Bosmans: Cello Sonata; Nocturne; Impressions

wykonawcy

Griffiths, Sharron, Spanjaard, Ed, Wallfisch, Raphael

nr katalogowy

CPO 555 737-2

opis

In 1919, the cellist Marix Loevensohn commissioned a duo sonata from Henriëtte Bosmans for one of his recitals. Bosmans delivered—and in doing so, opened the “cello-focused” chapter of her early oeuvre, soon followed by two concertos, a Poème with orchestra (555 694-2), and several works with piano accompaniment. Inspired partly by Loevensohn and partly by her friend Frieda Belifante, what emerged was a collection that testifies to a talent as self-assured as it is sensitive: The sonata’s imposing outer movements frame tender lyricism in the spirit of Brahms and Debussy-like splashes of color; the three Impressions flirt with various eras and landscapes; the Nocturne for cello and harp luxuriates in dreamy excess—and the sensitive spirit melts away in blissful surrender…

nośnik

CD x 1

wydawca

CPO

data wydania

1.09.2025

EAN / kod kreskowy

761203573721