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James Barralet, cello

Description
With a rare gift of communication through his instrument, cellist James Barralet is an open-minded musician as much at home with Bach and Shostakovich folk music, and has enthralled audiences at most of hte major UK venues, throughout Europe and globally.

His programme for his debut CD is typically bold and includes Kodaly's sonata, a towering work and one of the pinnacles of the solo cello repertoire and Britten's Suite for Solo Cello no.3, premièred by Rostropovich in 1974. This recording includes the world première performance of the original 1971 version of the first movement, by kind permission of the Britten-Pears Foundation and Faber & Faber.

Also on the CD is another world première recording, of Edwin Roxburgh's Partita for Solo Cello, commissioned by Ross Pople and championed by James.


Track Listing

Zoltán Kodály (1882-1967)

 (from Sonata for Solo Cello, Op.8 (1915))

1

I Allegro maestoso ma appassionato

9.03

Zoltán Kodály (1882-1967)

 (from Sonata for Solo Cello, Op.8 (1915))

2

II Adagio (con grand' espressione) - Con moto - Tempo I - Piu mosso

12.48

Zoltán Kodály (1882-1967)

 (from Sonata for Solo Cello, Op.8 (1915))

3

III Allegro molto vivace

11.54

Edwin Roxburgh (1937-)

 (from Partita for Solo Cello (1970) - World Première)

4

I Slow (as if improvised)

1.53

Edwin Roxburgh (1937-)

 (from Partita for Solo Cello (1970) - World Première)

5

II Slow - Tempo commodo ma deciso - Tempo I

2.37

Edwin Roxburgh (1937-)

 (from Partita for Solo Cello (1970) - World Première)

6

III Moderato

3.27

Edwin Roxburgh (1937-)

 (from Partita for Solo Cello (1970) - World Première)

7

IV Impetuoso

0.59

Benjamin Britten (1913-1976)

 (from Suite for Solo Cello No.3, Op.87 (1971))

8

I Lento (Introduzione) (1974 version)

2.51

Benjamin Britten (1913-1976)

 (from Suite for Solo Cello No.3, Op.87 (1971))

9

II Allegro (marcia)

1.41

Benjamin Britten (1913-1976)

 (from Suite for Solo Cello No.3, Op.87 (1971))

10

III Con moto (canto)

1.17

Benjamin Britten (1913-1976)

 (from Suite for Solo Cello No.3, Op.87 (1971))

11

IV Lento (barcarola)

1.43

Benjamin Britten (1913-1976)

 (from Suite for Solo Cello No.3, Op.87 (1971))

12

V Allegretto (dialogo)

1.45

Benjamin Britten (1913-1976)

 (from Suite for Solo Cello No.3, Op.87 (1971))

13

VI Andante espressivo (fuga)

2.54

Benjamin Britten (1913-1976)

 (from Suite for Solo Cello No.3, Op.87 (1971))

14

VII Fantastico (recitativo)

1.21

Benjamin Britten (1913-1976)

 (from Suite for Solo Cello No.3, Op.87 (1971))

15

VIII Presto (moto perpetuo)

0.58

Benjamin Britten (1913-1976)

 (from Suite for Solo Cello No.3, Op.87 (1971))

16

IX Lento solenne - "Mournful Song" - "Autumn" - "Street Song" - "Grant repose together with saints"

8.59

Benjamin Britten (1913-1976)

 (from Suite for Solo Cello No.3, Op.87 (1971))

17

I Lento (Introduzione) (1971 version) - world première

3.04

  Total Timing 65.14

Other Recordings

chamber
LAN275: Grand Duo (Arada Guitar Duo)
LAN277: Someone To Watch Over Me (Pavão Quartet)
LAN284: Mediterranean (Arada Guitar Duo)

ensemble
LAN287: Górecki (Chamber Domaine)

orchestral
LAN282: Haydn Symphonies & Divertimenti (Sinfonia Classica)
LAN288: Veronika Ilinskaya, Piano (Veronika Ilinskaya)

solo instrumental
LAN274: Libor Novacek (Libor Novacek)
LAN278: Liszt (Libor Novacek)
LAN281: Moments Musicaux (Evelina Puzaite)
LAN283: Clifford Benson Piano Works (Michael Dussek)
LAN285: Brahms (Libor Novacek)
LAN286: Ilona Timchenko, piano (Ilona Timchenko)
LAN290: Liszt Suisse (Libor Novacek)

song
LAN279: The Curlew (Andrew Kennedy)
LAN280: Byrdland (Lawrence Zazzo)