppo 1'13
Walter Leigh
Sonatina for Treble Recorder and Piano
12. I. Allegretto 3'11
13. II. Larghetto, molto tranquillo 4'08
14. III. Allegro leggiero 2'39
Edmund Rubbra
Passacaglia sopra ‘Plusieurs regrets’, Op.113 for treble recorder and harpsichord
15. Allegretto moderato 4'54
Lennox Berkeley
Sonatina for Treble Recorder and Piano, Op.13
16. I. Moderato 3'50
17. II. Adagio 4'45
18. III. Allegro moderato 2'10
Works composed for Carl Dolmetsch's Wigmore Hall Concerts 1939-65 York Bowen: Sonatina for Recorder and Piano, Op.121 Edmund Rubbra: Sonatina for Recorder and Harpsichord, Op.128; Passacaglia sopra 'Plusieurs regrets', Op.113 Cyril Scott: Aubade for recorder and piano Herbert Murrill: Sonata for Recorder and Harpsichord Walter Leigh: Sonatina for Recorder and Piano Lennox Berkeley: Sonatina for Recorder and Piano, Op.13
Dan Laurin has a reputation not just as a recorder virtuoso, but also for his great interest in and curiosity about the less well-known repertoire for the instrument. On disc he has performed not only staples such as concertos by Vivaldi and sonatas by Handel, but also earlier music – his recording of Jacob van Eyck’s monumental /Der Fluyten Lust-hof/ on nine discs has been called a standard to compare all others to’ (American Record Guide) – as well as contemporary works, many of which have been composed especially for him.
With Songs of Yesterday he opens up yet another, less familiar chapter in the history of recorder music: between 1939 and 1989 Carl Dolmetsch, the great pioneer in modern recorder playing, gave almost annual recitals at Wigmore Hall in London, for which he often commissioned works with piano or harpsichord accompaniment. In his introduction to the disc, Laurin remarks upon Dolmetsch’s ability to inspire composers to search for a contemporary idiom adequate for the instrument, resulting in an unparalleled number of top-quality works.
Among these, written by composers such as Cyril Scott, Edmund Rubbra and Lennox Berkeley, Laurin and his partner Anna Paradiso have selected seven pieces which give his instrument a rare opportunity to ‘sing like a French impressionist (Ravel, Debussy!) or a Russian modernist (Prokofiev!) – all of whom can be heard through the filter of this English, post-First World War melancholy longing.’
BIS Records
Cherry ripe: Morceau
for violin and piano
Molto sostenuto – Allegretto molto moderato
- 1911
- Schott [29441]
- Dedicated to: Fritz Kreisler
- LE: Schott [ED 1948]
- Note: Cf. also S.220 and 402
Deux préludes
- Prelude no.1 - Poéme Érotique — Andante – Poco più mosso – Tempo I (5’10”)
- Prelude no.2 – Danse — Allegro (2’24”)
- No. 1: Dedicated to: “An Herrn Adolf Rebner”
- No. 2: Dedicated to: Miss Daisy Kennedy
- 1912 Schott [7’34”]
- LE: 1991, Masters Music Publications
Elégie, Op.73 #1
Andante
- 1910
- Schott [28928-1]
- Duration: 5’02”
- Dedicated: “To my Friend Paul Stoeving”
Fantaisie orientale
- 1938 (1937?)
- Duration: 8’07”
The Gentle Maiden
for violin or cello and piano
Andante
- c1925**
- 1912
- Schott [29646]
- Duration: 2’09”
Irish Suite
- Irish Lament Moderato – Andante – Tempo Io [5+1p / 56b] [27046]
- Irish Dance Allegretto [7+3p / 125b] [27047]
- 1917 G. Schirmer [27046-27047]
- Dedicated to: Francis Macmillan
- Note: Cf. S.225
Romance, Op.73 #2
Lento (4’11”)
- [6+3p / 92b]
- 1910 Schott [28928-2]
- Dedication: “To my Friend Paul Stoeving”
Sonata no. 1, Op.59,
for violin and piano
- Allegro moderato (9’48”)
- Andante (7’44”)
- Allegro molto scherzando (2’46”)
- Allegro maestoso (8’30”)
- [64+19p]
- 1908 /1910
- Schott[28818]
- Duration: [28’48”] [25’ CS]
- Dedicated to: Miss Ethel Barns
- LE: Schott [ED 1449]
Works for violin and piano are an important part of Cyril Scott’s chamber music. This disc presents three sonatas which span his output. The capricious and ruminative First Violin Sonata ranks among the most convincing and successful of his earlier large-scale compositions. Sonata Melodica is a more relaxed yet equally quixotic work, while the Third Violin Sonatais one of the most inventive from his later years. A selection of Scott’s orchestral music is available on Marco Polo 8.223485.
