Frank Merrick - Frank Merrick with Henry Holst (2019)
WEB FLAC (tracks) - 1 GB | Tracks: 41 | 278:14 min
Style: Classical | Label: Nimbus Alliance
WEB FLAC (tracks) - 1 GB | Tracks: 41 | 278:14 min
Style: Classical | Label: Nimbus Alliance
Pianist Frank Merrick and violinist Henry Holst stand as witnesses to music's vulnerabilities. In this they are far from unique. The present recordings give a modern hearing to LPs which have, until now, been stashed away in the oubliette of history. They join those on Frank Merrick volume 1. The present set reminds us of works that were, at the time of recording in the late 1950s and early 1960s, unfashionable or even unknown. They found a voice in two musicians whose own careers were at or past their highest peak. This album is released with grateful thanks to Frank Merricks children, Celia, Paul & Phoebe, and to Rosalind Murrell, for their advice, photographs of Frank Merrick and the loan of multiple copies of these very rare LPs.
Tracklist:
01. Legend
02. Ballad
03. Violin Sonata No. 1 in E Major: I. Moderato tempo. Idyllic and serene
04. Violin Sonata No. 1 in E Major: II. Allegro vivace - poco più lento
05. Violin Sonata No. 1 in E Major: III. Moderato tempo. Smooth and Serene
06. Violin Sonata No. 2: I. Fantasy. Slow and gloomy
07. Violin Sonata No. 2: II. The Grey Dancer in the Twilight. Fast Valse measure
08. Violin Sonata No. 2: III. Very broad and concentrated
09. Violin Sonata No. 2: IV. Allegro feroce
10. Violin Sonata No. 3: I. Moderato
11. Violin Sonata No. 3: II. Allegro molto
12. Violin Sonata No. 2: I. Con moto
13. Violin Sonata No. 2: II. Lento
14. Violin Sonata No. 2: III. Molto Vivace
15. Andantino' from Violin Sonata in A
16. Violin Sonata No. 2, Op. 31: I. Allegretto liberamente e scorrevole
17. Violin Sonata No. 2, Op. 31: II. Lament. Lento e dolente
18. Violin Sonata No. 2, Op. 31: III. Allegro vivo e feroce
19. Fantasia on a theme of Dowland, Op. 23
20. Sonata No. 1 in A Minor, Op. 15: I. Andantino
21. Sonata No. 1 in A Minor, Op. 15: II. Allegro, molto energico e rigoroso
22. Sonata No. 1 in A Minor, Op. 15: III. Tempo di siciliano
23. Sonata No. 1 in A Minor, Op. 15: IV. Lento, lugubre e espressivo - Molto vivo
24. Sonata No. 2 in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 30: I. Allegro amabile
25. Sonata No. 2 in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 30: II. Andante espressivo
26. Sonata No. 2 in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 30: III. Scherzo. Molto allegro misterioso
27. Sonata No. 2 in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 30: IV. Allegretto grazioso
28. Sonatine in E Major, Op. 80: I. Lento - Allegro
29. Sonatine in E Major, Op. 80: II. Andantino
30. Sonatine in E Major, Op. 80: III. Lento - Allegretto
31. Sonata No. 5 in F-Sharp Minor, Op. 84: I. Allegro moderato, ma agitato
32. Sonata No. 5 in F-Sharp Minor, Op. 84: II. Allegretto (poco vivace)
33. Sonata No. 5 in F-Sharp Minor, Op. 84: III. Andante sostenuto con Variazioni
34. Suite im alten Styl, Op. 93: I. Präludium. Allegro commodo
35. Suite im alten Styl, Op. 93: II. Largo
36. Suite im alten Styl, Op. 93: III. Fugue. Allegro con spirito
37. Cinq Mélodies, Op. 35b: I. Andante
38. Cinq Mélodies, Op. 35b: II. Lento, ma non troppo
39. Cinq Mélodies, Op. 35b: III. Animato, ma non allegro
40. Cinq Mélodies, Op. 35b: IV. Andantino, un poco scherzando
41. Cinq Mélodies, Op. 35b: V. Andante non troppo
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