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Tovey: Chamber Music, Vol. 3 - Complete Cello Sonatas / Neary, Gould, Dowdeswell
Toccata

Tovey: Chamber Music, Vol. 3 - Complete Cello Sonatas / Neary, Gould, Dowdeswell

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Details

Composer
Sir Donald Tovey
Artist
Alice Neary, Kate Gould, Gretel Dowdeswell
Format
CD
Label
Toccata
Released
Aug 05, 2022
Catalog #
TOCC0497
UPC
5060113444974

About

Sir Donald Tovey (1875–1940), long hailed as one of the finest writers on music in English, saw himself primarily as a composer. His occasionally turbulent friendship with Pau Casals was the spur for a monumental concerto and one of three sonatas: for solo cello, two cellos and cello with piano. The cello was the ideal instrument for Tovey’s Brahmsian musical language, with its long, singing lines unfolding in effortless counterpoint – though the huge passacaglia that ends the solo sonata also demands a virtuoso technique. The brief Bach arrangement recorded here for the first time arose when the twelve-year-old Tovey added a cello line to one of Bach’s best-known preludes, originally for lute.

Tracklist 10 tracks

  1. 1 I. Allegro 12:35
    Track
    1
    Title
    I. Allegro
    Duration
    12:35
    Composer
    Donald Francis Tovey
    Performer
    Alice Neary, Kate Gould
  2. 2 II. Andante maestoso e sostenuto 05:53
    Track
    2
    Title
    II. Andante maestoso e sostenuto
    Duration
    05:53
    Composer
    Donald Francis Tovey
    Performer
    Alice Neary, Kate Gould
  3. 3 III. Fuga: Allegretto giocoso 05:55
    Track
    3
    Title
    III. Fuga: Allegretto giocoso
    Duration
    05:55
    Composer
    Donald Francis Tovey
    Performer
    Alice Neary, Kate Gould
  4. 4 Prelude in C Minor, BWV 999 (arr. D.F. Tovey for cello and piano) 01:50
    Track
    4
    Title
    Prelude in C Minor, BWV 999 (arr. D.F. Tovey for cello and piano)
    Duration
    01:50
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Performer
    Alice Neary, Gretel Dowdeswell
  5. 5 I. Allegro con brio ma largamente 09:01
    Track
    5
    Title
    I. Allegro con brio ma largamente
    Duration
    09:01
    Composer
    Donald Francis Tovey
    Performer
    Alice Neary
  6. 6 II. Allegretto, un poco agitato, ma sempre piano 09:01
    Track
    6
    Title
    II. Allegretto, un poco agitato, ma sempre piano
    Duration
    09:01
    Composer
    Donald Francis Tovey
    Performer
    Alice Neary
  7. 7 III. Passacaglia 16:38
    Track
    7
    Title
    III. Passacaglia
    Duration
    16:38
    Composer
    Donald Francis Tovey
    Performer
    Alice Neary
  8. 8 I. Allegrissimo 10:50
    Track
    8
    Title
    I. Allegrissimo
    Duration
    10:50
    Composer
    Donald Francis Tovey
    Performer
    Alice Neary, Gretel Dowdeswell
  9. 9 II. Andante cantabile 07:56
    Track
    9
    Title
    II. Andante cantabile
    Duration
    07:56
    Composer
    Donald Francis Tovey
    Performer
    Alice Neary, Gretel Dowdeswell
  10. 10 III. Finale: Vivace giocoso ma non presto 08:23
    Track
    10
    Title
    III. Finale: Vivace giocoso ma non presto
    Duration
    08:23
    Composer
    Donald Francis Tovey
    Performer
    Alice Neary, Gretel Dowdeswell