Dawn and Twilight: The First and Last Violin Sonatas of Cyril Scott (World Premiere Recordings)
Andrew Kirkman, Clipper Erickson
Composer: Cyril Scott
Audio CD (November 13, 2015)
Number of Discs: 1
Label: Affetto Records
ASIN: B017AL58W6
Dawn and Twilight: The First and Last Violin Sonatas of Cyril Scott (World Premiere Recordings)
Andrew Kirkman, Clipper Erickson
Available in 44.1 kHz / 24-bit AIFF and FLAC audio formats
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Editor's Notes
Violin Sonata No. 1 in C Major, Op. 59
I. Allegro moderato
Cyril Scott; Andrew Kirkman; Clipper Erickson
11:52 FLAC 44.1 / 24 album only
II. Andante
Cyril Scott; Andrew Kirkman; Clipper Erickson
10:56 FLAC 44.1 / 24 album only
III. Allegro molto scherzando
Cyril Scott; Andrew Kirkman; Clipper Erickson
4:15 FLAC 44.1 / 24 album only
IV. Allegro maestoso
Cyril Scott; Andrew Kirkman; Clipper Erickson
12:47 FLAC 44.1 / 24 album onlyViolin Sonata No. 4
I. Andante tranquillo
Cyril Scott; Andrew Kirkman; Clipper Erickson
7:46 FLAC 44.1 / 24 album only
II. Allegretto moderato e amabile
Cyril Scott; Andrew Kirkman; Clipper Erickson
2:42 FLAC 44.1 / 24 album only
III. Energico
Cyril Scott; Andrew Kirkman; Clipper Erickson
5:47 FLAC 44.1 / 24 album only
Total Playing Time 56:05
By the end of his life in 1970, the British composer Cyril Scott had sunk into obscurity save for a few pieces that dangled tantalizingly on the fringes of classical repertory. The advent of the 21st century has ignited a rediscovery of this iconoclastic composer, and 'Dawn and Twilight' is a part of this movement premiering his first and last violin sonatas played with sensitivity and fantastic musical engagement with Andrew Kirkman on violin and Clipper Erickson on piano. Composed in 1910 and 1956 respectively, the sonatas permit a 'bookend' glimpse into Scott's musical development in the context of a classical music world almost completely transformed during this period. The first composed with a predictably youthful swagger premiered to accolades by Claude Debussy and Sonata Nr. 4 composed as Scott neared his eighth decade is permeated by the contemplative and mature perspectives of a lifetime of tenaciously prolific work despite the public acclaim that eluded him.
Sonata No. 1 — original version — 1910
* world premiere recording
Sonata,
for two violins and piano
- Poco tranquillo – Tempo moderato poco rubato e grazioso – Meno mosso – Tempo I – Molto tranquillo, and lingeringl
- Elegy: Andante sostenuto
- Finale frivolo: Energic
- [41 + 9 + 9p]
- 1964 Elkin [2696 – scribal score]
- MS: with estate
Sonata lirica
- Allegro moderato (9’44”)
- Andante tranquillo (4’17”)
- Allegro vigoroso (6’25”)
- Dec.3, 1937
- Duration: [20’26”] [20’ CS
Sonata melodica
- Moderato – Più mosso – Energico – Andante sostenuto / Poco più mosso – Tranquillo semplice – Andante senza trascinare – Con moto – Tempo primo – Con moto
- Adagio ma non troppo – Poco più mosso – Andante sostenuto
- Allegro vigoroso, ma non troppo – Poco meno vigoroso – Allegretto – A tempo ma poco rubato (quasi allegretto) – Con moto – Tranquillo (lingeringly) – Quasi tempo I
- Dedicated to: Françcois d’Albert
- 1950
- 1953 Elkin [2289]
- Duration: [22’17”]
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Works for violin and piano are an important part of Cyril Scott’s chamber music. This disc presents three sonatas which span his output. The capricious and ruminative First Violin Sonata ranks among the most convincing and successful of his earlier large-scale compositions. Sonata Melodica is a more relaxed yet equally quixotic work, while the Third Violin Sonatais one of the most inventive from his later years. A selection of Scott’s orchestral music is available on Marco Polo 8.223485.
Sonata no. 2
- 1950
- Same work as S.133?
