Hélène Clément, Dame Sarah Connolly, Alasdair Beatson – Bridge & Britten: Works for Viola (2022) [FLAC 24bit/96kHz]

Hélène Clément, Dame Sarah Connolly, Alasdair Beatson – Bridge & Britten: Works for Viola (2022)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 01:01:16 minutes | 964 MB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Digital Booklet, Front Cover | © Chandos

Both Benjamin Britten and his teacher Frank Bridge at one point owned the Giussani viola played by Hélène Clément on this album, which features pieces the two composers wrote for the instrument. The most substantial work here, Britten’s Lachrymae, is a series of pensive variations on a theme by John Dowland and is performed evocatively by Clément. In the Elegy, also by Britten, the Giussani viola’s special eloquence is evident in its deep tonal resonance and vivid responsiveness to Clément’s pizzicatos. Mezzo-soprano Sarah Connolly’s stirring performance of Bridge’s Three Songs is another highlight, as is the vein of aching sadness Clément finds in another of Bridge’s works, There Is a Willow Grows Aslant a Brook.

Tracklist:

01. Hélène Clément, Dame Sarah Connolly, Alasdair Beatson – Bridge: Cello Sonata in D Minor, H 125 (Arr. for Viola by Hélène Clément): I. Allegro ben moderato (10:19)
02. Hélène Clément, Dame Sarah Connolly, Alasdair Beatson – Bridge: Cello Sonata in D Minor, H 125 (Arr. for Viola by Hélène Clément): II. Adagio ma non troppo (12:47)
03. Hélène Clément, Dame Sarah Connolly, Alasdair Beatson – Bridge: There Is a Willow Grows aslant a Brook, H 173 (Arr. Benjamin Britten) (08:28)
04. Hélène Clément, Dame Sarah Connolly, Alasdair Beatson – Bridge: Three Songs, H 76: I. Far, far from each other (03:36)
05. Hélène Clément, Dame Sarah Connolly, Alasdair Beatson – Bridge: Three Songs, H 76: II. Where is it that our soul doth go? (03:37)
06. Hélène Clément, Dame Sarah Connolly, Alasdair Beatson – Bridge: Three Songs, H 76: III. Music, when soft voices die (02:25)
07. Hélène Clément, Dame Sarah Connolly, Alasdair Beatson – Britten: Elegy (06:50)
08. Hélène Clément, Dame Sarah Connolly, Alasdair Beatson – Britten: Lachrymae, Reflections on a Song of Dowland, Op. 48 (13:10)

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