Clarke: Music for Violin, Viola & Piano

Panchieri, Giulia, Santi, Margherita, Valiulina, Ekaterina

97575

A striking portrait of Rebecca Clarke (1886-1979) through the prism of her chamber music, covering the powerful Viola Sonata as well as a diverse sequence of miniatures and tone-pictures.

After decades of neglect, the music of Rebecca Clarke is now receiving its due attention, revealing her individuality as one of the most distinctive of English composers in the generation after Elgar.

In her booklet essay, the pianist Margherita Santi recalls her introduction to Clarke and how it immediately sparked ‘deep admiration and wonder’: she finds the roots of Clarke’s style in the music of Franck and Ravel but also the German tradition, paying tribute to the composer’s uncompromisingly individual language.

Works:

•Rebecca Clarke: Morpheus (Viola and Piano)
• Rebecca Clarke: Viola Sonata (Viola and Piano)
• Rebecca Clarke: Lullaby (Violin and Piano)
• Rebecca Clarke: Lullaby an Arrangement of an Ancient Irish Tune (Viola and Piano)
• Rebecca Clarke: Chinese Puzzle Adapted from a Chinese Tune (Violin and Piano)
• Rebecca Clarke: Passacaglia on an Old English Tune (Viola and Piano)
• Rebecca Clarke: Midsummer Moon (Violin and Piano)
• Rebecca Clarke: I’ll Bid My Heart Be Still Old Scottish Border Melody (Viola and Piano)
• Rebecca Clarke: Trio Dumka Duo Concertante for Violin and Viola, with Piano (Violin, Viola and Piano)

CD x 1

Brilliant Classics

1.10.2025

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