Sonata no. 3
- Tranquillo 11’03”
- Pastorale. Andante amabile 6’13”
- Rondo capriccioso. Energico e poco rubato 6’07”
- 1955 1955 [23’23”]
Works for violin and piano are an important part of Cyril Scott’s chamber music. This disc presents three sonatas which span his output. The capricious and ruminative First Violin Sonata ranks among the most convincing and successful of his earlier large-scale compositions. Sonata Melodica is a more relaxed yet equally quixotic work, while the Third Violin Sonatais one of the most inventive from his later years. A selection of Scott’s orchestral music is available on Marco Polo 8.223485.
Sonata no. 4
- Andante tranquillo (7:46)
- Allegretto moderato e amabile (2:42)
- Energico (5:47)
1956
Dawn and Twilight: The First and Last Violin Sonatas of Cyril Scott (World Premiere Recordings)
Andrew Kirkman, Clipper Erickson
Composer: Cyril Scott
Audio CD (November 13, 2015)
Number of Discs: 1
Label: Affetto Records
ASIN: B017AL58W6
Dawn and Twilight: The First and Last Violin Sonatas of Cyril Scott (World Premiere Recordings)
Andrew Kirkman, Clipper Erickson
Available in 44.1 kHz / 24-bit AIFF and FLAC audio formats
FLAC 44.1 kHz | 24-bit
AIFF 44.1 kHz | 24-bit
FLAC 44.1 kHz | 24-bit
$ 15.99 Buy Album
Tracks
Editor's Notes
Violin Sonata No. 1 in C Major, Op. 59
I. Allegro moderato
Cyril Scott; Andrew Kirkman; Clipper Erickson
11:52 FLAC 44.1 / 24 album only
II. Andante
Cyril Scott; Andrew Kirkman; Clipper Erickson
10:56 FLAC 44.1 / 24 album only
III. Allegro molto scherzando
Cyril Scott; Andrew Kirkman; Clipper Erickson
4:15 FLAC 44.1 / 24 album only
IV. Allegro maestoso
Cyril Scott; Andrew Kirkman; Clipper Erickson
12:47 FLAC 44.1 / 24 album onlyViolin Sonata No. 4
I. Andante tranquillo
Cyril Scott; Andrew Kirkman; Clipper Erickson
7:46 FLAC 44.1 / 24 album only
II. Allegretto moderato e amabile
Cyril Scott; Andrew Kirkman; Clipper Erickson
2:42 FLAC 44.1 / 24 album only
III. Energico
Cyril Scott; Andrew Kirkman; Clipper Erickson
5:47 FLAC 44.1 / 24 album only
Total Playing Time 56:05
By the end of his life in 1970, the British composer Cyril Scott had sunk into obscurity save for a few pieces that dangled tantalizingly on the fringes of classical repertory. The advent of the 21st century has ignited a rediscovery of this iconoclastic composer, and 'Dawn and Twilight' is a part of this movement premiering his first and last violin sonatas played with sensitivity and fantastic musical engagement with Andrew Kirkman on violin and Clipper Erickson on piano. Composed in 1910 and 1956 respectively, the sonatas permit a 'bookend' glimpse into Scott's musical development in the context of a classical music world almost completely transformed during this period. The first composed with a predictably youthful swagger premiered to accolades by Claude Debussy and Sonata Nr. 4 composed as Scott neared his eighth decade is permeated by the contemplative and mature perspectives of a lifetime of tenaciously prolific work despite the public acclaim that eluded him.
* world premiere recording
Sonnet 1
Allegretto molto moderato – Poco meno mosso
- [5+1p / 56b]
- 1914 Schott [29982]
- rev. 1956 Schott
- Dedicated: Daisy Kennedy
- Note: Jean Paul quote precedes the score: “And from the whole of nature around me flowed peaceful strains, as if from distant evening bells.”
Sonnet 2
- 1914
Tallahassee: Suite, Op. 73 #4
- Bygone Memories Andante molto sostenuto – Poco più mosso (3’01” - 3’52)
- After Sundown Allegretto – Andante (2’37” - 3’24”)
- Air et Danse négre Allegro – Andante – Allegro con spirito
- [11p/ 243b] 1910 Schott
- Duration: 9’45” - 11’38”
- 1910-11 Schott
- Dedicated to: Efrem Zimbalist
- premiered by Zimbalist and Scott on March 22, 1911 at Bechstein Hall, London
- LE: Schott [1450 – 29290/1-3]
- Masters Music Publications [M 3544] (Schott [1450])
Trois Pièces lyriques
- for Violin and Piano, op. 73
Valse triste, Op.73 #3
- 1910
- dedicated to Paul Stoeving
- Mainz: Scott, 1910
