Laurence Davies & Helen Davies - Connections: The German Horn (2023)

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Date: July 4, 2023

Laurence Davies & Helen Davies - Connections: The German Horn (2023)
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Classical | Label: Willowhayne Records

Pianist Helen Davies is the daughter of a Bohemian mother and Anglo-German father and her family has always been acutely aware of their European heritage. Connections was conceived during the COVID-19 UK lockdown in March 2020. Much of the music on this recording was created by German composers, hence the decision to focus on that link, recording music which they felt connected them back to some of their familial roots.

Music is an international language, unaffected by boundaries and this is celebrated in this recording. The inclusion of the little Rondo by the British composer Arnold Cooke embodies this continental link: Cooke studied composition with the German composer Paul Hindemith who had a strong influence on his style and whose musical language can be clearly heard in Cooke’s short composition.

In keeping with the connections theme, Laurence Davies uses a German horn, an Alexander model 103 made in Mainz for this recording.
Tracklist:
01. Beethoven: Sonata for Horn and Piano in F major, Op. 17: I. Allegro moderato
02. Beethoven: Sonata for Horn and Piano in F major, Op. 17: II. Poco adagio, quasi andante
03. Beethoven: Sonata for Horn and Piano in F major, Op. 17: III. Rondo. Allegro moderato
04. Schumann: Adagio and Allegro for Horn and Piano in A flat major, Op. 70: I. Adagio
05. Schumann: Adagio and Allegro for Horn and Piano in A flat major, Op. 70: II. Allegro
06. Strauss: Nocturne, Op. 7
07. Strauss: Andante for Horn and Piano in C major, AV86a
08. Hindemith: Sonata for Horn and Piano in F major: Mäßig bewegt
09. Hindemith: Sonata for Horn and Piano in F major: II. Ruhig bewegt
10. Hindemith: Sonata for Horn and Piano in F major: III. Lebhaft
11. Cooke: Rondo for Horn and Piano in B flat major, D52

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