Laurence Davies, Helen Davie – Connections: The German Horn (2023) [FLAC 24bit/96kHz]

Laurence Davies, Helen Davie – Connections: The German Horn (2023)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 56:05 minutes | 849 MB | Genre: Classical
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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. Laurence Davies & Helen Davie – Beethoven: Sonata for Horn and Piano in F major, Op. 17: I. Allegro moderato (09:03)
02. Laurence Davies & Helen Davie – Beethoven: Sonata for Horn and Piano in F major, Op. 17: II. Poco adagio, quasi andante (01:27)
03. Laurence Davies & Helen Davie – Beethoven: Sonata for Horn and Piano in F major, Op. 17: III. Rondo. Allegro moderato (05:20)
04. Laurence Davies & Helen Davie – Schumann: Adagio and Allegro for Horn and Piano in A flat major, Op. 70: I. Adagio (03:19)
05. Laurence Davies & Helen Davie – Schumann: Adagio and Allegro for Horn and Piano in A flat major, Op. 70: II. Allegro (05:14)
06. Laurence Davies & Helen Davie – Strauss: Nocturne, Op. 7 (06:08)
07. Laurence Davies & Helen Davie – Strauss: Andante for Horn and Piano in C major, AV86a (04:16)
08. Laurence Davies & Helen Davie – Hindemith: Sonata for Horn and Piano in F major: Mäßig bewegt (06:12)
09. Laurence Davies & Helen Davie – Hindemith: Sonata for Horn and Piano in F major: II. Ruhig bewegt (04:33)
10. Laurence Davies & Helen Davie – Hindemith: Sonata for Horn and Piano in F major: III. Lebhaft (07:16)
11. Laurence Davies & Helen Davie – Cooke: Rondo for Horn and Piano in B flat major, D52 (03:12)

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